COUNTRY |
TOWN |
DISTANCE KMS |
TOTAL DISTANCE |
NOTES |
CAMEROUN |
Doula |
0 |
|
Cars leave Cape Town on Nov 11 and arrive Dec 19 . Group now heading for Bamenda Dec23 |
|
Limbe |
74 |
74 |
visited Dec 18-20 |
|
Mt Cameroun |
15 |
89 |
Highest mt west Africa |
|
Kumba |
85 |
174 |
|
|
Bafang |
146 |
320 |
|
|
Bamenda |
140 |
460 |
|
|
Banyo |
359 |
819 |
|
|
Tibati |
115 |
934 |
|
|
Ngaoundere |
281 |
1215 |
|
|
Garoua |
296 |
1511 |
|
|
Maroua |
223 |
1734 |
|
|
Mora |
60 |
1794 |
|
|
Border |
94 |
1888 |
Total Cameroun |
NIGERIA |
Maiduguri |
163 |
2051 |
Fulani,Hausa tribes |
|
Damaturu |
134 |
2185 |
|
|
Kari |
185 |
2370 |
|
|
Kano |
279 |
2649 |
Market+ old city |
|
Border |
149 |
2794 |
Total Nigeria |
NIGER |
Zinder |
95 |
2888 |
|
|
Agadez |
431 |
3319 |
|
|
Air Mt |
400 |
3719 |
Tuaregs and Scenery use guide |
|
Tahoua |
403 |
4122 |
|
|
Birrin-Konni |
122 |
4244 |
|
|
Dosso |
282 |
4526 |
|
|
Niamey |
138 |
4664 |
Optional but suggested Niger R. |
|
Tillaberi |
120 |
4784 |
Optional boats-pinasses |
|
Niamey |
120 |
4904 |
Optional |
|
Dosso |
138 |
5042 |
Optional |
|
Gaya |
165 |
5207 |
|
|
Border |
|
|
Total Niger 2414 kms |
BENIN |
Kandi |
105 |
5312 |
|
|
Ndali |
153 |
5465 |
Tsetse flies |
|
Dassa |
272 |
5737 |
|
|
Cotonou |
203 |
5940 |
The sea |
|
Border |
|
|
Total Benin 803 kms |
TOGO |
Lome (capital) |
147 |
6087 |
Coast line |
|
Kpalime |
147 |
6234 |
|
|
Atakpame |
103 |
6337 |
Mt passes |
|
Badou border |
82 |
6419 |
Total Togo 479 kms |
GHANA |
Yendi |
249 |
6668 |
Lakes/ Mt + Ferry |
|
Tamale |
97 |
6765 |
White Volta River |
|
Navrongo Bdr |
189 |
6954 |
Total Ghana |
|
|
|
|
|
COUNTRY |
TOWN |
DISTANCE KMS |
TOTAL DISTANCE |
NOTES |
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BURKINA |
Ouagadougou |
172 |
7126 |
CAPITAL Burkina fasso |
|||
|
Bobo-Dioulasso |
356 |
7482 |
Beautiful Mt scenery ride towards Banfora |
|||
|
Border |
115 |
7597 |
Total Burkina 643 kms |
|||
MALI |
San |
158 |
7755 |
Niger river wetlands |
|||
|
Djenne' |
140 |
7895 |
The best Mosque in Africa |
|||
|
Sevare' |
119 |
8014 |
Supplies |
|||
|
Bandiagara |
63 |
8077 |
DOGONS for a few days |
|||
|
Mopti |
200 |
8277 |
Boat/cars to Timbuktu-Library |
|||
|
Timbuktu |
367 |
8644 |
Some boat some car then swop |
|||
|
Mopti |
|
|
All meet again |
|||
|
San |
183 |
8827 |
|
|||
|
Se'gou |
199 |
9026 |
|
|||
|
Bamako |
235 |
9261 |
Capital Service cars |
|||
|
Border |
127 |
9388 |
Total Mali 1791 kms |
|||
Guine'e |
Siguiri |
|
|
|
|||
|
Kouroussa |
|
|
Mt passes scenery |
|||
|
Dabola |
|
|
" " " |
|||
|
Mamou |
682 |
10070 |
" " " |
|||
|
Conakry |
268 |
10338 |
" " " Capital sea |
|||
|
Boke' Border |
248 |
10586 |
Total Guine'e 1198 kms |
|||
GUINE BISSAU |
Bambadinca |
252 |
10838 |
Ferry |
|||
|
Bissau Capital |
121 |
10959 |
Estuary |
|||
SENEGAL |
Ziguinchor Bdr |
145 |
11104 |
Ferry Total Guine'Bissau 518 km |
|||
GAMBIA |
Banjul |
189 |
11293 |
European playground |
|||
|
Ferafenni |
198 |
11491 |
Scenic |
|||
SENEGAL |
Kaolack |
85 |
11761 |
" |
|||
|
Dakar Capital |
189 |
11950 |
Rest site see Lac rose |
|||
|
Ile de Goree |
|
|
Natorious Slave island |
|||
|
Thies |
70 |
12020 |
|
|||
|
St Louis |
196 |
12216 |
Senegal river mouth |
|||
|
Rosso Border |
101 |
12317 |
Total Senegal |
|||
MAURITANIA |
Nouakchott |
204 |
12521 |
Capital |
|||
|
Nouamrhar |
174 |
12695 |
Ride on beach at low tide 174km |
|||
|
Nouadhibou Bd |
395 |
13090 |
Tracks through the desert |
|||
|
|
|
|
Total Mauritania |
|||
W SAHARA MORROCO |
Dakhla |
366 |
13456 |
Tarred road |
|||
|
Laayoune |
503 |
13959 |
" " |
|||
|
Tarfaya |
115 |
14074 |
|
|||
|
Tan-Tan |
205 |
14279 |
|
|||
|
Agadir |
315 |
14594 |
Scenic via Tafraoute + 155 kms |
|||
|
Marrakech |
298 |
14892 |
Atlas mts |
|||
COUNTRY |
TOWN |
DISTANCE KMS |
TOTAL DISTANCE |
NOTES |
MOROCCO |
Ouarzazate |
204 |
15096 |
Atlas Mts |
|
Errachida |
306 |
15402 |
Palm groves |
|
Azrou |
266 |
15668 |
Moyen Atlas Mts |
|
Fez |
80 |
15748 |
Old city and market/ tanning |
|
Meknes |
60 |
15808 |
|
|
Khemisset |
56 |
15864 |
|
|
Oulmes/Khen |
174 |
16038 |
Passes |
|
Kasba-Tadla |
99 |
16137 |
|
|
Casablanca |
196 |
16333 |
|
|
Rabat |
97 |
16430 |
Capital Morocco |
|
Tangier |
251 |
16681 |
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