Category: English Blog
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Bureaucracy and Borders When Traveling Africa by Car
Our experiences, border-crossing procedures, and costs by country One of the biggest challenges of an overland trip around Africa is that the continent consists of many countries, which can sometimes turn the journey into a bureaucratic nightmare. To help others, we’ve collected how our own border crossings went: where we obtained our visas, what the Read more
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Day 35-40 – Conackry part 2.
Február 23-28.: The next day our plan was to visit the islands. We didn’t want to go all the way into the city, so instead, we took a tuk-tuk (this was Ádám’s first tuk-tuk ride, and he really enjoyed it) and a motorcycle (which he enjoyed less because there were three of us on one Read more
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Day 35-40. – Conackry Part 1.
February 23-28.: After exploring the Fouta Djallon region, we headed toward Conakry. Although we set off at 8 AM, due to traffic (and potholes), we couldn’t make it all the way to Conakry that day. Instead, we spent the night in Coyah, a small town before the capital, where we found a beautiful place to Read more
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Day 30-34: Fouta Djallon (Guinea)
February 18-22: We headed from Guinea-Bissau to Guinea. Google estimated in the morning that the 189 kilometers journey would had taken 4 hours, with a temperature of 24°C to reach the first Guinean settlement. Based on our experiences and others’ reports, we estimated it would take at least 10 hours and 40°C – and we Read more
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Days 27–29: Cachungo (Guinea Bissau)
February 15–17: After Varela, we drove to Cachungo. Our original plan was to drive 200 kilometers to a small historic town called Cacheu, where we would do some wild camping, and then continue exploring the country the next day. However, we quickly realized that traveling in Guinea-Bissau was extremely slow: from 10 AM to 6 Read more
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Days 25–26: Varela (Guinea Bissau)
February 13–14: After leaving Kachiouane, we headed towards Guinea-Bissau. Our first destination was supposed to be a coastal village called Varela, which was only about 10–20 km away from us. However, we had to take a long detour back to Ziguinchor before crossing into Guinea-Bissau. As nightfall approached, we decided to stop and sleep in Read more
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Day 22-24: Casamance (Senegal)
February 10-12: After Dakar, we headed toward Casamance. This region is separated from northern Senegal by The Gambia, meaning it can only be reached either by traveling through The Gambia or by making a huge detour. We decided to pass through The Gambia and spend a night there in a small town called Soma. Unfortunately, Read more
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Day 20-21. dakar (Senegal)
February 8-9: We drove from Lompoul-sur-Mer to Dakar. We wanted to skip the capital this time since we knew the traffic heading into the city would be heavy, and we had already spent three days here two years ago. However, we had no choice but to enter to get our Carnet de Passage stamped on Read more
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Day 19-20: Lompoul su Mer (Senegal)
February 7-8: After crossing the border, we looked for a camping spot in Senegal. We use an app called iOverlander, where you can mark and comment on accommodations, campsites, and wild camping spots, which has been very useful during our travels. We found a wild camping spot not far from the border, in a small Read more
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Day 17-19: Some days in the Capital of Mauritania
February 5-7: As we were driving out of our wild camping spot on the sandy road, we started to feel that something was wrong with Mezi (that’s what we call our car because of its license plate). We hoped to make it to the capital, still about 500 kilometers away, but the car was shaking Read more