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Shipping out of Dakar
Anybody done the above in recent history?
Looks good price wise on Grimaldi's website, don't fancy all that time on the ship getting on it at Tilbury so was thinking a couple of weeks down to Dakar and only 6 days to SA.
I dare not ask...... but carnet free to Dakar?
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did anybody try this ? it is somthing i am also thinking about . i would like to get of the ship in brazil . now i have herd that customs on the ports can be a pain in the a** in brazil .so if you arrive with your bike will it make things easy (it did for me in colombia ) i have crossed a land border in brazil and that was no problem or cost . so i was wanting to know if this is a good option and also what the all in cost will be . if any one has info please post on here thanks
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Hey Kito,
Slight thread highjack, but based on a friends experience of shipping by sea into Brazil, I would avoid it all costs. Argentina is a much more common destination. Happy planning.
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i am aware of the problems in brazil and that is why i asked if it would be any difference being on the ship with my bike and being there to clear customs myself like you would at a land border (this is how i did things in colombia ) i have no plans on shipping into BA and i realy cant see why everybody ships there for the price it costs . last time i was in south america i shipped from Suriname and that seemed verry easy and a lot cheeper. anyone with relevant info please.
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All i've found out so far is Grimaldi from Dakar to BA is approx £1000 bike and rider, RO-RO.
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