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Dose anyone have up to date information on travelling overland Western Sahara and Mauritania
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You are not giving us much to go on. We could spend ages writing about stuff that you don't have interest in.

By your 'handle' I'm guessing you are on a motorbike.

Western Sahara: So long as you keep to the main RN1 coastal road there's not much to relate. It's flat scrubland running alongside mainly high cliffs. Your log entries could be, "After 65km some donkeys by the side of the road, after another 30km the road took a slight turn to the left."

Mauritania: After 150km of riding south I came to a slightly less boring bit where I took a photo. What look like garden sheds by the side of the road are actually where people live.

Have a look at some of Itchy Boots videos for a flavour, starting with S7:E13 from Tata heading to Western Sahara. S7:E13 through S7:E25 might be interesting to you.

Tanger to Nouakchott is getting on for 3,000km with the same distance back again. We don't know your riding background, if this is your first time in North West Africa you might be better served spending all of it in Morocco. There is so much to see and do in Morocco that doesn't involve several days of quite uninteresting riding.
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...if this is your first time in North West Africa you might be better served spending all of it in Morocco. There is so much to see and do in Morocco that doesn't involve several days of quite uninteresting riding.
Tim is absolutely "spot-on" with his advice above.

I rode down to the Mauritanian border 4 years ago. It was one of the most boring (and tiring) motorcycle rides I had ever done. There is nothing worth seeing south of the N12 highway (about 100 km south of Agadir), and there is even less than nothing to see south of Laayoune in Western Sahara.

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You are not giving us much to go on. We could spend ages writing about stuff that you don't have interest in.

By your 'handle' I'm guessing you are on a motorbike.

Western Sahara: So long as you keep to the main RN1 coastal road there's not much to relate. It's flat scrubland running alongside mainly high cliffs. Your log entries could be, "After 65km some donkeys by the side of the road, after another 30km the road took a slight turn to the left."

Mauritania: After 150km of riding south I came to a slightly less boring bit where I took a photo. What look like garden sheds by the side of the road are actually where people live.

Have a look at some of Itchy Boots videos for a flavour, starting with S7:E13 from Tata heading to Western Sahara. S7:E13 through S7:E25 might be interesting to you.

Tanger to Nouakchott is getting on for 3,000km with the same distance back again. We don't know your riding background, if this is your first time in North West Africa you might be better served spending all of it in Morocco. There is so much to see and do in Morocco that doesn't involve several days of quite uninteresting riding.

Hi Tim
I have been adventure riding for many years Iceland, Spain, Portugal, Pyrenees and Extensively in Morocco 15 plus trips over the last 20 years.
Last time in Morocco was February this year and going back again in September.
I have watched Itchy Boots videos riding in Mauritania.
I am thinking of going to Mauritania early 2024 and more interested in riding trails than the main road south.
I have found routes on Wikiloc from earlier this year posted by a Spanish group of riders
I’m looking for info on border crossing into and out of Mauritania I read on some post from a few years back that the border was closed for tourist who were trying to head north from Mauritania back into Morocco is this still the case or is the border now open when travelling north.
How safe travel is of the main highway
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