Adrar: 7-Day Tour

€1550 per person

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Day 0

Arrival and transfer to the sunset hotel.

Day 1: Azoueiga Sand Dunes

Experience real off-road driving as you navigate through the vast Mauritanian desert. Stop for a traditional local lunch amidst the stunning sand dunes. Continue to Azoueiga, the country’s highest sand dune, where you’ll take in the breathtaking views.

This area is surrounded by desert beauty. Between the giant, soft dunes, nearby oasis, and shadowing mountains, Azoueiga is perfect for setting up a camp site and enjoying the natural desert scenery.

Azoueiga is a historically nomadic region and has served as a landmark for desert travelers as a well-known water source.

Overnight camping in Azoueiga.

Day 2: Terjit Oasis

Embark on another thrilling off-road adventure through the Sahara, taking in panoramic desert views. Explore remote villages and hidden oases along the way. Enjoy a refreshing bath in the serene Terjit Oasis before settling down for a traditional local dinner at our camp in Terjit.

Overnight camping in tent in Terjit Oasis.

Day 3: Terjit ➤ Ouadane

In the morning, after breakfast, we drive to Ouadane.

Arrival in World Heritage protected Ouadane and explored the streets that once glorified this beautiful country as a whole.

Get close to the Richat Structure or “Eye of the Sahara” – This is an enormous 40km in diameter circular geological feature visible from space.

Traditional lunch and dinner and overnight in our hotel.

Day 4: Ouadane ➤ Chinguetti

Breakfast at the guesthouse.

Begin the 80km drive through nothing but desert and sand dunes: on the way stopping in the village of Tanouchert for tea with the locals. Continue our off-road driving adventure to the UNESCO world heritage site of Chinguetti – one of the holy cities of Islam. You’ll visit the library and other historical monuments and landmarks, including the much loved Friday Mosque of Chinguetti, the national symbol of Mauritania.

Evening sunset watched from the huge sand dunes surrounding Chinguetti.

Dinner and overnight at our guesthouse.

Day 5: Chinguetti ➤ Atar ➤ Zouerat

After breakfast in Chinguetti, we drive to Amogjare.

On the way we’ll stop at Amogjare pass – look at prehistoric paintings left 6000 years ago as well as incredible lava formation.

Lunch in Atar at local restaurants. After lunch, we drive to Zouerat city for the iron ore Train.

Dinner in the Restaurant in Zouerat. Overnight in the Hotel Zouerat.

Day 6: Zouerat ➤ Choum

After breakfast, we visit Zouerat, and we prepare for the train. we have lunch in restaurants after Lunch we go to the train station for the train.

5 hours on Train Zouerat until Choum after the train we drive 2 hours to Atar
Dinner in Atar.

Overnight in the Etoile du Nord in Atar.

Day 7: Atar ➤ Nouakchott

After breakfast at the hotel, we drive back to Nouakchott
the capital city.

Visit the fish market, where you can witness the bustling trade of fresh seafood.
Explore the camel market, where you can observe and interact with these majestic animals. Visit the National Museum in Nouakchott to delve into Mauritania’s history and culture.

Lunch and dinner in a restaurant.

This marks the end of the tour. Transportation to the airport is provided as needed.

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Attractions

  • Terjit Oasis

    This is famous Little oasis nestled between two cliffs is a strongly appreciated step by all local and foreign desert travellers. In fact this small green area has quasi permanent sources supplying some natural pools.

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  • Guelb Richat

    Guelb Richat or “Eye of the Sahara,” located of Ouadane–this gigantic volcanic crater perfectly circular of 50km diameter is another essential step. Its origin is unknown.

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  • Ouadane

    The city of Ouadane is built on the side of a cliff clayey sandstones belonging the formation of continental interlayer. Climbed by vertiginous pile of ruins the city reveals from far its minaret. The city is located at 175 km in in the North East of Atar the regional capital of Adrar. Ouadane has known

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  • Iron Ore Desert Train

    The Train of the desert that has repeatedly been the subject of television documentaries travels on the only existing railway linking Nouadhibou to Zouerate. This is basically an industrial voice for the transportation of the iron ore but travelers are accepted. This Train of the desert is the longest in the world with 200 cars

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  • Choum

    Choum is a town in northern Mauritania, lying in the Adrar Region close to the border with Western Sahara. Also, it’s one of the train stations you can ride the Train from Choum to Nouadhibou 12 hours. The Choum Tunnel is a former, abandoned railway tunnel in Mauritania built in the 1960s. It was constructed

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  • Chinguetti

    Ancient caravan city declared among the world Heritage of humanity, Chinguitty gained great prestige by his spiritual influence to the point that it was considered the seventh holiest city of Islam. The minaret of Chinguitty ( topped by the symbolic ostrich egg) became the symbol of Mauritania called until recently Bilad Chinguitty. Some sources referred

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  • Canyon of Amogjare

    The Canyons of Amogjar share a historical connection with the acclaimed film “Fort Saganne.” Directed by French filmmaker Alain Corneau, this epic war drama, released in 1984, was partly filmed in the dramatic landscapes surrounding the canyons. The film, starring Gerard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve, and Sophie Marceau, tells the tale of a French soldier’s experiences

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  • Big Dunes of Azoueiga

    Azouiega Field Of Average 13 Km Wide And 400 Km Long. In addition to the Majestic Endless Sand Dunes, you will experience a very beautiful and vast environment of a wide Variety of Saharan Landscape.

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