Mauritania is one of Africa’s tourist friendly and relatively unexplored countries with a large part of it; over 60%, made up of the Sahara desert. Mauritania adventure travel packages are all about sand ripples, deserts of desert ripples, imaginary oases that have been stop over points for caravans over the ages. Embracing 8 days, this itinerary provides guests with a rich portfolio of Mauritania Sahara – conquering both its best segments and creating marvelous memories. Welcome to the largest hot desert on our planet with amazing camel rides, meeting nomads, mysterious ruins, breath taking sceneries.
Day 1:
Want to experience Best Sahara desert experiences? Once you reach Nouakchott, the capital city of Mauritania, on the coast your guide will be waiting for you and will take you to your hotel. Relax by the pool or just lie back and tan or perhaps go out and about to discover Nouakchott’s interesting fishing port area. In the evening our small group will introduce us to each other before we have our welcome dinner over local Mauritian dishes and talk about what lays ahead of us.
Day 2: Automobile to Ouadane through Chinguetti
It is now time to start crossing the Sahara desert! First, we will anchor at Chinguetti (7th of the sacred cities of the Islamic world) and visit some of the oldest mosques (Chinguetti library built in the 13th century contains real copies of the Qurans of various centuries between the 15th century and 18th century). The golden dunes are first spotted when driving in the 4Work 4x4 as we enter the Adrar region which falls under the great Mauritania sahara. By afternoon or so, the old fortified town of Ouadane can be seen from the desert. We will visit the ancient town of Ouadane and climb adobe structures to watch the sunset over the sand sea.
Day 3: Trekking and Camel Ride
Get prepared with an enchanting day of discoveries over the Sahara desert. We will enter the sand further into to find our nomad guides for the day, and our camels. You will spend the morning cross country hiking over Erg Warane orange dunes and golden plains. Lunch by the Acacia trees before using camels to have an afternoon ride.
Day 4-5: Chartering Dunes & Oualata Fortress – herein provides a charter outlining the sections and areas relevant to chartering the dunes as well as the impact and significance of the Oualata Fortress on the chartering process.
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But if possible, continue riding across the Adrar, even if stopped frequently by vast sand dune fields for sands to play with. Ever heard of dune boarding using sand sleds, or maybe sand surfing downhill formed slopes! Days are spent at unnamed locations, which for tens of miles around are devoid of human imprint at night. Finally on the fifth day, we arrive at Oualata that houses a remarkable 16th century mudbrick fortress and a book library.
Day 6: Walking through Taglizt Gorge & Return through Choum
Sightseeing on the way there will be Taghlizt Gorge and with its palm grove in the middle of the stunning orange cliffs, natural pools to swim in. Take a swim then move on through Choum – half-moon shaped sand dunes and the most attractive oasis valley in Mauritania. Stay awake and watch the sky one more time before everything returns to normal.
Day 7-8: Atar & Departure from Nouakchott Nouakchott and Atar are two well-known places at Mauritania travel destination Atar is the perfect place to depart from Nouakchott.
On the last day, we will have a break at Atar – an ancient Saharan hub for civilization and a merchant of camels. return back to Nouakchott in the evening and your Accursed Sahara adventure comes to a cyclic end. Make the most of a farewell dinner with new friends and local beer and desert memories that will not let you forget your stay.
Conclusion
If you are looking for the best Sahara desert experiences, consider hiring Tours in Mauritania as your travel partner!
Author’s Bio
Established in 2015 by some tourist guides, Tours in Mauritania is a qualitatively young and active agency that is developing in order to become one of the most significant Tourism companies. In order to realize these objectives, we enlist support of indigenous populations, the government and welcome other international tourism stakeholders. We are also youthful, and our enthusiasm to carve out great travel experience inspires us to Mauritania adventure travel packages the best cultural and natural tourism products of Mauritania. It is intended that the development of close local contacts and partnerships in the target countries would contribute to the creation of responsible tourism, with the consequent positive impact on Mauritania’s tourist landscape.