Country Info
- Nouakchott
- Capital
- Ouguiya (MRO)
- Currency
- 2,747,312
- Population
- MR
- Country Code
Mauritania Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Mauritania
SLEEPING UNDER SAHARAN STARS
... due to the harsh heat of the desert in Chinguetti but we checked out the red sandy city and saw what was forerly the centre of Mauritania. It made me a bit sad to see a place so beautiful but so reliant on tourists that just are not there. The locals were ...
Dust, dust and rocks, and a dead camel
... herons together with smaller species. And some warthogs running around between the fishermen camps. Continuing north we came into actual Mauritania. The buildings were the by far the simplest we'd seen so far. Just a square concrete box without any paint ...
AAAAA-GA-DIR-DIR-DIR PUSH PINEAPPLE SHAKE THE TREE
Visas in hand, we headed south, stopping our slighty odd detour dangerously close to Europe again and arrived into Essouaira at the unsociable hour of 6am after a loooong and laborious bus ride. Rats ran around the streets and it seemed not a soul was ...
Frenetic Nouakchott
From 11.00pm last night, I noticed it was very hot. I was literally getting itchy feet. This itchiness spread throughout my body until around 4am. I managed to get a bit of sleep. What a nightmare. Time to keep really cool. In the morning, I met Neil and ...
Overlanding Notes for Mauritania
... N17 5.264, W16 14.761 – a place where you can well and truly get stuck for a while. Border Crossings Western Sahara - Mauritania See Western Saharan notes. Mauritania – Senegal We crossed at the Diamma Crossing as this is meant to be a ...
Mautitanië in een notendop
Salaam Aleikum! (en dan antwoorden jullie uit volle borst Aleikum Salaam!) Nieuws uit Mauretanië. Na een paar dagen verbleven te zijn in Dakhla, de meest zuidelijke stad van de Westelijke Sahara en tevens kitesurfparadijs, zijn we verder gereden naar ...
Starting Off With A Bang
... a stopover. There isn't much to this city. It is flat with mostly 1-story buildings, a common thread throughout Mauritania's cities. Trash covers the streets, but soon it just becomes part of the landscape. This city is not built ...
Gateway to the Past
We arrived in Atâr after finding a ride from the city of Choum. Like many cities in the Sahara, the streets are not very crowded during the heat of the day. There is also sand everywhere. The city center is actually in the northern ...
Holy Moly
Entering Chingeutti is like going back in time. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, this city is filled with the ruins of what once was a bustling metropolis. It is considered the 7th holiest city in Islam and has several old libraries that house ...
Desert Camping
Abdu's organized our trip to Ouadâne. A guide led us deep into the desert; a 5 day trek through the sand dunes. It was our first time riding a camel and the animal's rhythm took a little getting used to. The camels carried our ...
Place of the Winds
... to explore the city. In the national museum,we saw excavated material that illustrates ancient ways of life in Mauritania. The shopping district is located in the cinquième district and offers handcrafted jewelry, silver-handled daggers and ...
Eye of the Sahara
Outside Ouadâne is one of the most amazing natural spectacles on Earth. The Eye of the Sahara, officially called the Richat Structure, can be seen from space. It was originally thought to be caused by a meteorite striking Earth. Now it ...
I will survive ..
Ben door het zwaarste van heel het parcours geraakt .. Het No-Mansland tussen Marrokko en Mauretanië . Het heeft bloed, zweet, euro's en balpennen gekost .. maar ben "veilig" in Nouadhibou aangekomen. Wat betreft het "bordercrossing", ik hoop dat men ...
Benichab
Tras el incidente de la bestia descomunal, montamos unas tiendas para dormir, que llevábamos por si acaso. Estamos de camino al mar y realmente no recuerdo nada de esta etapa. Ya hace varios años.... Únicamente puedo dejar alguna foto que hice en el ...
Nouakchott
Das mit dem Absetzen funktioniert noch immer nicht so richtig. Plan war mit Talbot auf den Marche Capital zu gehen, aber als wir dann starten, sind wir wieder zu sechst, die sich ein Taxi werfen. Brain, Sarah, Justice und Maria haben sich uns noch ...
Fun toy/...Trepidation!!
Great idea, Lou! This is a cool way to record our adventure! It's 5:22, Mauritanian time, and Casey will be here at 7:00, unless the plane's late. It's so crazy! I'm half incredibly excited and half freaking out because I feel like ...
Un oasis
¡WOW, el típico oasis en medio del desierto! ¡Con sus palmeritas y todo! Fue una delicia dormir al aire libre bajo estas palmeras y ver las luciérnagas en el río completamente a oscuras. Era como observar el universo y sentirlo tan cerca como para ...
hasjeberri
Volgens mij heb ik wel vaker bovenop een berg een stukje zitten schrijven, dit keer is het een berg op 15 km van Atar, Mauritanie. Super uitzicht op de sahara en de stad ope en plek waar nog nooit iemand heeft gezeten. Dit gebeurt me niet vaak, maar het ...
Laayoune – Dakhla – Nouadhibou
Gegen 20 Uhr erreichen wir Nouadhibou, den Grenzort zu Mauretanien. Die Grenze ist geschlossen und die Lkws stellen sich schon an. Wir parken unseren Truck an einem Hotel, das mit einem Restaurant und einem Shop die einzigen Gebäude direkt an der ...
