by NathanJanssens » Mon Oct 21, 2013 10:54 am
Hi
I am planning a trip through West Africa and would like you guys' advice.
I'm leaving Nov 26 from Belgium, plan is to get back home about 6 months after.I might stay a bit longer depending on the financial situation at that moment.
Here's what I roughly had in mind:
26 Nov: Fly from BRU via ADD to LFW, Togo. Get visa on arrival for 7 days.
Get the visa extended for 30 days in Lomé, as well as get the visa for Ghana.
Possibly get Visa Touristique d'Entente (VTE) for later on.
6 Dec - 5 Jan: Travel Ghana.
6 Jan: Go back to Togo (on the VTE or buy a new Togo 7 day visa and get the VTE in Lomé then). Meet up with friends for a day or ten.
15 Jan: Enter Benin, cross it from south to north.
1 Feb: Enter Niger from Benin. Assess situation and decide whether or not to go to Agadez.
From there on, the timing is somewhat more vague.
Enter Burkina Faso from Niger, get a new VTE (60 days validity) in Ouagadougou.
Enter Cote d'Ivoire from Burkina Faso.
Fly back to BRU from ABJ.
Possible variations on this are not to visit Niger, do Burkina Faso very briefly and in return visit Liberia and Sierra Leone. Possibly even making our way up north, all the way to Dakar, Senegal.
I'm traveling with a friend, we both have seen a bit of the world already, but West Africa is a bit unknown to both of us. (I spent a month in Senegal last year, but I'm guessing Senegal is not much like Niger or Liberia)
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, especially on safety.
Also, if anyone knows if it's possible to get a VTE in Niamey, please let me know!
Thanks!