This page contains any information relating to fuel and keeping the car going.
Fuel is readily available in Morocco and car parts are easy to come by. Diesl costs 7.46 Dh (45p) per l in Morocco but is as low as 4.8 Dh (29p) per l in Western Sahara. Insurance for 1 month cost €90.
When buying car part or getting repairs done it is important to negotiate the price beforehand. Generally, asking locally will get you to the right place.
We had work done at Sahara Garage, Zagora which was excellent (N30 19.475 W5 50.245).
We were also ripped off at Camping International, Fez where the owner organised a mechanic for us.
Fuel is available in the main towns and you can get car parts but you pay a premium. If you ask someone where to buy parts they will end up going to buy what you need for you and come back with extra high prices. We paid €50 for a slave cylinder repair kit and some brake fluid. An exception was Sidi, who owns Auberge des Nomades in Nouakchott. He took us to a spares shop and didn't expect any payment.
Diesel prices vary from 218 to 233 Ouguiya (47p-50p) per l. Insurance cost €10 for 10 days.
Fuel is available in all the main towns. We only bought spares in Bamako where we were taken to a shop by the Auberge staff. Spares were expensive by European standards.
Diesel costs 535 CFA (56p) per l. Insurance cost 38 000 CFA for 3 months and covers all the ECOWAS states.
We didn't have to spend any money on the car here. There are large fuel stations on the main roads. Diesel costs 556 CFA perl. Our ECOWAS insurance from Mali covered us here.
There is an excellent garage in Accra - Pit Stop (N05°34.167' W00°12.313') run by Ian, an English bloke. You can stay at his house while you're getting work done and he can buy you parts at a reasonable price (Shit quality though). Prices are on a par with the UK. There are large fuel stations in most towns of any size. Diesel costs 7751 cedis per l. Our ECOWAS insurance policy covers us here.
We did not have to do any repairs or buy any parts in Togo or Benin. An oil change cost us 14 000 CFA including the cost of the oil. There are fuel stations on all the main roads and diesel cost 390 CFA per lin Benin. We are still using the Brown card insurance.
There are loads of petrol stations but not so much petrol and very little diesel in Nigeria. You know which stations have fuel by the queues of cars waiting. Diesel cost 120 Niara a litre. We are still using Brown card insurance. We did not have to have any work done on the car although we did spot a Landrover dealer in Abuja. Also a couple of the guys asked at the Sheraton Driver's village about where to get parts.
There are petrol stations in all major towns and availability of fuel is good. Fuel costs 535 CFA per l.Our Brown card insurance is still valid so we've decided to blag it in Cameroon. We were asked for insurance a few times and just handed over the Brown card - this was accepted. Due to shit quality parts bought in Ghana we had to get bushes replaced in Limbe. We couldn't get the parts but the mechanic got black market bushings made out of old tyres (they're shot again after a month).
Fuel station in all major towns. Fuel costs 470 CFA per l.We're still winging it on the insurance and weren't asked for it in Gabon at all. We didn't need any work done on the car.
Fuel in Point Noire and Dolise - cost 345 CFA per l.Still using Brown card insurance although not valid but not asked for it at police checks. No repairs/parts needed, but not many cars about so I don't thin they would be easy to come by.
Fuel in Matadi - cost 545 Congolese Franc per l. Still using Brown card insurance and were never asked to produce it. No repairs/parts needed, again not many cars about.
No decent fuel and proper fuel stations in the north. We bought fuel in Nzeto at 50 Kw/l out of plastic drums. Everywhere else diesel is 30 Kw/l. The roads are tough on vehicles, there are lots of Landrovers about and we spotted a dealer in Luanda so parts shouldn't be a problem. Still using the Brown Card insurance, though were never asked for it.
Fuel is readily available at N$6.50/l. Good roads except well off the beaten track. There is a Landrover dealer in Winhoek(Independance Dr) and an aftermarket spares shop the Landy Centre (Cnr Sam Njomo and Hosea Kutako Dr). There is a good garage in Oshikati - Northern Auto Repairs. We did not buy insurance in Namibia. There is a cross border charge for foreign vehicles N$ 160 for a Landrover.
Entering Zambia with a vehicle is expensive. You have to buy insurance R220 for 1 month - we've heard about a yellow card insurance that covers most of east and southern Africa, will investigate at our next border. You also have to pay a carbon emissions tax Kw 150 000 and a road tax US$10. Rands, Namibian dollars and US dollars are accepted as payment. Fuel supply can be a problem although all big towns have well known service stations. Price can vary from Kw 5000 - Kw 6000 per litre.
There is a road tax of US$ 25 for the car. We entered through a small border post so our insurance wasn't checked - at the main crossing points I think they insist on insurance. Fuel is available in most towns and costs TSh 1450 a litre. We found out when leaving Tanzania for the second time what the actual car charged were. There is a US$5 road toll for bringing foreign vehicles into the country. There is a US$20 fuel levy - this is only payable if you are going to be in the country for more than 7 days and is valid for 30 days.
There is a US$ 40 road tax for 1 month in Kenya. Again insurance is compulsory but we managed to sneak in without it being checked. We bought third party and the yellow card in Nairobi. The yellow card is third party insurance which covers many countries - all of east and southern Africa, DRC and Ethiopia. You must has a third part policy in the country in which you buy the yellow card. We bought 1 month third party for Kenya KSh 1500, and then the yellow card for 2 months KSh 5464. Fuel is readily available and costs KSh 67 per litre. There is a Landrover dealer in Nairobi - gps S1°18.166 E36°49.797 and an aftermarket parts shop - gps S1°18.198 E36°49.627.
There is a road tax payable in Uganda depending on where you go and how long you stay. We paid USH 35000 for two weeks from the Kenyan border to Kampala. In reality the paperwork is never checked and we were let out at the Rwandan border with no problem. Insurance was checked at the border. There is a Landrover dealer on the Jinja road on the outskirts of Kampala. Fuel is readily available. The price ranges from USh 1800 in Kampala to USh 2200 in outlying places.
It is free to bring a car into Rwanda. Only the carnet was stamped and no other paperwork checked. It was free to take the car into Burundi with the Carnet.
It is free to bring a vehicle into Malawi. Fuel is available most places at 171 Kw per litre.
It was free to bring the car in. We stil have our COMESA insurance. Fuel is scarce in the north - becomming more readily available south of the Beira - Mutare road. It costs MT 31 per litre.