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How to reach South Africa overland?
Hi,
We are Mike and Angela traveling in Africa.
At the moment we are in Ghana and trying to find a save way to reach south africa overland. Are the borders really closed from Sudan into Ethiopie? Where is the best place to get a visa for Sudan? Who went through Nigeria/Niger,Chad,Cameroon or Sudan lately?
Please let us know!


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Hi,

I got a visa for Sudan in Abuja in Feb 2000, embassey had just moved from Lagos, it took 2 days

Did the route Nigeria , Cameroons, Chad, Sudan in a truck, but saw bikes on the same route, I have some GPS waypoints if intrested

have fun

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Hi,

Currently in Morocco, will be heading through Mauritania, Mali etc... expect to be in Niger sometime in May, and thinking of heading through Chad, Sudan and Ethiopia to Kenya. There are 2 of us travelling in a Landrover 110 and would be looking for another 4x4 to do the chad Sudan Ethiopia leg. Have had different reports from various reliable (and a lot of not so reliable) sources that it is do-able, but not hassle free. If interested in joining up, post a message, and I will investigate further.

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Hey, we (two bikers on tenere's) are in Bamako now and heading towards ethiopia via niger and chad. It is possible that my friend has to return to europe from here so I am looking for possible people to travel to Sudan with. I have my visa for Sudan which expires on the 4th of may.
Does anybody know what type of roads there are between Ndjamena and Abeche.

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Hi guys,
I travelled from London to Cape Town and back to London by bike from October 2000 to March 2001. Route via Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia seems to be the most popular one, and is possible (difficult in Chad). But I wanted to do a circumnavigation of Africa, and chose to go via Cameroon, Gabon, Congo (Brazzaville), Angola, and Namibia. Tip: Get visa for Congo (Brazzaville in Yaounde, Cameroon (easy). Get visa for Angola in Libreville (Gabon). Pretend to be a business person to be successful. Visa applications accepted Mondays and Tuesdays. Visa given in three working days. Ride via Pointe-Noire into Cabinda (Angola), take ship around Congo River to Soyo or Luanda. Then go overland (if you dare), or take another ship to Namibe. From Namibe to Namibia border not overly dangerous. Good luck!!!
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Werner,

Please tell me how you can travel down and up the whole contnent of africa within 6 month! And that knowing you crossed the most difficult countries.

It would be really interesting to know!

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Around Africa in five months and six days. If you want to know more contact me at <bauswe@yahoo.com>. It's easy!
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E-mail address removed by Susan.

Click on the ? beside the posting date for Werner's e-mail address.

Werner, we don't post e-mail addresses directly on the board, as the spammers use robots to crawl bulletin boards and pick up the addresses for spamming you!

But the robots can't click on your profile and find your e-mail address, only live human beings can do that, so the best way is to have your e-mail address in your profile.

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Originally posted by crossingafrica:
Hi,
We are Mike and Angela traveling in Africa.
At the moment we are in Ghana and trying to find a save way to reach south africa overland. Are the borders really closed from Sudan into Ethiopie? Where is the best place to get a visa for Sudan? Who went through Nigeria/Niger,Chad,Cameroon or Sudan lately?
Please let us know!
the last thing i had heard was that sudan no longer issues any overland visas. but this is not confirmed information.

i just arrived in cameroon from nigeria (no problems at all in nigeria). from here i'm planning to go south through congo and angola.

i keep a diary and travel info on my website: http://www.contrast.cx you might find some useful info inthere



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