ill be in mauri mid late jan, want to get to tombuktu love to hook up with anyone else heading in that direction especially. pm me with dates and locations, im leaving uk tomorow. cheers
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Does anyone have more detailed points for Nema - Timbuktu?
I never ended up doing this piste last year as I headed south instead of east, but plan on heading directly from Nema to Timbuktu (not via Nara) in Jan 08. In addition to the points listed previously on this post, I have the following waypoints:
N16.08.057 W 6.50.200 - between Nema and Bassikouno N16.00.206 W 5.47.404 - 50km SE of Mali border near Bassikouno N16.21.917 W4.33.043 - Lerneb N16.45.636 W 3.00.323 - Timbuktu Does anyone else have anymore detailed waypoints for this route? cheers |
Hi,
Here are some some extra-coordinates that I've collected last Januray. Cheers, José Km N E Description 0 16 36.667 -7 16.763 Exit of Nema. Leave paved road to a fast piste heading south over a reg alternated with sandy areas 21 16 26.800 -7 19.800 Pre-paved road over floodplain 27 16 24.100 -7 20.500 Piste turns E/SE 76 16 16.500 -6 59.100 Bangou village. Piste is now sandier and heads SE 96 16 9.300 -6 52.100 Exit of small village and Kir wells 112 16 4.000 -6 45.700 Exit of Kataouane village 130 16 2.100 -6 36.700 Gneiba el Mazroufa village at right but keep E 143 16 2.400 -6 30.600 Piste progressively harder turns SE. Police checkpoint within 1km 157 15 58.800 -6 24.600 Hard piste 171 15 54.200 -6 18.500 Top of hill. Keep E/SE in sandy piste 194 15 53.700 -6 6.200 Top of hill. Piste still sandy 216 15 51.100 -5 55.400 Exit of Bassikounou. Turn right to firm sandy piste heading SE 237 15 43.300 -5 47.200 Piste sandy but firm heading SE 252 15 37.300 -5 44.200 Exit of Koussana village 266 15 30.700 -5 35.000 Exit of Medala village 284 15 33.100 -5 31.300 Fassale village. If exit formalities from Mauritania were not fulfilled in Nema, there are police and douane checkpoints in the village 296 15 31.360 -5 29.650 Exit of Douamkara village. Piste heads NE over floodplain 305 15 33.030 -5 24.410 Mali border post after Faita village 322 15 35.700 -5 17.300 Alfess well at left 337 15 39.200 -5 10.400 Exit of Boundoubadi village. Hard and fast piste 360 15 43.600 -4 59.000 Small village. Well at left 309 15 42.600 -4 54.600 Lere. Douane and police checkpoint 427 15 44.600 -4 32.200 Passage through dam wall 443 15 46.950 -4 25.320 Passage through dam wall 450 15 48.230 -4 21.980 Passage through dam wall 461 15 50.940 -4 17.530 Passage through dam wall 482 15 54.360 -4 8.380 Passage through dam wall 498 15 55.500 -4 0.000 Exit of Niafunke. Fast piste 509 15 57.700 -3 55.430 Passage through dam wall 543 16 8.000 -3 45.200 After crossing the river turn left at Douane checkpoint and follow pre-paved road 667 16 46.520 -3 0.730 Tombouctou |
The above coordinates are as follows:
1st column: km 2nd column: latitude degrees 3rd column: latitude minutes 4th column: longitude degress 5th column: longitude minutes 6th column: description of waypoint Cheers, José |
Jose, you are an absolute legend!
If we ever meet on the road, i will definately buy you a few beers! Two minor questions: 1. I had thought this piste was only about 550 kms - did you take any specific detours to get to 667 kms? 2. I assume there is no fuel on this route - did you see any villages selling any fuel from containers on the piste? cheers |
Hi Matt,
1. I had thought this piste was only about 550 kms - did you take any specific detours to get to 667 kms? At the exit of Nema and around the border of Mauritania-Mali we were trying to find the correct piste. This should represent about 10 km extra (15 km at the most). Don't know about this 117 km diference..... 2. I assume there is no fuel on this route - did you see any villages selling any fuel from containers on the piste? There is fuel from drums in Bassikonou for sure. After Lere there is fuel in every large village. If you can came to Mauritania in late October, we could check out that beer! Cheers, José |
Mapsource says it's 570km, so that is closer to 550.
I noticed two of your waypoints seemed to be off course. That's wp 2 and 3. Anyway, thanks a milllion for the wps. |
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