GPS Routes
Africa
From Ben Wilkins, a set of files in three formats, Excel, Text and Garmin Mapsource:
"One set of files is the new tarmac route from Nouadhibou to Nouakchott, the other is my West Africa route from Dahkla junction in Maroc to Lagos. "
Nouadhibou-Nouakchott_tarmac-route zip, all three files 33kb
Nouadhibou-Nouakchott_tarmac-route.mps 17kb
Nouadhibou-Nouakchott_tarmac-route.txt 32kb
Nouadhibou-Nouakchott_tarmac-route.xls 79kb
Dakhla-Lagos zip - all three files 107kb
Dakhla-Lagos.mps 55kb
Dakhla-Lagos.txt 114kb
Dakhla-Lagos.xls 242kb
More planning info, also from Ben:
A GPS listing for hotels, campgrounds, and UK embassies (in Excel spreadsheet .xls format, 22kb) in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, and Togo.
Season Planner (in Excel spreadsheet .xls format, 19kb, by Christine Laurenssen ) for Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Congo, DRC, Ethopia, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
From Danek: Bamako, Mali to Niokolo-Koba, Senegal
Route description and GPS track file
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