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The auberge has rooms and cabins looking like iglos from the outside.
There is also a restaurant where you can order dinner and breakfast.
The buildings look very nice. You can climb to the rooftop, from where you have good views at the surrounding desert and the town.
There are showers and toilets, but during our stay hardly any water. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherPrice: less than US$20 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: ChinquettiDirections: Before entering the town, coming from Atar you will find the auberge at the right side of the road.
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Travelling from Atar to the west to the coast we took a track along the railway from Choum to Nouadhibou.
To spend the night we found a nice place in the small sanddunes just south of the railway. The sunset was fabulous and at the same time we heard the train coming. It is one of the longest trains on earth. We had all the time to climb to the top of the sanddune and have a look at the train passing by at a few 100 metres.
To be in the absolute silence of the desert. Only the three trains, which passed, made an enormous noise, you can hardly imagine. Leave a Comment Theme: CampgroundDirections: In a dip of the sanddunes beside the railway west of Choum.
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After I heard from a campsite in Atar as living place of Just from the Netherlands and Cora from Germany, I know once I will go there.
By VT I found its name Bab Sahara and by google a travel report of the organisation Transsahara, visiting this campsite.
And now I visited Bab Sahara with Transsahara myself.
And it was a lovely place, where you can choose to spend the night in a cabin, a nomad tent or on the rooftop.
The best place is the roofed area, where you can have a drink or delicious meal, can chat with fellow-travellers or Just or Cora and get all kind of tips and advice.
In the compound there is a lot to see like a collection of old doors, saddles and other stuff. The showers and toilets with running water are ok and very clean. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherPrice: less than US$20 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: BP 59, Atar, RIMPhone: 00222-764603
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After we had a bushcamp between the Malinese border and Kiffa during our first night in Mauritania, it was nice to find this auberge in Tidjikja. There are some cabins with matresses on the ground, but you can also sleep in the traditional nomad tent.
There is running water and even hot showers and flush toilets.
You can also order your dinner and breakfast in the open air roofed restaurant.
The staff of the auberge can also find you a guide for the desertcrossing from Tidjikja to Atar or Chinquetti. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherPrice: less than US$20 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: TidjikjaPhone: 5599988Directions: Coming by tarred road from the west (Nouakchot) it's at you left hand side, just before entering the town.Website: pharim@yahoo Other Contact: mobile 6442421
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The camping of Ali Mahjoub, ''Baie the Levrier'', is in the south area of the town. You can hire a room or sleep in the nomad tent.
There is a small kitchen facility for making coffee, tea or soup. In the neighbourhood you can find small restaurants, shops, a luxury bakery and internetcafes.
When we arrived in the evening after a long deserttrip of about 14 hours, while one of the cars had to drag the other for almost 400 KM, Ali, the owner, offered us the Mauritanian tea in the nomad tent and after hearing our problems he started immediately to phone some mecaniciens.
We stayed 2 nights at this camping, because we had to wait for new parts for the car, which has to come by plane from Nouakchott.
Though there was a guard, a boy succeeded to steal a bag, including a passport, from one of our fellow-travellers. He just climbed over the wall at the backside of the tent. Hopefully this part of the wall will be restored. Anyway Ali phoned and accompanied the people involved to the officials. Leave a Comment Theme: CampgroundPrice: less than US$20 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: BP 431, NouadhibouPhone: 5746536
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On our way through the desert between Tidjikja and Chinquetti Baba our guide preferred to spend the night in a tent with a local nomad family. We used our own tents.
And after we heard that for the promised mezroui the goat was not slaughtered yet, we decided to prepare our own food.
Normally the silence of the desert is a very unique experience during the night, but not here. The whole night we heard the bleating goats, because the nomad family has divided the babies from their mums. Leave a Comment Theme: CampgroundAddress: Halfway Tidjikja-Chinquetti
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Hotel Bab Sahar was a big suprise for me and my friends. We were comming from Terjit and had some problems on the car, and also lots of police check points make your head a bit tired. This place is unique.
The owners area a couple from Holland, so they try to make somthing more pleasent than the normal in Mauritania never escaping the tradicinal of course. The hotel is very clean. It is composed by a few nomad tents spread in the campgraound and you also have a few small houses that you can choose from. Leisure area is great.
1500UM or 5 euros per night Leave a Comment Theme: HotelPrice: less than US$20 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: AtarDirections: on the first big roudabout turn left ang go straight, pass the bridge and turn right when you see the sign BAB SAHARA
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Ah, another of my favorite places to stay in Mauritania. This place is owned by a french lady. Evertime the hotels are own by foreigners, better europens, things run better and clean.
This hotel has lots of cheap and clean rooms, and you can also choose by resting on 2 of the huge tents existing in the hotel area.
bathrooms are very but very clean. you have a small shop inside the hotel which sells good for the normal price, not trying to cheat you like in other places.
this hotel is situated right in the city centre not far from the big main market of NKT. This hotel is also located on the rich part of the city which will add some security to you while being there and moving around. Its kind hard to find. I'll try to add email soon.
1500UM for one night on the room. Leave a Comment
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This place is great for one thing. If you wish to stay right on the beach this is a must. You can camp or rent a "case" which is a small house where can sleep up to 3 people. The price doesnt change depending the number of people inside the "case". price of the case if 4750UM.
you can camp for 1500UM
if you're cmaping beware of people that are on the hotel trying to sell you things from senegal or mauritania. usually if they can, they will rob things. sad but true.
The hotel is not very clean, i mean bathrooms are ugly and dirty, always being used by workers and some fishermen occasionaly. There two door in the bathroom area. usually one is alwys closed and always better in terms of hygiene. if its closed ask to open it.
You have a great thing that is being less than 30metres from the ocean. Leave a Comment Theme: CampgroundPrice: less than US$20 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageDirections: After the fishermen's beach. you have 2 hotels close together, coming from La Capitale, its the second one on your left. Terjit Vacances
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Another hotel which its owner is european. You can find proper hotels here in Mauritania when its owner are from abroad. very clean place and staff usually are great. fabrice the owner is very accessible and will try to help you out in all you need. In the hotel you have all the information you might need to travel in Mauritania and also how to get vias to many of other countries in Africa.
clean bathrooms and showers, rooms are nice. Cool terrace with a view to the Numero district.
1500UM per night
you also have a restaurant in the hotel. you can eat starting from 200UM to 500UM. very nice and cheap.
the picture was taken from the top of the hotel's terrace. Leave a Comment Theme: HotelPrice: less than US$20 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: Numerowat district, 5eme robinetDirections: Numerowat district
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on December 19, 2004
on May 25, 2004
