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Du Sénégal à la Mauritanie : une traversée de rêve !


Arrival in Dakar

Arrival by scheduled flight at the airport - Transfert to the hotel - Dinner and overnight in Dakar at the NOVOTEL Hotel.


DAY EIGHT: Beni -Cheb - Tioulite

Fourth pension day . This time, you will go west to discover the famous land of the Imraguenn, an ethnic group between the desert and the Atlantic Ocean, on the coast; and whose main activities are fishing in a magical friendship with dolphins.

- Dinner and overnight in Tioulite, a small village near the sea.


Dakar -Gorée Island-Dakar :

Breakfast and departure for Gorée where, for centuries, took place the shameful slave trade. By ferry, you will reach the Island which has been declared as a humanity patrimony by the UNESCO. You will visit the whole Island with its colonial buildings and chocolate colour fronts. Dinner and overnight in Dakar.


DAY NINE: Tioulite - Desert of dunes

Fifth day of pension . Internment in the ergs, a huge sand sea which takes an important part of the Mauritanian desert. You will be driving in an endless desert . However this adventure wouldn't be complete if you do not camp among the dunes where quietness is king.

- Dinner and overnight in the desert.


Dakar- Saint Louis :

Breakfast early in the morning and departure for Saint-Louis in the North of Sénégal. As the former capital city, the town still has its romantic atmosphre. You will have a walk in the streets which, today, are the remains of a recent past. Dinner and overnigt in Saint-Louis at the Cap Hotel.


DAY TEN : Desert of dunes - Rosso

Sixth day of pension; you will go south by crossing the Trarza land before reaching Rosso, once more, on the banks of the River Sénégal.

- Dinner and overnight in Rosso.


Saint Louis - Nouakchott :

Breakfast and still departure fort the Northem part till Rosso, a border town where the River Sénégla draws the boundary between Sénégal and Mauritania. After the crossing of the river by canoe, together with some nomads and their cattle, you will reach Nouakchott, the captial city of Mauritania. Dinner and overnight in Nouakchott.


DAY ELEVEN: Rosso - Langue Barbarie Park

-Breakfast - Once again you will cross the border between the two countries. You will be canoeing in the ornithological reserve of the La Langue Barbarie Park looking for pelicans and pink flamingos.
After that wonderful crossing, you will reach your settling place between the sea and the river.

- Visit of the town of Saint -Louis in the afternoon .

- Dinner and overnight in Saint -Louis


Nouakchott - Tergit :

Complete pension diet for the day. Almost near the desert, through small paths, our 4x4 cars will take you to sand dunes, where you will meet some camel caravans There, you will see the Sahara in its whole entity. Next, you will reach the Tergit Oasis, an enclave between the sand dunes with its mud huts and wells from which you will pull water for you own refreshing bath. Dinner and ovenigt in Tergit.


DAY TWELVE: Langue Barbarie Park - Djiffer

Breakfast and way to north . Step by step you will reach the Serer Land , an enigmatic people which still keeps a great deal of its tradition. You will visit villages and spend the night near the river.


DAY SIX: Tergit

Second day of complete pension diet. You will spend that whole day enjoying the tranquility of desert . A short tour will lead you to Toungad, where the scraping noise of the wind against the sand will produce strange sounds. You will also cross Chinguetti. Dinner and overnight in Tergit.


DAY THIRTEEN: Djiffer

After breakfast, you will go for Joal -Fadiouth and the famous island of cowries - Departure for Saloum in the afternoon by crossing the very nice landscapes of the delta - Return to Djiffer in the afternoon.


DAY SEVEN : Tergit - Beni - Cheb


Third day of complete pension diet . Once again, with our 4X4 cars, you will go to the sand mountains on your way to Beni - Cheb where you can find the most important thermal water sources of Mauritania.

- Dinner and overnight in Beni-Cheb


DAY FOURTEEN: Dakar Djiffer

Breakfast and departure for Dakar. On your way , you will cross the beautiful Pink lake whose water takes a colour due to the high rate of salt contained in it and the reflection of the solar rays on it. Back to Dakar, you will visit the "European Quarter" of the plateau , the Médine zone or the fishing port.
- Dinner and overnight at the NOVOTEL Hotel in Dakar.
The whole costs include: the vehicle and the driver, gas, the visit costs and the guide


DAY FIFTEEN : Dakar - Flight

Breakfast - Visit of the African Culture Museum - The Big Mosque - The Cathedral -last shopping - Going to the airport in the afternoon and flight.