Comments on Mind The Elephant: Still stuck in the Congo (Waiting for a visa)

I'm afraid you'll fall into the same boat...

2009-07-14T10:15:46.634+01:00

I'm afraid you'll fall into the same boat as us, we had tourist visas. It depends on who's working on the day, we spoke to people who'd crossed a couple of days after us with no visa and it wasn't even mentioned.

I've since heard a better way of dealing with the situation is to get a letter from the Zambian embassy in Brazzaville to say you can get the Zambian visa on the border claiming that's the route you'll take out, then just head down to Matadi and get the Angolan visa once across the border.

Good luck.

Thanks for the great info on this stage of your tr...

2009-07-09T19:24:19.005+01:00

Thanks for the great info on this stage of your trip; can I ask a quick clarification question--I'm heading this way overland by public transport in the next few weeks. I have a DRC tourist visa, but am hoping to apply for the Angola visa in Matadi. Do I fall into the same category as you guys, and are there likely to be problems on the ferry such as you had? I'm wondering if maybe you had transit visas for DRC, or if perhaps it was the fact that you had a vehicle that was the issue. Any advice would be very gratefully received,

Best,

Seth
(www.alphabettravel.com)