Is there anyone who you know of who traveled or is traveling south to north? I'm trying to find info on where best to get visas, but almost all the info is coming from the North.....

Hey man, hit up Paul Dwyer on Overland Sphere, he just finished South to North

Update:
Ghana in Monrovia, no problems and an invite helps. Super friendly as well. $60usd I think
Nigeria in Bamako, prices was 40k CFA for NZ and Aus
VTE in Barcalona is highly recommended.
Working on Eq Guinea atm

Good thread.

Update: Mauritania - next day - rabat or border - 40 euro from 2017

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Have you seen any recent reports of DRC-Kinshasa visa made in Brazzaville?

Tried second visit to DRC embassy in Gabon, but they only give to Gabon residents.

We're debating whether to try Brazza or instead go to Pointe Noire and try to get another Angola visa in addition to the one we have, so we can hop around from Cabinda.

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two days visa in Ivory Coast and in Angola?? wow!! did you make it through the country?? Did you ever exit on an expired visa?? what happened?
thank you very much for this info!! I plan to go to Africa this year.

Two days is the processing time at the embassy, not visa duration.

interesting, and expensive right? but I have to go there! did you do lots of camping? how long was the trip?

Hi everyone

This might be a bit premature as I will not get to Africa until May 2020. I also don’t know if Brexit will effect things, I hope not. I am thinking of starting to apply for visas in mid January as I will be out of the country from mid December. As far as I can make out I might need a Nigerian, Ghanaian and Angolan visa before I leave the UK. Has anyone had experience of applying for these visas especially in relation to visa start date being post dated. Any information regarding timescale and issues involved would also be much appreciated.

Also has anyone had experience of taking a motorbike through Ghana. I’ve heard that it could be problematic getting across the boarder.

Thanks

Unfortunately almost all visa information has to come with a disclaimer that it may not apply either due to something having changed since the last traveller applied, or because of differences due to the nationality of the applicant, but I can tell you that for me (Australian passport) as of late 2018:

1. Nigeria - Apply in your country of residence and enter Nigeria within 3 months of the date of issue of the visa (or try via other more complicated methods which I did not need to rely on).
2. Ghana - Didn't go, sorry, but others may know.
3. Angola - apply for a dual-entry eVisa in advance online and have it issued on arrival at the northern border of Rep of Congo and Cabinda.

Nigeria accepts visa on arrival. I documented the process here. It's safer not to use third party companies when applying to avoid falling victim to forged documents.

Not visa related but useful: Ghana now requires a bond on vehicles without a carnet. The bond is then collected at the same border post when leaving, which makes overland travel through the country problematic. I found this info in the West Africa Travellers group, which was very helpful to me when I was in the area.

Angola visa on arrival at Cabinda worked great for me. The only issue was that DRC denied me entry even with a visa. This was about 6 months ago. There were lots of travellers who had the issue at that time. I don't know the latest info for this border now. It might be OK. Just a heads up, in case it's still a problem.

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It's possible to obtain a visa on arrival for Nigeria to enter at the Seme border crossing.

An approval letter must be acquired first before arriving at the border. To obtain the approval letter, either:

1. Apply at Nigeria Immigration Service - Visa on Arrival. There are some reports that the Immigration service did not respond to applications.
2. Apply through a 3rd party agent. The cost was 200.00 USD from Destinali. The approval letter is issued with 48 hours.

Arrive at Seme with printed copies of the approval letter. Note, there are two letters that look similar, and both should be printed. The Immigration Controller needs to sign/authorise this, so there may be a wait of an hour at the border.

To obtain the visa, you must be escorted by an immigration officer to Lagos airport. For Biking Over Yonder, with a motorcycle, and others, this meant the immigration officer rode pillion on the motorcycle. A return taxi fare of 25,000 NGN was required for the immigration officer to return to the Seme border crossing with paperwork completed.

At the airport, you are escorted through different offices and eventually arrive at the visa on arrival office. This is located where flight passengers disembark and arrive in the terminal, which is before passport control. In the visa on arrival office, you pay for the visa using a VISA card. Note: mastercard and cash are not accepted. Alternatively, you can pay online and present the visa payment receipt (and/or visa acknowledgement slip). Be sure to pay for visa on arrival (business) and not tourist visa, even though you may be travelling as a tourist.

This information was learnt from friends who crossed the border before me. I just followed in their footsteps. I've also added the above to wikioverland.org/Nigeria and the West Africa Travellers group on Facebook. Hope it helps!

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Another approval has been obtained less than a week ago for US$100 through a person with their details on West Africa Travellers. Think three of them went through using this method if I remember reading correctly!

There's always a way through

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Hello Stephen,

Thanks for the info!
I'm in Bissau at the moment, together with a friend driving south.
I know the rain is already present in Nigeria, could you give me some info Which border crossing you took to get into Cameroon?
Do you think this route is doable in the rainy season?