Adrar Region Tour

Day 1

Nouakchott city is the capital and the biggest city in Mauritania. In this tour you will be visiting the national museum which displays archeology, artifacts customs and textiles from prehistory to the present days of Mauritania. You will also visit the Saudi mosque. Not only that, you will also visit the camel market, galary Zein arts. Then after lunch you will drive to akjoujout 250km from Nouakchott where you will spend the night. End of day 1.

Day 2

Day two is full of sightseeing. You will drive from akjoujout to Azouega one of the biggest sand dunes in Mauritania surrounded by beautiful oasies. The views never seize to amaze you. Sometimes you are driving through the sand dunes and other times driving through rocky formation. You also pass by the Bedouins and have tea with them and converse with them. After azouaga you will pass Tivoujar a breathtaking canyon where you will have a break for lunch and some rest. After that you drive through the white valley towards terjit where you will stay for the night.

Day 3

After breakfast you will go to see the oasis Terjit oasis nestles in a gorge on the western edge of Adrar plateau with the palm grove stretching a few hundred meters a longside a stream which emerges from a spring. With its charm, fresh water and shade you be blown away. After you finish the visit, you will drive to Mherith, one of the biggest Oasises in the adrar region where you will have lunch. After lunch you will drive towards chinguity. On the way to chinguity you will pass by amogjar where you will see the prehistoric rock paintings and see the fort Sagana, an old citadel that was built to film a film about the colonialism in Mauritania. Then you continue to Chinguy. You will arrive by night fall.

Day 4

After breakfast fast you will go to discover the city of Chinguity.

Chinguity was an ancient caravan terminal and major trading point between north and sub-Saharan Africa. This ancient Village back date to the 11th century contains old manscripts and the second oldest mosque in Africa. You visit two of the oldest libraries Mauritania. The libraries contain a treasure of knowledge and manuscripts. After visiting the libraries you will go to Temkemket oasis for freshen up and have lunch. After you having lunch and rest you will do some camel trekking. Camels will be waiting for you to ride on, the camel with take you to the Guity sand dune where you will have an overview over the city and behold the beauty of the sunset over the city. Then you will go back to the guest house for dinner. After dinner you will go to a small Mauritanian music ceremony.

Day 5

After breakfast you will drive towards ouadane passing by Tenouchert , an oasis in the middle of the desert for tea break.

Ouadane. Ouadane built on a Rocky Hill is the most remoteest Oasis of Mauritania an outpost facing the immensity of the desert was founded in 1147. Mainly in ruins some of its own houses are still inhabited. Then you will visit Guelb Richat

It's also known as the eye of Sahara/ the eye of Africa: the site when it's prominent circular shape has a question scientists. 40 km ( about 25 miles) is the circumference of the largest of three concentric circles, with a dome in the center. Most recent theory believes that it was a giant volcano collapsed and eroded.

You will spend the night in Ouadane.

Day 6

You will have an early breakfast then drive to Atar then Choum then Bin Amera where you will have lunch. Ben Amera Ben Amera is the second largest solid stone in the world. This gigantic Monolith is about 633 meters ( 2027ft) above the desert floor. It lies 4km north the train track. Near by , there's a lesser monolith called AÏSHA which lies 20 minutes drive to the west of Ben Amera.

After lunch you will go back to Atar or Choum where you will spend the night.

Day 7

After breakfast you drive to NOUAKCHOTT. Arrive to NOUAKCHOTT, have lunch then go see the market, the tent market and the Port. Then you go to for some rest then have dinner. Later transfer to the airport.

End of Tour.

Tour includes

*Accomodation

*Entrence fees

*A local guide

*An air conditioning 4*4 car

*Water

*Breakfast, lunch, dinner

*Airport pick up and drop off

Tour excludes

*Other drinks

*Tips for photos, guides, drivers

*Whatever is not mentioned in inlcluded is excluded