Mauritania Express

Tour Itinerary

Day 1 Travel to the Old City

Breakfast is taken at the hotel/guest house. Depart early morning for Chinguetti. Lunch will be served along the way. Stop and see the Canyon of Amogjare and prehistoric rock paintings. Arrive in Chinguetti in the evening. Watch the sunset over the city from tall dunes. Dinner and overnight at the guest house.

Day 2 Oasis Bath

Breakfast is served by guest house in Chinguetti. Take a morning tour of the old city, including the ancient library. After the tour, depart Chinguetti for Terjit Oasis. Enjoy lunch there and have a soak. Depart Terjit and set up a campsite outside of the oasis for the night. Dinner and camping under the stars.

Day 3 All Aboard!

After breakfast, head north to Choum. Stop and visit the town, then continue west to Ben Amera. Enjoy picnic lunch in the shadow of the giant granite monolith. After lunch, continue to T'mimichet where guests and their guide board the train in the night. Sleep under the stars on top of the train cars.

Day 4 Return to Nouakchott

After regrouping with the driver, depart Nouadhibou for Nouakchott. Enjoy a picnic lunch in Banc d'Arguin along the way. Arrive back to Nouakchott in the early evening. If there is enough time, visit the fish market at sunset to watch the fishermen haul in their painted boats.

Upcoming Trips

Add your party to a scheduled group trip

Group tours are fun and 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.

How Group Tours Work

Group Tours are guaranteed to depart with at least 1 guest (except for tours going into the Tagant region which require 3 guests minimum)
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are included for all tours from the time you leave Nouakchott until you return
- Meals on the designated arrival day, and dinner on final day not included (see exclusions)
Transportation, guide, and driver are all included with the list price
No more than 3 guests per vehicle, so all guests have a window seat
All nights in hotels and guest houses are included
We arrange 2 guests per room at hotel and guest house bookings, but guests can receive their own single room for a €160 supplement (this covers all nights of the tour)
Once you've made your booking request, we request a 50% deposit of the trip price to officially confirm your spot--deposits can be via bank transfer to our bank account. Please read our payment and cancellation policies.

What's Included?

Our tours are fully inclusive and contain no hidden costs or surprises! This includes:

Pick up and drop-off to/from NKC Airport
- Conditions: if arriving between 10:00 and 22:00 on the designated arrival day, and departing on the tour end date
Chef-prepared meals each day (breakfast, lunch, dinner) outside of Nouakchott
- Exception: meals in NKC not included, please do not put meals on your hotel bill
Plenty of water per day (~1 bottle every 2 hours)
Hotel and guest house costs (applies only to our bookings, not your own)
Thoroughly maintained and inspected 4x4 truck(s)
Driver, chef, and a guide who speaks your preferred language
All overnight and camping materials
- Exception: personal sleeping bag, please bring one if traveling between Oct and Mar.
All taxes, fees and insurances for police and military checkpoints within the country

The tour price does not include:

Airfare
Visa entry fees
Souvenirs or guest budget for extra snacks or beverages
Any meals in Nouakchott
Hotel night on final day of tour (but we do include day-use of a hotel for guests to shower before departure)
Any airport transportation required outside of our included time—but we offer off-schedule transportation for €30 per instance

No trips scheduled for this itinerary.

About Group Tours (Inclusions & Exclusions)

Private Booking

Want to book this itinerary for your private group?
See our base rates below.

Private tours do not include hotel accommodation or meals in Nouakchott, but they can be customised to your group's liking. The tour includes everything from your departure from Nouakchott until your return. Custom destination points can also be coordinated—like terminating in Senegal, or Nouadhibou.

Tier	Starting Price (EUR)
1 Person	€1,200/pax
2-4 Persons	€1,000/pax
5+ Persons	€950/pax

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Tour Attractions

Ben Amera Monolith

The World’s Second-Largest Stone The Ben Amera Monolith is the second largest solid stone in the world, rising 633m (2027ft) above the desert plane (Uluru in Australia being the first). It is a popular destination for photographers and artists, due to its unannounced eruption from the horizon from an otherwise flat area. This giant stone […]

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