Upcoming Tours for Independent Travelers
Group tours are large but comfortable tours made up of individual travelers and small groups. This allows travelers to meet and share stories over the course of tour, while benefiting from the lower pricing that a larger group would have if booked privately.
Starting pricing is listed below – these prices reflect the cost per person if the total count of travelers is 8 or less. The maximum group capacity is 16 travelers. When the group has more than 8 travelers, the cost per person will go down and the group will be updated regarding this change.
Heart of Adrar & Banc D’arguin
10 Days – starting at 1,700€ per person
Tour the famous Adrar region (including 2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites), visit Nouadhibou, the Banc D’Arguin, and more.
- Day 1: Arrive in Nouakchott, stay the night in a hotel
- Day 2: Nouakchott to Azouega Desert, night camping under the stars
- Day 3: Azouega, Wight Valley, Terjit Oasis, 1-hour hike, night camping in Ichive Valley
- Day 4: Ichive, Mherith Oasis, Amogjar Canyon, ancient city of Chingeutti, stay the night in guesthouse
- Day 5: Chingeutti, Richat Structure, Ouadane, stay the night in guesthouse
- Day 6: Ouadane, Atar, Ben Amira Monolith, night camping at the monolith
- Day 7: Ben Amira, board the iron ore train, travel to Nouadhibou
- Day 8: Visit in Nouadhibou, stay the night in hotel
- Day 9: Nouadhibou, gold miner’s town, Tafarit, arrive in Banc D’arguin
- Day 10: Tafarit, Iwik, sail boat ride to see birds, travel back to Nouakchott
Upcoming Availability
June 5-14, 2023- October 4-13, 2023 – Guaranteed departure; there are 3 travelers booked for this tour.
The Ancient Cities
16 Days – starting at 1,860€ per person
See all four UNESCO World Heritage cities in Mauritania, and tons of other gems along the way! This is a longer tour that will cover a lot of Mauritania, sprinkling in many phenomenal landscapes and geological wonders.
- Day 1: Arrive in Nouakchott, stay the night in a hotel
- Day 2: Nouakchott, Kiffa area, night camping
- Day 3: Kiffa, Nema, night in hotel
- Day 4: Nema, travel to ancient mud city of Oualata, night camping in the desert
- Day 5: Travel to the Elephant mountains, night camping
- Day 6: Elephant mountains, the ancient city of Tichit
- Day 7: Tichit, Desert of Zik, night camping
- Day 8: Desert of Zik, travel through the town of Tidjigja, see the ancient ruins of Rachid, night camping in Madden Oasis
- Day 9: Madden Oasis, Oasis of Mherith, arrive at the ancient city of Chingeutti , night in guesthouse
- Day 10: Chingeutti and the ancient route of caravans, nomadic oasis of Tenochert, Richat Structure, ancient city of Ouadane, night in guesthouse
- Day 11: Ouadane, Canyon of Amogjar, Ben Amira monolith, night camping at the monolith
- Day 12: Ben Amira, travel to Nouadhibou, night in hotel
- Day 13: Day in Nouadhibou and and night in hotel
- Day 14: Nouadhibou, Tafarit National Banc D’arguin , night the park campsite
- Day 15: Tafarit, Iwik, sail boat ride for bird watching, night back in Tafarit
- Day 16: Tafarit, Nouamgar (pink flamingo) travel back to Nouakchott
Upcoming Availability
- November 2-18, 2023
- December 22, 2023 – January 7, 2024
Iron Ore Train & Richat Structure
7 Days – starting at 1,120€ per person
See the longest iron train in the world, and the Eye of the Sahara, as well as 2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and more.
- Day 1: Nouakchott to Azouega desert and night camping under the stars
- Day 2: Azouega, Wight Valley, Oasis of Terjit, with 1-hour camel riding and hiking and night camping in Ichive Valley
- Day 3: Oasis of Mherith, rock paintings, ancient city of Chingeutti, night in guesthouse
- Day 4: Chingeutti, ancient route of caravans, lunch break in the Eye of Africa (Richat Structure), night in a guesthouse in the ancient city of Ouadane
- Day 5: Ouadane, Atar, Monolith of Ben Amira monolith, night camping at the monolith
- Day 6: Ben Amira, Zouerat, board train to Nouadhibou
- Day 7: Nouadhibou, travel back to Nouakchott
Upcoming Availablility
- September 15-21, 2023