Morocco to Senegal
 

Could anyone give me a rough estimate of how long it will take me to get from Marrakech down to Dakhla on the buses. Also , how long should I allow for getting through Mauritania to Senegal. I am travelling independently without a vehicle and hope to enter Mauritania within the next two weeks. Will I have to wait for days to get a lift in Dakhla or is it relatively easy? All help greatly appreciated.

Agadir to Dakhla takes something like 20 hours straight through on good newish buses which have a tendency to stay on the road.

A trip from Dakhla straight through to Senegal can be done in three to five days if the driver is pushing it, but once you get to Nouakchott you can take a Bush Taxi to Rosso anyway.

It´s difficult to say how long it takes to get a lift now that the convoys are finished. It used to be possible to get a lift on every convoy before, but I guess the problem is meeting up with people now that a lot of them will not be going into Dakhla. Along with this there are fewer Europeans in the convoy in March/April as opposed to Autumn, The number drops down to around 20-40 cars per week. I suppose you only have two options
1. Try to get a lift to the border where all the formalities are now done and wait around there, or 2.wait at the turn-off point 40km before Dakhla where there is a petrol station and café. At the border there is as of yet no shop or café so you should take food for a few days.
I would be wary of getting a lift with Mauritanians from Dakhla to Nouakchott direct as they may be smuggling cars down and may not be crossing the official Mauritanian border.

Agadir to Dakhla takes something like 20 hours straight through on good newish buses which have a tendency to stay on the road.

A trip from Dakhla straight through to Senegal can be done in three to five days if the driver is pushing it, but once you get to Nouakchott you can take a Bush Taxi to Rosso anyway.

It´s difficult to say how long it takes to get a lift now that the convoys are finished. It used to be possible to get a lift on every convoy before, but I guess the problem is meeting up with people now that a lot of them will not be going into Dakhla. Along with this there are fewer Europeans in the convoy in March/April as opposed to Autumn. The number drops down to around 20-40 cars per week. I suppose you only have two options
1. Try to get a lift to the border where all the formalities are now done and wait around there, or 2.wait at the turn-off point 40km before Dakhla where there is a petrol station and café.
At the border there is as of yet no shop or café so you should take food for a few days.

I would be wary of getting a lift with Mauritanians from Dakhla to Nouakchott direct as they may be smuggling cars down and may not be crossing the official Mauritanian border.