J'habite en ce moment au Nigeria, et pour mon retour en France, je pense revenir en taxi-brousse par l'afrique de l'ouest.
Ma question:
Peut-on obtenir des visas à la frontiere dans tous les pays (Togo, ghana, burkina, mali, senegal, mauritanie, maroc) sachant que je ferais le voyage dans cet ordre.
Si certains connaissent les durees et les prix des visas.. ca raccourcira tjs mes errances sur internet ;-)
Comme dirait l'autre,
en Afrique, tout est possible,
Mais rien n'est certain.
Sam 😉 Merci pour cette éclairante réponse 😎... tu me tires une fière chandelle du pied.
PS : En quoi l'énergie est-elle un centre d'intérèt ? Je pourrais préciser les ressources énergétique et leurs utilisations si tu préfères. (c un peu un enjeu du moment, tu sais, le pétrole aaaah pas bien, le nucléaire oui-non euuuh, les ENR éhéeee top cool, etc.. c'est ça qui m'intéresse quoi..) Romain
Je crois qu`a la frontiere du Benin-Togo et Ghana, tu peux obtenir le visa. Je traverse souvent ces frontieres et je sais que cela se fait. Pour ce qui est du Burkina, Mali, Senegal et Mauritanie, je crois que cela est possible.
Tu as la possibilite de prendre un bus pour Bamako depuis cotonou. Ils font Cotonou-Ouga-Bamako.
Mais ils ont des jours de depart.
De Bamako, tu pourras prendre un bus pour la Mauritanie, au lieu de decendre au Sengal et partir au maroc par la Mauritanie.
Bonne chance
Cordialement
Obed
The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it !
Merci pour ta réponse.
Concernant les bus, le but du jeu n'est surtout pas de prendre le trajet le plus direct et le plus court (ce serait pas marrant sinon ;-) ).
Je me suis donc prévu 3 ptis mois pour avoir le temps de profiter un minimum des pays traversés, de faire des ptites randos, touts ça quoi..
Et puis pourquoi tu voudrais que j'évite le sénégal, c'est pas bien là-bas ?;-)
Mais de toute façon je suis pas encore fixé, j'hésite encore entre le bus/taxi-brousse ou la grosse mobylette... je verrais.
salut moi j'ai fait le sens inverse de france jusq'au niger avec mon fourgon
tout les visas sont accessible a la frontière (burkina, niger, mali, mauritanie, togo...)
mais des fois vaut mieux les prendre aux ambassades car aux frontières ils peuvent demander ce qu'ils veulent ils savent que tu va pas faire demi tour
les prix je m'en souviens plsu mais le plus cher c celui du burkina (20€ je crois)
apres j'ai pris aussi les taxis brousse(un peu dangereux souvent en panne mais c folklo si t'a le temps, tu fais le the en attendna tque le mecano repare) et les bus de ligne c different moi j'ai lie contact dans les 2 en afrique c pas dure en plus ils pourront t'hebergé
je connais pas le nigeria mais j'ai des amis nigerian meme eux me deconseille d'y aller seul !! EST CE SI DANGEREUX ?
le senegal c pareil que le mali mais pas dakar qui est un nid a touriste et l'ambiance est tres mauvaise(racisme, agression...) mon frere c fait braqué moi je sort toujours a plusieurs a dakar (j'ai pas aimé dakar) apres la casmaance et saint louis c plus cool quoi que le senegal est vraiement tres touristique .....
apres la mauritanie j'ai vbien aimé mais c une rep islamique donc ta pas le droit de boire ta bière sur la terrasse d'un bar tu aurais quelques pb mais surtout le barman fermera sont bar
le top se serait de prendre un guide dans chaque pays mais ça depant de ta tune
apres la mmobylette ça reste fun mais pense tu arriver a faire 9000km comme ça (en saison des pluies trop bon :-))))
voilà je rete a ta dispo meme si j'aime pas l'energie nr (je rouele a l'huile) et les exploiteur des ressources africaine qui en on rien a foutre des africains
Dangereux le Nigeria? je n'irai pas jusque là..
Pour etre franc, je ne me suis senti en insecurite que 2 fois en 8 mois (si je ne compte pas le critere securite routiere 😉, où là c vraiment quasi de la roulette russe) et pourtant je pense avoir pas mal bouger dans le pays (tu peux jeter un coup d'oeil a mon blog, il y a d'ailleurs un lien pour le site d'un gars qui est venu y passer 2 mois de vacances tout seul) de la à te conseiller d'y aller seul.. je voudrais pas avoir ça sur la conscience😇.
Lagos est pas une ville safe, la dessus tout le monde est d'accord, ca n'empeche pas d'y vivre pour autant mais le sentiment de liberte est tout de meme diminue.
En revanche, ailleurs dans le pays (pour peu que tu evites quand meme la region petrolifere du delta ou les tensions sont permanentes), les gens sont charmants, authentiques, accueillants... et ne meritent vraiment pas toute cette mauvais image.
A cote de ca il faut relativiser, tu as souvent des braquages sur les routes la nuit, la situation n'est jamais tres stable que ce soit au point de vue tension politique ou religieuse. Mais bon on fait avec, avec un profil bas et un sourire, ca passe souvent.
Pour ce qui est de la question des 9000 km en mob (d'ailleurs c un peu plu gros, ce serait une 100cm3 je crois), je pense que ca doit se faire. Yen a bien qui le font a velo.. c'est juste que moi j'ai pas assez de temps (et pis pas assez de mollet aussi surement 😏).
Et puis pourquoi t'aimes pas les ENR? c'est rare les gens aussi réticent aux energies renouvelables... m'enfin quelle drole d'idée!
Au fait je ne te demande pas d`eviter le senegal. Je ne savais pas que tu voulais fair le tour de ces pays.
De toute facon, il y a des bus qui font Lome-Ouga. Pour Cotonou-Lome, c`est au plus 3000 f cfa le trajet avec les taxi. Tu les trouveras au Marche Tokpa a cotonou.
Mais fais attention.
Bonne chance
The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it !
ya un mec sur le forum qui veut faire une descente de france au cap avec un camion mais il peur de passer par le nigeria du coup tout son itineraire est chambouler tu peux peut etre l'aider dans "formalites administrative " sonpost c "Formalités pour rentrer un poids lourd au Maroc?». pseudo manou
j'avais mal compris le sigle ENR je croyais Energie Non Renovelable et comme le nigeria c le petrole je croyais que tu travaillais pour ces pilleur d'elf et consort....
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