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Arrival in Nouakchott.
Airport reception and transfer to hotel for overnight stay. Tour leader will be at the airport, along with the local guide who will accompany us during this adventure, to welcome all participants on this trip.
If you arrive on Royal Air Maroc, you will arrive at 0140LT.
Dinner, if requested previously, and overnight at the hotel.
After breakfast, pick up at the agreed time for an exciting, full day!
We head off on a road trip to Attar, the current capital of the Adrar region, which hosts the largest and most colorful market in the entire region with its exotic products, typical of Saharan trade
We will visit the Attar market (Marche D’atar). After this visit, we will lunch in a restaurant in Atar.
We head towards Ouadane, the final destination of the day. Like Chinguetti, Ouadane is an ancient city in the desert, with several historical monuments
Overnight at the Ouadane Inn
Dinner included
Breakfast at the Ouadane inn.
The ancient city festival is an annual event that takes place every year in one of the four ancientcities of Mauritania: Chinguetti, Tichit, Ouadane and Oualata. This year it is held in Ouadane.
We attended the ceremony in the presence of the President of the Republic.
The festival represents a developmental and cultural approach that aims to highlight the cultural and civilizational radiation of these cities, in addition to the developmental aspects that are the most important motives for organizing the festival. It is a festival dedicated to tradition.
People also come to watch all the musical performances and traditional games.
We will visit the old town and museums.
In the evening, we will attend a magnificent artistic evening in the presence of the President of the Republic and all the ministries and ambassadors.
We will attend some traditional games and then head straight to the hotel.
Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Breakfast at the Ouadane inn.
Today we will head to Chinguetti, the 7th holiest city of Islam, dating from the 11th century, with its dry-stone houses and its famous mosque, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Before reaching Chinguetti, we will cross the Oásis de Tanouchert (Tanoukharat oasis) in the heart of the sands. Wonderful oases surrounded by sand on all sides.
We will stop for lunch under the beautiful trees and incredible views.
After arriving in Chinguetti, we will visit the library and walk around the old town.
Founded in the 11th and 12th centuries to serve the caravans crossing the Sahara, these trading and religious centres became focal points of Islamic culture, an obligatory stopping point for pilgrims heading towards Mecca, Saudi Arabia. They have managed to preserve an urban fabric that evolved between the 12th and 16th centuries.
Typically, houses with patios crowd along narrow streets around a mosque with a square minaret.
They illustrate a traditional way of life centred on the nomadic culture of the people of the western Sahara.
Dinner and overnight at the Chinguetti Inn.
Following breakfast, we then continue our journey to the Amogyar Valley where we will have the pleasure of seeing rock paintings, visiting one of the remains of the movie “Sagan Castle” and much more.
We then head to the largest palm grove of Adar Maharat, which includes ten thousand palm trees, and take pictures of the beautiful and picturesque landscapes, and we reach the beautiful Tergit Lake.
Terjit is an oasis which nestles in a gorge on the western edge of the Adrar plateau with the palm grove stretching a few hundred metres alongside a stream which emerges from a spring.
If you feel like swimming in the clear waters, you can, then have lunch and head to the largest sand dunes of Amtlich, which are a magical and beautiful sight.
Upon arrival, we set up our tent to sleep under the absolutely amazing stars at night
Campfire dinner.
After breakfast, we head off to a magical and beautiful place.
We pass through the historical city of Azougui, the ancient town of the Mourabitoune and visit the historic site of Azouguie.
Azouguie was a town in north western Mauritania, lying on the Adrar Plateau, north west of Atar.
In the eleventh century it was the first capital of the Almoravid dynasty, who conquered a territory stretching from the Ghana Empire to Morocco and the Iberian Peninsula. This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on June 14, 2001 in the Cultural category
We then arrive at Choum to rest in the morning. Choum stands on a spur of land which carries the major turning-point in the border between Mauritania and the Western Sahara.
After this break, we head to the city of Zouerate, the mineral city, to spend the night at the hotel.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
After breakfast, we visit the Azouairt market and the mining company station to see how the minerals are extracted
Then we come back for lunch.
Following lunch, we head to the longest train in the world.
We take the train to enjoy the amazing experience. It takes three hours**.
