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Did you see this:



http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...h-africa-66959
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I hadn't spotted that - I thought I'd seen all of Neill's posts about his carnet - that's very interesting - it does mean that I'd have to be in a major town on the day of the swap-over.
I've written to the RAC and spoken to them on the phone, they've promised to let me know what I need to do next week.

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I would also contact the SA AA, just in case.
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Just an update - I'm struggling with the RAC - they're not answering emails and when I call they don't seem to have the answers.

I'm now getting worried that the carnet may not even turn up on time as my wife is supposed to be bringing it out at the end of this week and I can't get through to confirm if it's going to be with her in time or not.
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Sorry to hear that Ian. Don't get too stressed. I would send them an email with an indication of the urgency and your wife's flight date in the header.

And if the worse comes to the worse they can always courier it to you. It only takes a day or two.

I would also try and research where you can get this done - a border or airport may be easier than a major city for example or it may be you need to go to head office to get it done. Their website is

South African Revenue Service - Welcome to the website of the South African Revenue Service (SARS)

Good luck.
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Hi Itchyfeet,
the RAC haven't replied to a single email that I've sent in the last couple of weeks, so I've just lost all confidence that I'm going to see the carnet in time! I don't trust courriers out here - I had some stuff sent out by DHL - it took 2 days to get to Windhoek, then got lost for 5 weeks! The only way I got it out of them was going through a friend who places hundreds of thousands of pounds of business with them for their business - suddently it was found!

With the lack of guidance from the RAC I've taken the decision to get my wife to fly into Windhoek where I'll meet her, there will be customs both at the airport and in the city (plus I know that there are a lot of Germans around who keep their vehicles there all year, so they'll know how it all works). I know where the AA offices are in Windhoek, so once I've got both carnets in my hand I'll pop in and see them for advice.
If all goes wrong I'll still have time (just) to make it back up to the Zambian border.

Tomorrow's job is to continue phoning the RAC ......

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I was in a similar situation to you Ian and ended up stamping out of Namibia on my last day of carnet and then going through Bots in SA and back into Namibia. At no stage was asked for a carnet and as you see from one of my last posts I hope to cross over into Zambia towards the end of the year.

Surely they will be happy to get me out of their country and will only control me on the way in..having said that on the boarder east of Windhoek they are very lax with their controls and I have never had to show paper work for the vehicle.

Keep us posted as to the out come
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