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Gueltat Zemmour ->To Layoune

Gueltat Zemmour ->To Layoune, Zouerat

 johnsakura Says:  We got permission and headed to Gueltat Zemmour with army 4x4 on the front of us. Due to much sand also in this part (no road exists, or many parts are really in bad shape that is better to go into the sand), again my friends had to jump off the car and be transported on the... 

“Le Mure” -> Way to Gueltat Zemmour

“Le Mure” -> Way to Gueltat Zemmour, Zouerat

 johnsakura Says:  You get to the wall and you have to deliver your passport to the Moroccan authorities. You stay under Moroccan army custody maybe even for a few days. Don’t go out of the asphalt as it has lots of land mines. You have to wait maybe up to a few days to get the permission to... 

Fortress on the border -> “Le Mure" 36kms

Fortress on the border -> “Le Mure" 36kms, Zouerat

 johnsakura Says:  Fortress on the border with Western Sahara -> “Le Mure”NO Man’s LAND. BE careful be careful be careful. mines, pirates… old asphalt road broken by explosions at least 4 times until the “WALL”. 2 of the times was quite hard to pass. about 36kms.continues on next tip 

Bir Moghrein -> Fortress on the border +-56km

Bir Moghrein -> Fortress on the border +-56km, Zouerat

 johnsakura Says:  Bir Moghrein -> Fortress on the border with Western Sahara (on Michelin Map it’s the star)We had to make 96km until a place known has "Le Mure" or "the wall" which consists of a thousand km wall separating Morocco from the land mines of the Western Sahara land, full of... 

In Bir Moghrein

In Bir Moghrein, Zouerat

 johnsakura Says:  We got to the police check point on the town and stayed there until they stamped our passports out, and we knew that was going to be the beginning of our big adventure as there is no entry police control stop on the Mauritanian side and also on the Moroccan border. No man's... 

Zouerat -> Bir Moghrein +-440km (part 3)

Zouerat -> Bir Moghrein +-440km (part 3), Zouerat

 johnsakura Says:  So this picture is from the cafe or restaurant on top of the Rich Mountains. This is the only stop existing in the way. Lots of kms without a living soul but here, incredible...This is divided in different parts. right side for tea and business men like Saharawis and... 

Zouerat -> Bir Moghrein +-440km (part 2)

Zouerat -> Bir Moghrein +-440km (part 2), Zouerat

 johnsakura Says:  Half the way you pass the Rich Mountains, where on top you have a small café that usually have some Polisario taking some tea, painting new car plates with new numbers. No I think this is where the problem can be for many people. This is one of the dangers, as many people... 

Zouerat -> Bir Moghrein +-440km (part 1)

Zouerat -> Bir Moghrein +-440km (part 1), Zouerat

 johnsakura Says:  I was coming by a small car and my friends which had to switch to a Toyota pick up truck due to the extreme weight on our small car, too much weight for the desert tracks that connected Zouerat to Bir Moghrein, making the total of 440km of tracks. After two days of... 

Choum -> Zouerat +-250km (part 2)

Choum -> Zouerat +-250km (part 2), Zouerat

 johnsakura Says:  The other solution is to go inside the dunes after the small village of Touajil. The local transportation pick up trucks don’t do this way cos they usually have too much weight and can get easily stuck in sand. This was the way my small city car went to. Moulay Sharif drove... 

Choum -> Zouerat +-250km (part 1)

Choum -> Zouerat +-250km (part 1), Zouerat

 johnsakura Says:  Choum -> Touajil -> Fderik -> Zouerat +-250kmThis is a very rough journey. Usually local 4x4 make the shortest and fast way through the train tracks where they hit their tyres against the protective objects that exist on the tracks preventing vehicles to drive... 

BEST HELP IN CHOUM Moulay Shariff (part2)

BEST HELP IN CHOUM Moulay Shariff (part2), Zouerat

 johnsakura Says:  If it wasn’t for this guy we wouldn’t make it to Morocco on this part of Tiris-Zemmour. He drove a small Opel Corsa through 9km of dunes after Touajil, help us to get local pick up trucks to my friends and to all our baggage with local price payment (4-6 euros for the whole... 

BEST HELP IN CHOUM Moulay Shariff (part1)

BEST HELP IN CHOUM Moulay Shariff (part1), Zouerat

 johnsakura Says:  This is a very nice person. He helped us all the way to the border with Western Sahara. Of course nothing on this trip to Mauritania end up going as planed, also with him hehehe, but for sure you can trust him and he will try to do what is necessary to pass you all the... 

Atar -> Choum +-120km (part3)

Atar -> Choum +-120km (part3), Zouerat

 johnsakura Says:  Train between Choum and Nouadhibou went off as we were asked a lot of money and had to wait 4 more days until it wrould arrive. For what I understood, if I would pay about 100 euros, they would possibly put it the on the train the day after, but they asked for about 70 euros... 

Atar -> Choum +-120km (part 2)

Atar -> Choum +-120km (part 2), Zouerat

 johnsakura Says:  We got stuck in the sand and after a couple of hours of digging we got some paid help from local people that after asking for money gave us a help from their very old 4x4 Toyota. As soon as we got to Choum, our deal went off and they stay asking for 3 times more the money... 

Atar -> Choum +-120km (part 1)

Atar -> Choum +-120km (part 1), Zouerat

 johnsakura Says:  *Asphalt about 20km after AtarOrange sand on the end of the asphalt road for about 100m. Very tough sand. Good for 4x4 tough. be prepared for many rocks under the sand. Be careful for some locals that might be prepared to help you for a bit of money and maybe even want to... 

How to get to Bir Moghrein? (part 1)

How to get to Bir Moghrein? (part 1), Zouerat

 johnsakura Says:  This is a very requested information about North Mauritania and the not easy tracks to enter Western Sahara by Gueltat Zemour from Bir Moghrein.Bir Moghrein is a lost village somewhere in the North of Mauritania. Its was an old military Spanish post and still a fortress can... 

How to get to Bir Moghrein? (part 2)

How to get to Bir Moghrein? (part 2), Zouerat

 johnsakura Says:  This is all very complicated and we shouldn’t forget about some people that say that Algeria only gives force to Polisario because they want a piece of the Atlantic… Algeria want Atlantic… I don’t want to be turning this text to any political statement, but I’m trying to... 

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 page under construction. im currently working on my mauritanian pages so this one here is one of the few left. please come back later for more info and good tips. 

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