eSIM — Somalie

Le volume de données dont vous avez vraiment besoin

Whatever you use depends on the line your organisation or local host arranges. In practice it stays light — messages, email and a few internet calls a day — because movement in the cities is time-limited anyway.

À l'atterrissage

The main gateway is Aden Adde International in Mogadishu (MGQ). In the north, Egal International at Hargeisa (HGA) is the way into Somaliland, and there are also airports at Bosaso (BSA), Garowe (GGR) and Berbera (BBO). Most flights connect through Nairobi, Addis Ababa, Dubai or Istanbul. Land crossings from Ethiopia and Kenya exist, but whether they are usable depends entirely on the security situation at the time.

Où la couverture change

The network clusters in the coastal and trading cities — Mogadishu, Hargeisa, Berbera, Bosaso and Garowe. The interior is wide semi-desert rangeland, and the western borderlands, the valleys between the southern towns and the long inter-regional roads have effectively nothing to hold on to. That is one reason travel between cities is usually done on domestic flights rather than by driving.

Villes qui intéressent les voyageurs

• Mogadishu: Indian Ocean capital where movement is limited by security arrangements.
• Hargeisa: Somaliland's main city, with its own entry procedure.
• Berbera: Gulf of Aden port town, extremely hot in summer.
• Bosaso: Northern trading port in the Puntland region.
• Garowe: Puntland's administrative centre, midway along the north-south route.

Applications à installer avant de décoller

• WhatsApp, the channel local contacts use most
• An offline map app such as OsmAnd, downloaded before travelling
• Google Translate with offline Arabic and Somali packs