Nouadhibou Travel Guide

 Alpha_Ghana Says:  Go and visit Cap Blanc, the extreme South place of the peninsula. The Western part of the peninsula belongs to Western Sahara (or now Morocco after their Anshluss) and the Eastern part to Mauritania. At Cap Blanc, there is a tower guarded by the army. There is no real border... 

 Alpha_Ghana Says:  The nicest beach is across the Centre de Pêche. You have to take a small boat to cross 200 m of the channel and you are on a long, flat, white sand beach, very clean and quiet. You have to take your umbrellas and drinks. 

 Alpha_Ghana Says:  Outside Nouahdibou, on the lagoon between the peninsula and the desert, there is a beach resort.Expatriates go there on weekend for rest and free fishing. The bar and restaurant are very simple but clean, room are not always very clean. 

 johnsakura Says:  The grand majority of fishermen here in Mauritania come from Senegal. During Februrary and March a large quantity of people go down south to their country to pass the celebrations of Islam when they kill the goat. Another celebration also very popular in March is the... 

 Alpha_Ghana Says:  The food is absolutely terrible!!!I entered this place with my wife and my 1yo boy. We were greeted by 3 nice Chinese girls and seated. It took us a long time to have a drink because nobody speaks another language than Mandarin. The girls liked my son, so they were playing... 

 Alpha_Ghana Says:  Nouadhibou had been isolated from the rest of the country until Quarter 1 2005. Instead of one day, you only need 4 hours to go from Nouakchott to Nouadhibou. The road is in perfect conditions. Be sure to have enough diesel/petrol because there are 465 km without possibility... 

 johnsakura Says:  If you want to buy some African clothes this is the right spot. go to Grand Marche and you'll see a very large number of stores where clothes are made right there and you can see people sewing it. clothes. the bluewdress you see on the pic was selling for 4000UM. 

 johnsakura Says:  Intereact with this people and you'll take more advantage of the country it self. White moors are sometimes nice people but never cheerfull like people from Senegal. They will take you out to dinner with their friends go to parties etc.According to the 1988 census,... 

 johnsakura Says:  There is no ATM’s. For cash and TC’s you get the best rates in Nouakchott. In Nouadhibou it is quite difficult to change travellers cheques; they try to get up to 15% commission, so you need to bargain a bit on that or change your TC’s in the capital. Except in a few serious... 

 johnsakura Says:  Old fish factory in Cansado cape. I dont know either if it is Portuguese or Spanish construction. Either the way this is placed right in front of the ship cementery in Cansado district 7 km from the "ville". 

 johnsakura Says:  this is a big view of the harbor near the frozen fish market. Its taken in front of the Bank in Boulevar Median after the DHL building. The DHL store has big importance for people here as a pointing place or a meeting point.Before the water you can notice the fishermen...