West coast of Africa
All, this may be a cheap shot looking for advice because I havent yet done all my homework. However, if this doesnt irritate anyone, advice would be greatly appreciated !!
I will be riding the west coast from UK to South Africa end of this year and am in the process of sorting out my documentation.
My questions:
1. What docs are required to get myself and the bike through Borders?
2. What docs are required to get myself and the bike through Check Points?
2. What docs are required (per each country) to apply for Visas while on route?
ie: I dont want get to a border far down south only to be refused entry and have to do an enormous retace to find an alternate route. (Im not sure how one would get to South Africa if refused entry to Angola)
My Current Situation:
Organised
1. I have a South African and British passport.
2. I have a UK registered bike with V5 doc. I am in the process of Importing the bike into South Africa.
3. I have a Travel Insurance Certificate
4. I have a Yellow Fever Innoculation Certificate
5. I wasnt planning on getting a Carnet or organising Insurance from the UK. Can this be done on route ? - 3rd Party/ Fully comp required ?
Still to Organise
6. Passport photographs (How many?)
7. Fiche (How many ?)
8. Photocopies of all docs. (How many and must they be certified ?)
8. Bank Statements ?
9. Letter of Invitation ?
Anything missing ?
I have read that some coutries can be tricky to get into (Nigeria/ Angola) and require Bank Statements and a Letter Of Invitation ?
Route & Requirements:
Morocco - Passport/ V5/ Fiche
Western Sahara
Mauritania
Senegal
Guinea Conakry
Mali
Niger
Nigeria - Passport/ V5/ Bank Statements & Letter of Invitation
Cameroon
Congo
DRC
Angola
Namibia
Botswana
Zimbabwe
South Africa
I still have much reading to do but any advice would be appreciated !
Thanks
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