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14 Day Sahara Expedition in Mauritania and Mali
offered by supplier M19125 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 14
day(s)
Group Size: 2
- 4
people
Destination(s):
Mauritania
Mali
Specialty Categories:
Cultural Journey
Desert Expeditions
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: Yes
Minimum Per Person Price: 2680 US Dollar (USD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 3050 US Dollar (USD)
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Day 1: Arrival at Nouakchott
Airport pickup and transfer to hotel. Night in hotel. Nouakchott: this name reflects the fact that the Neolithic site of the present city was occupied by the sea, and today there are still many shells on the coast.
Day 2: Nouakchott – Terjit oasis
Departure to Terjit, the most beautiful oasis in Mauritania, where an oasis with thermal springs and marvelous pools awaits us for bathing. Camping with tents.
Day 3: Terjit oasis - Chinguitty
Departure to Chinguitty, the seventh holy city of Islam declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Having tour in its libraries and quarters and its oases, Night in a Motel. Chinguitty mean "Well horse", this city would be buried by large waves of quicksand, Some sources establish the foundation of Chinguetty to (1261). Chinguitty was on the caravan route linking northern Sudan. It traded gold and ivory against the salt, wheat, dates etc… This road was the main access to the gold and other products from the Sudan.
The ancient city was a centre of religious and cultural influence from which scientists Mauritanian spread Islam and the Arab-Muslim culture in the entire West Africa. Chinguitt was, in effect, a cultural centre where they studied, among other subjects, theology, poetry, philosophy and law. The Minaret of Chinguitt (topped by the symbolic ostrich egg) has become the symbol of Mauritania called until recently “Bilad Chinguitt”.
Day 4: Chinguitty – Tenewchert oasis - Ouadane
Our journey will take us across 80 km, a true desert sand dune, where we will experience the isolation of the lost cities of the desert. Visit Tenewchert, magic big oasis in plain desert, arrived at Ouadane, Founded in the 6th century of the Hegira (XIIth after J.C), Ouadane was an important step in the trans-trade caravans. The products of sub-Saharan Africa were exchanged for those of the Maghreb.
In 1487, the Portuguese reached ouadane and founded a commercial warehouse, hoping to divert to their advantage trade in gold and other products from the Sudan. The city has witnessed an intense cultural and scientific. It was up to forty scholars in the same lane. Visit the ancient quarters and libraries that displays the surprisingly glorious past of this country. Night in Motel.
Day 5: Ouadane - Passe of Amogjar – mount of Zarga
The pass of Amogjar is a fascinating canyon where we will have the opportunity to see rock paintings and visit the Fort Saganne, built by the French. We will continue to the mount of Zarga. Camping.
Day 6-7: Mont Zarga – Trarza desert – Rashid - Tidjikja
We enter the massive desert of Tagant, which offers immense dunes, stony areas, valleys and oases inhabited by welcoming nomads, which offer the traditional camel milk accompanied perhaps dates butter fresh goat. Visit Rachid oasis particularly successful, the old Rachid, created in 1723, was a fortress as his grandiose ruins organized around the mosque and the house of the head. Reach Tidjikja Administrative capital of the region is an oasis divided into two by valley bed where date palm grows whose inhabitants have retained the old habit. Night in motel in Tidjikja.
Day 8: Ksar El Barka – Matmata –Moudjria- Letftar
Visit Ksar el Barka ancient city buried in the sand. On can imagine the caravan trade and the opulence of stores. It remains beautiful pillars in the mosque and also the details of shelving stones. Visit Matmata guelta of a large tank of water at several levels with its white-sand beaches, and lean in a green valley stretching cashed in its closed end by a cliff with impressive dimensions.
In these water holes fed by rain water coming cascade during the winter, you can see crocodiles, who have been trapped since the river where they lived dried up. These crocodiles, real living fossils, from ancient times and are testimony to the time when the Sahara was a rainforest. Visit Moudjria Colonial City Founded in 1905 and is accessed by the process of Achetf, steep descent and splendid view. Camping on the dunes of Letftar.
Day 9: Letftar – Djouk - Kiffa
Departure to kiffa, across the beautiful passage of Djouk, arrive Kiffa, known by its beds, the beds of Kiffa, the beautiful beds made by the women of the city, visit popular market, beds market, night in motel.
Day 10: Kiffa – Kankossa – Mali border
Departure to Mali, across some Mauritanian villages, Konakossa villags, arrive border, formality and take the road to Kayes, camping.
Day 11 -13: Kayes – Bafoulabe - Kita - Bamako
Across the Malian villages, Visit the town of Kayes and its historical monuments, the station, Hotel du Rail and its Sudanese architecture, etc. boat ride on the River. Visit Bafoulabe abd Kita discover the population culture, 2 nights with camping in Bafoulabe and Kita, arrive Bamako, night in Hotel.
Day 14: Bamako
Visit Bamako, the National Museum, the city market, the artisans' village; in the evening, transfer to the airport for flight home.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Price Includes:
- Transport: Toyota with air condition
- Accommodations (double room)
* In Nouakchott: Hotel Halima or similar-1 Night
* In Chinguitty: motel Milles et nuit - 1 Night
* In Ouadane: motel Agoueidire-1 Night
* In Tidjikja: motel Phare du Desert -1 Night
* In Kiffa : motel Phare du Desert -1 Night
* Camping with our tents - 7 Nights.
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