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Originally Posted by Travelbug
Yes, you can do the whole trip without a carnet. Your biggest difficulty will be Ghana and Senegal.
Yes, most countries issue visas at the border. Prior visas required for Angola and Nigeria.
Nothing is ever 100% certain in Africa.
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Yes, posable without a carnet, Senegal as noted above will be problematic, just don't go! Not having a carnet means a 'discussion' at most borders and usually a fee for a Temporary Import Permit (TIP). Some recent threads on here about it, search.
Ignore the advise above about visas though, that is the wrong impression for overland travel. You will need a visa in advance from:
- Angola - hard to get
- Democratic Congo - supposed to be issued in your home country now
- Congo - seems possible at the border?
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...a-border-61418
- Gabon - maybe, not sure if it applies going north:
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...s-border-69710
- Cameroon
- Nigeria
- Benin (might be possible at the border at the southern most crossing on main road?)
- Togo (might be possible at the border at the southern most crossing on main road?)
- Ghana
- Burkina Faso - can get at border, but check current situation when close
- Mali
- Senegal (new biometric visas in advance - nothing special, avoid country imho)
- Mauritania
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