Western Africa, Southern Africa and now we are at the last part of Africa (East) in our trip. It is look like that this part will be more expensive than others.
– Zambia
We entered Zambia from Kariba
Passport – they just ask how long you want to stay and they prepare your visa (more details see visa story) .
Import vehicle – We used our Carnet de Passage (see our blog about that)
Vehicle insurance – we didn’t buy any insurance at the border but bought it in the Capital Lusaka and took the Comesa insurance here to.
Road- and Carbon tax – We paid 20 usd per motorcycle road tax (paid in usd cash only) and 70 kwacha per motorcycle only payable in local currency (no cards excepted).
Bribery – no money or gifts asked, there is a money exchanger around who you need, his rate is not so bad. When you leave the border you have to pay 30 kwacha community tax per vehicle only local currency cash.
Leaving Zambia
We left Zambia from Chipata
Passport – easy stamp out
Export vehicle – We used our Carnet de Passage (see our blog about that)
Bribery – no money or gifts where asked.
(When we were there 1 USD=10 Kwacha)
– Malawi
We entered Malawi from Mchinji
Passport – easy stamp for 30 days
Import vehicle – We used our (Carnet de Passage)
Vehicle insurance – We used our Comesa insurance (see our blog about that)
Road- and Carbon tax – We needed to pay 20 USD road tax for each motorcycle, only payable in USD. You fill in a form after that you pay and with that receipt you will receive a paper that you paid for the road tax. No carbon tax to be paid.
Bribery – no money or gifts where asked.
Leaving Malawi
We left Malawi through border near.
Passport – Our passports got stamped easy, nothing asked for.
Export Vehicle – We used our Carnet de Passage.
Bribery – No money or gifts where asked for.
– Tanzania
We entered Malawi at the Kasumulu border.
Passport – We paid for the visa and our passports got stamped easy, nothing asked for.
Import Vehicle – We used our Carnet de Passage.
Vehicle insurance – our COMESA insurance is valid here.
Road tax and Carbon tax – No road or carbon tax to be paid (finally).
Bribery – No money or gifts where asked for.
Leaving Tanzania
We left Tanzania through the Rusumo falls border.
Passport – Our passports got stamped easy, nothing asked for.
Export Vehicle – We used our Carnet de Passage (see our blog about this).
Bribery – No money or gifts where asked for.
– Rwanda
We entered Rwanda at the Rusumo falls border.
Passport – We paid for the visa and our passports got stamped easy, nothing asked for.
Import Vehicle – We used our Carnet de Passage.
Vehicle insurance – our COMESA insurance is valid here.
Road tax and Carbon tax – No road or carbon tax to be paid.
Bribery – No money or gifts where asked for.
Leaving Rwanda
We left Rwanda through the Gatuma border.
Passport – Our passports got stamped easy, nothing asked for.
Export Vehicle – We used our Carnet de Passage (see our blog about this).
Bribery – No money or gifts where asked for.
– Uganda
We entered Uganda at the Katuma border.
Passport – We already paid for the visa and our passports got stamped easy, nothing asked for.
Import Vehicle – We used our Carnet de Passage (see our blog about this).
Vehicle insurance – our COMESA insurance is valid here.
Road tax and Carbon tax – No road or carbon tax to be paid.
Bribery – No money or gifts where asked for.
Leaving Uganda
We left Uganda through the Malaba border.
Passport – Our passports got stamped easy, nothing asked for.
Export Vehicle – We used our Carnet de Passage (see our blog about this).
Bribery – No money or gifts where asked for.
– Kenya
We entered Kenya at the Malaba border.
Passport – We had visa already and our passports got stamped easy, nothing asked for.
Import Vehicle – We used our Carnet de Passage (see our blog about this).
Vehicle insurance – our COMESA insurance is valid here.
Road tax and Carbon tax – No road or carbon tax to be paid.
Bribery – No money or gifts where asked for.
Leaving Kenya
We left Kenya through the Moyale border.
Passport – Our passports got stamped easy, nothing asked for.
Export Vehicle – We used our Carnet de Passage (see our blog about this). But, we stayed in Kenya more the 14 days so we needed to pay road tax for our motorcycles. We told the custom officer we don’t have any money left and we only stayed longer in Kenya as we got stuck because of riots at the border on Ethiopia side. Eventually we left without paying, lucky us!
Bribery – No money or gifts where asked for.
– Ethiopia
We entered Ethiopia at the Moyale border.
Passport – We had a visa already and our passports got stamped easy, nothing asked for.
Import Vehicle – We used our Carnet de Passage (see our blog about this). They do want to now your road in Ethiopia, all places you want to visit. Also they write down what valuables you have like a phone, tablet, camera and laptop (they check when you leave).
Vehicle insurance – our COMESA insurance is valid here.
Road tax and Carbon tax – No road or carbon tax to be paid.
Bribery – No money or gifts where asked for.
Leaving Ethiopia
We left Ethiopia through the Metema border.
Passport – Our passports got stamped easy, nothing asked for.
Export Vehicle – We used our Carnet de Passage (see our blog about this).
Bribery – No money or gifts where asked for.
– Sudan
We entered Sudan at the Metema border.
Passport – We had a visa already and our passports got stamped easy. We needed to pay 606 Sudanese pounds each to register our visa. It turned out to be valid for 2 months instead of 1 month now. When having check points they are only interested in the register part not the visa.
Import Vehicle – We used our Carnet de Passage (see our blog about this). We arrived on a Friday afternoon, this is the public holiday in Sudan and the general is not always available. They needed to go to his house to stamp our Carnet de Passage (CdP)
Vehicle insurance – our COMESA insurance is valid here.
Road tax and Carbon tax – No road or carbon tax to be paid.
Bribery – No money or gifts where asked for.
Leaving Sudan
We left Sudan through Khartoum airport because we had some issue to get a Egypt visa to her in Sudan. 🙁
If you need to leave Sudan airfreight, air cargo you can check the link.
So, time to say goodbye to Africa after 19 months, 48.000 km and 33 countries. Next continent is waiting for us 🙂
We made a short video for our Africa journey, roads, life… We hope that you like to watch :
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