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2025 – MAURITANIA CLASSIC:
10 days

2025 – MAURITANIA CLASSIC:
10 days

Days:
10
Tour Type:
Discovery
International group
Group size:
From 2 to 16 participants
PRICES per person:
- GROUP OF 6 OR MORE GUESTS: 2595 €
- Group of 4/5 guests: 2987 €
- Group of 2/3 guests: 3582 €
- Single room supplement: 319 €
GUIDE: English, French speaking
Deposit at the booking:

1.075,00

The deposit is intended as 30% of the total. For more information, you can view our information.

MAURITANIA

A new mild but intense expedition through Mauritania, a vanguard-safe itinerary that joins real adventure during the day and a cozy hotel in the evening. The itinerary starts in Nouakchott, the capital, and continues to Banc d’Arguin…

DEPARTURES:

14 November 2025

27 December 2025

PRICE FROM: 2595 €

You can book online until 30 days before departure.
If you wish to book closer to departure date, please contact our sales team on transafrica@transafrica.biz 

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MAURITANIA

A new mild but intense expedition through Mauritania, a vanguard safe itinerary that joins real adventure during the day and cozy hotels in the evening. The itinerary starts in Nouakchott, the capital, with a four-star hotel and continues to Banc d’Arguin, one of the three major ornithological migratory sanctuaries on earth, with two million of birds is the largest in Africa. On a shallow and calm Atlantic Ocean, sheltered by large sand banks, we will sail silently on a wooden local Felucca to the bird sites; in each departure, the itinerary will be adapted to the tides to ensure we see as many birds as possible.

From the ocean to the desert. Crossing, out of any track, the Erg Amatlich, an ocean of dunes, to encounter remote nomadic camps of camel herders, bringing them traditional gifts and enjoying a Mauritanian tea under their large tends, sitting on carpets with elderly women and children.

Spend a whole day experiencing Chinguetti magical atmosphere, one of the best-preserved oases in the whole Sahara. The ancient stone village date to the XIII century, when Chinguetti was the seventh holiest city of Islam and main caravan centre. In the ancient quarter, the Ksar, stands a white stone minaret considered the second ancient, still operating, in the whole Islamic world, a remarkable example of Arab-Berber architecture. We will stroll in traditional alleys between tone buildings to pay a visit at two main collections of manuscripts. We will leave our convoy of 4×4 vehicles for a more traditional transport: riding camels, as the locals do, the perfect way to enjoy the sunset from the top of the dunes where other tourists don’t arrive. After dinner in our cosy guest-house, we will be invited to a local celebration: at dusk, around the fire, the silence of the desert will be interrupted by the rhythm of drums, women singing and dancing.

Crossing virgin sands to reach Ouadane. Founded in 1147, Ouadane is the remotest oasis in Mauritania, the last outpost before the total emptiness…

Beyond Ouadane, to discover the Guelb er Richât an enormous natural structure, called for his shape, the “Eye of Africa”. Composed by a dome surrounded by three concentrical rock rings, the largest with a diameter of 40 Km is a geological mystery. Recent theories explain it as the remains of a giant volcano.

The immensity of the Adrar mountains will welcome us to “Fort Saganne”: an ideal movie set, not by chance chosen for the making of the homonymous film (Fort Saganne with Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu and Philippe Noiret, 1984). In the same area caves hide prehistoric rock art from peoples living in these regions thousands of years ago, before the desertification. Hidden in the sand we discover the ruins of Azougui a town that in 1150 AC was consider the capital of the Almoravid empire that extended from Mauritania to Morocco and to Spain.

In the shade of a narrow canyon, we will follow a stream crossing a palm grove to discover Tergit, the oasis par excellence. Natural small pools filled by the slow and constant water dripping in caves covered with moss, the “green miracle” of a protected humid microclimate surrounded by the desert. In the Adrar region, we will discover: tiny oases hidden in canyons, gardens shaded by palm groves and typical conical grass-roof adobe villages.

The expedition will end with Nouakchott visiting the interesting national museum and the fishing harbour: a spot of colourful black Africa at the southern edge of the Sahara with hundreds of wooden pirogues ready to defy the Ocean, brave fishermen selling the catch of the day at the market …

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