trip details for discover the moorish sahara (XNN)

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Map of Discover the Moorish Sahara (XNN)

is this trip for me?

Route: Nouakchott to Nouakchott

Length of Section: 16 Nights

Profile: A tough trip for the more adventurous traveller. An unbelievable experience but do not expect great facilities. Remote desert crossing, oasis settlements, away from mainstream civilisation. Stunning landscapes, camel trek and the civilisation of the Moorish nomads of Mauritania. Tarmac and desert piste, expect to have to help get our 4 by 4 truck through massive dunefields.

Adventure Rating: Extreme

Crew: 2 crew, local guides as necessary.

Vehicle: Classic Dragoman truck (4 wheel drive)

Accommodation: Half of the nights will be wild camping in the desert and half at campsites. (100% camping, )

what's included?

Night 1: Preparation:

Time in Nouakchott to prepare for the desert

Nights 2-4: The First Desert Crossing:

3 day trip along the Atlantic beaches where the desert meets the ocean

Nights 5-6: Nouadibou:

2 day recuperation in the Atlantic Port of Nouadibou

Nights 7-11: Desert Exploration

4 day desert crossing via Atar, the ore town of Choum and driving alongside the railway to Nouadibou

Nights 12-16: The Ksours & Dunefields:

2 night stay at the ancient Ksours of Chinguetti with camel trip into the surrounding dunefields
If time, journey to the Ksour of Ouidane and exploration to find meteor crater
Return to civilisation in Noakchott

what can I do on the way?

(Activities available at extra costs)

Rugged journey back over the Andes from Atacama Desert

notes:

General notes: This trip can be combined with our Sounds of the Sahara (XFD) trip. We can provide you with a half week transfer on our truck relocation between Nouakchott and Bamako. There will be a local payment of US$75 for this transfer paid to the tour leader.

The route driving alongside the railway to Nouadibou may not be feasible and we may take a slightly different route, this section is an exploratory trip for 2007.

This is desert exploration at its finest. In the true nature of our discover style overland travel we will not stick to the tarmac roads as most overland companies will do, but with our 4 wheel drive West Africa vehicle, we will travel overland and over dune deep into the Sahara to the oasis towns of Chinguetti and Ouadane Oasis. Adventure travel does not get better than this for the hard core adventure traveller. Camel rides, tiny oases, meteor craters and mile upon mile of raw desert; nomads, mountains, stunning landscapes and total utter silence. A Saharan overland is not for everyone, it is not a Sahara adventure holiday, it can be tough and it can be uncomfortable, but it is a wonderful experience if this is your bag. But unlike any other desert adventure, we even drive the thin divide between the ocean and the desert. Along the Mauritanian coast we will travel for 3 days along the sandy beaches where the dunes plunge down to the waves of the Atlantic. This is a trip for the adventurous.

The Sahara provides a unique experience, but also pushes the boundaries of adventure tours and you must be aware that there are risks attached to travelling in the Sahara.