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Morroco to Timbuktu
Hi, I was wondering about travelling from Morocco through the Western Sahara, Mauritania and into Mali. (I'd be retracing my steps from Timbuktu back to Morocco to fly home).1
Lonely Planet West Africa has good information on getting from Dahkla (the southernmost city in the Western Sahara) all the way to Timbuktu. Here's some basic info on transport:2
Thanks for this information it is really helpful. We ended up travelling from Istanbul->Cairo (via Iran) instead of going to Egypt and Morocco this summer but we could be going to Morocco->Timbuktu next year depending on money. It'll either be East/South Africa for two months or the Morocco trip instead.3
Interestıng, Im ın Turkey at the moment (the bastards wont let me ınto Iran). Its been awhıle but I thınk I probably meant the two of you could get by on 20 quıd ın total, although the value of the GBP has been down sınce I wrote that. Morocco and West Afrıca ıs much cheaper than Turkey anyway....4
Thanks. Hopefully we'll head to East/South Africa, but if the cost is prohibitive West Africa will be our destination. Do you have any advice for a two month trip? There's a lot to see, so I'm not really sure what to visit. I've heard Ghana is a cool place and Agadez sounds like an adventure, but trying to find a route through all of these countries is a headache, especially since we're only going for two months.5
Ive never been to Ghana and Agadez ıs DEFINITELY out of bounds at the moment. Morocco ıs fantastıc, I spent 2 months there alone. Senegal-Malı ıs probably a nıce trıp for 2 months, wıth some tıme ın Guınea ıf thıngs there are stable. If you start ın Morocco you could try to make ıt down to Dakar or Bamako. Ive been to East/South Afrıca before, and you can travel around there just as cheaply as ın West Afrıca. Its just that tourıst ınfrastructure there ıs a bıt more developed and there are lots of expensıve thıngs (safarıs, Kılımanjaro, gorıllas, zanzıbar) whıch lots of tourısts do. But theres PLENTY of fun cheap stuff to do as well.6
Yeah the activities are definately expensive! I don't think gorilla tracking/kilimanjaro would be on the agenda, but a safari in Serengeti is what we're really looking forward to! Definately going to spend a while in Zanzibar as well. Wildlife/activities aside, is there plenty to do (nice towns/stuff easily accessible by public transport etc)?Posted By: VenessaP -- 28-Jan-2010 15:01
Posted By: VenessaP -- 09-Dec-2009 17:01
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