Advantages: Different, off the normal tourist route.Can be fun if you know people there. Disadvantages: Logistic, administrative, accommodation nightmare and dangerous
Chad is a large Central African country with a poverty level population. N’Djamena is the capital and is only reached internationally by three major airlines, Air France (to Paris), Ethiopian Airlines (to Addis Ababa) and Cameroon Air (to Douala.). You will need a visa to get there - the nearest visa to UK is Paris so you need to spend a day there for that un less you mail your passport which is always a dodgy thing to do.
Overland, unless ... ...have seen several vehicles and motor bikes doing it, but it is NOT for the faint-hearted.
The capital lies along the shores of the Chari River that flows into Lake Chad about 80 miles to the west. It lies on the southern fringes of the Saharan desert and has a mixed climate, lying on the northern fringes of the equatorial rain belt which reaches Chad in June/July and usually finishes in October. Cross country travel, while never easy for a variety ...
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