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20.0 masl
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tenkss

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From Ndende, the road immediately turns into a poorly graded piste to the border.
We would rate the piste 50% good(4th gear, sometimes 5th) and 50% bad(2nd gear).

The above conditions didn’t exist in rainy season November 2018 (even driving after a rain storm)—2nd gear almost never used, mostly 4th and 3rd. The broken pavement at the Ndende end was more difficult to drive. The muddy sections of the road from Dolisie to border were worse. Beware that road conditions can change very quickly.

This continues after the border all the way to Dolisie where the Total gasstation appears. The road has a LOT of bull dust. This road could be a bit difficult in the wet season.

There is also no fuel between Ndende and Dolisie so it's worth fueling up, though you may be able to buy bottles of fuel from small villages along the way.

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Road on the Gabon side was quite good, some smaller waterholes. Congo side just a long stretch but everything ok except a real long waterhole after nyanga. There’s a deviation to the left heading south. Go not through.

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Road to border has been graded and maintained recently during the rainy season. Water puddles weren’t deep and bottom was firm and not churned up. Even after overnight rain storm, it was in decent condition (better than mud sections of RoC road from Dolisie to border. Of course, conditions can change quickly.

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Nothing is impossible. The first 48 kilometers of the road from Nedende to Dolisi is a great challenge because of some big puddles of water, but it is possible. We did it with our Volkswagen transporter campervan 2-wheel drive, in rain season. The trick is to be patient and wait for the right weather. We had 2 days and a night dry weather. And the day we drove was dry also. We had a long stick to measure the dept of the puddles and the level of mud in them. So we could chose the right path to cross them. We only got stuck ones and had to be pulled out by a 4x4. We only had to wait for help for 5 minutes. It's a nice off road track after the difficult part. The environment is beautiful with all the birds and butterflies and the mountains. We drove from Ndende to Dolisi in 9,5 hours and enjoyed it very much. Just take it easy :)

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In wet season the road is very difficult to drive! There are a lot of water filled potholes...you never know how deep they are and if the surface is muddy. Also some parts were extremely muddy and slippery. One time we got stock badly and only our winch helped us out... all this was before the border with Congo...Gabun doesn't seem to invest in this road! From the border on the road was quite ok, not much water on the road and also the potholes were not as deep as in Gabun. On Congo side the road seems to be maintained regularly. So the Piste is in way better condition than on Gabun side. With border crossing it took us 11 hours from Ndende to Dolisie. It still is a dirt track all the way, but especially the last 22 km to Dolisie were good. There they begin to build a road and so there the track turns into a huge and perfectly maintained piste.

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28 June 2017

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As 'Afrika Drimslar' stated, we would rate the road 50% good(4th gear, sometimes 5th) and 50% bad(2nd gear) as well.
For us it did not rain and we did not have mud at all, we had 'soft' sand sometimes(rarely), but most of the time just a dusty, bumpy(!) road. It really depends on the season and the month.

All the way to Dolisie(where the Total gasstation appears) it is dirt/dusty road and NO asphalt for sure.
Annoying speedbumps at villages.

It took us 9 hours and 20 min. from Ndende to Doulisie, including the border, getting a passavant in Nyanga, 2 police posts where they wrote down our details and 2 police posts where they checked our details.

We drove from 10.45AM until 5.30PM and camped in the bushes, then started at 5.55AM and arrived 8AM the next day.

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We found the last Comment very unhelpful. It sounds like a hardcore Offroad Track what it definitely is not. Okay, we drove it a few Weeks later and in the Dry Season but it's just another normal African Piste with some good and some bad Parts. We would rate 50% as good and 50% as bad (bad means 2nd Gear, Toyota Land Cruiser). After crossing into Congo there are a few really good Kilometers but later it gets bad again. What really annoyed us is: There is no Change at all at km 70 from Dolisie (as the last Comment implies). Maybe they filled one Mud Whole here. And: There is no Tarmac/Road at km 32 (as last Comment also implies). Yes they started to PREPARE for a Road and they already built Water Tunnels up to km 40 from Dolisie. But there is no paved Road at all at the Time of writing! From Ndende to Dolisie, 280 km, Dirt Track only! Please stop making confusing References to certain Kilometers. Because of the last Comment we decided to drive into the Dark. If we knew that the Piste would not change at all and there is not a single Meter of Tarmac, we would not have done so. The whole Track including Border Crossings took us more than 10 Hours.

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Road is muddy with large, water filled potholes. Gets better not far south after the border but after a night of rain, it took us 6 hours from Nyanga to Dolisie. The mud is very slippery in places and we definitely needed 4x4 and diff lock. At 70 km from Dolisie, logging trucks had compacted a smoother path. A new road is going in and they are up to 32 km from Dolisie so far.

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We had rain some days before. Mostly the pist is ok, but there are a lot of water filled potholes - you never know how deep they are and some really muddy spots. Sometimes the puddles fill the whole road and were very deep. Felt like a river crossing and we saw ducks in them (maybe that's a sign ;P).

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Road not as bad as described, we did it in November (most rain of the year) with a Toyo LC, 4x4 not needed once. Left Ndende 10:00, arrived Doulisie 16:30. Fuel on the road sold in canisters.

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From Ndende, the road immediately turns into a poorly graded piste to the border. This continues after the border all the way to Dolisie, with a LOT of bull dust. This road could be a bit difficult in the wet season.

There is also no fuel between Ndende and Dolisie so it's worth fueling up, though you may be able to buy bottles of fuel from small villages along the way.

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