The Iron Ore Train Mauritania is the longest and heaviest train in the world. Consists of 3-4 diesel-electric locomotives, about 200 cars each carrying 84 tons of iron ore, and 2-3 passenger cars.
The train uses a 704km (437 mi) single-track.
Since the tunnel in Choum was closed, a 5km (3,1 mi) railway is going through a part of the unrecognized country of Western Sahara.
We arrived at Choum by train and the car that will be waiting for us, will bring us back to the camp to sleep.
**if you wish to travel the 20-hour journey, it can be arranged
Campfire dinner and overnight under the stars.
Breakfast. After that, we will continue to Nouakchott and the beach for lunch and rest.
Following lunch, we visit the fabric market and the fishermen’s beach.
The Port de Pêche is Nouakchott’s star attraction. Lively and colourful, you’ll see hundreds of teams of mostly Wolof and Fula men dragging in heavy fishing nets. Small boys hurry back and forth with trays of fish, which they sort, gut, fillet and lay out on large trestles to dry. The best time to visit is late afternoon, when the fishing boats return.
Before or after, it’s no less an impressive sight with the pirogues crammed like sardines on the beach
Depending on your flight time, we transfer to the airport.
End of the day, late evening, you will be taken to the airport for your return flight.
Royal Air Maroc flight departure is at 02:40LT, the next day, 16th Dec.
The tour ends at the airport for check-in and security formalities and to board the flight home.
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Extremes in temperature, as well as sparse and unpredictable rainfall, define the climate. Although annual temperature changes are minor, diurnal variations may be dramatic. During the lengthy dry season, the harmattan, a hot, dry, and sometimes dusty wind, comes from the Sahara and is the predominant wind, except near the short coastal strip, which is affected by oceanic trade winds.
The majority of rain occurs during the brief rainy season (hivernage), which runs from July to September, and average annual precipitation ranges from 500 to 600 millimetres in the extreme south to less than 100 millimetres in the northern two-thirds.
Loose, long clothes in natural fabrics are recommended. A cover-up for the cooler months is advisable. Warm clothing for nights in the desert. Modest dress is advised, especially for women – upper legs and arms, shoulders and cleavage should be covered.
A headscarf can be useful as extra coverage, and is essential for visiting mosques, cemeteries or other sites that bear religious significance.
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Ouguiya (UM). There are no ATMs in Mauritania.
Neither traveller cheques or credit cards can be used.
Souvenirs may be purchased at Nouakchott’s Marche Capital and Marche Sixieme, as well as tourist stores in the Adrar. Although the fabric will be sold in shops throughout the nation, Kaedi is known for its tie-dying.
In general, the quality of most Mauritanian souvenirs falls short of expectations. Leather goods, pipes, hardwood bowls, tea pots, and silver jewellery are among the items available (be careful with the quality of jewellery). Fabric, on the other hand, is hand-dyed and may be very lovely.
Fabric will be offered as a mulafa (veil), which is typically gauzy and comes in one piece, or as boubou fabric, which comes in two parts for a skirt and top. Cloth may be purchased for anywhere from MRO1,500 and MRO8,000, depending on the quality of the fabric and the amount of labour required.
Always negotiate when purchasing anything in Mauritania. The beginning price is sometimes three times the final amount. Maintain a pleasant demeanour, but don’t be concerned about offending anybody by requesting a lesser price.
Tipping
A tip of 10-15% is normal.
In Mauritania, immunizations are not needed for the majority of the population. Only
those traveling from areas where yellow fever is prevalent are needed to provide
proof of immunization.
The native water in any region of the nation (including Nouakchott) is unsafe to drink
for the majority of Westerners. If they don’t have access to a water purification or
filtration system, visitors should only consume bottled water. The climate in the
Sahara is very arid. You may quickly get dehydrated without realizing it. The best rule
of thumb is to make sure you’ve urinated three times each day, at regular intervals.
This may involve drinking several litres of water each day during the warmest months
of the year.
Malaria is prevalent in the country’s south; therefore, tourists should always wear a
mosquito net while visiting. Mosquitoes are less frequent in the arid deserts in the
north of the nation, but they are present all year in the south, although in lower
numbers during the dry season (December-May).
