Sahara highway
 

Hi,

Is there anybody out there at nothern Mauretania, who can definietly state what is the status of the modern Sahara highway made by Egyptians, ie. the road between the Fort Guerguarat-Nouadhibou-Nouakchott? Is there any new border post between the countries? Would you please let me know the GPS coordinates!

Hi Danek,

I used this route a couple of weeks ago. There are many sections of tarmac from Nouadhibou to Nouakchott, some of them are finished, others are still being worked on. Where the sections aren't finished, it's piste running alongside. There are also sections where nothing has been built yet, let alone tarmac'd. The local Police say it'll be finished in October but there's no way it'll be done until at least this time next year.

The borders are still the same. The route mentioned on the Sahara Overland site from the railway to Nouadhibou is incorrect. Instead of following the right-hand side of the tracks, cross them and take the main piste to Nouadhibou.

I drove from Nouadhibou to Nouakchott in 8 hours of constant driving with only a couple of sections of softish sand. But there are some bad corrugations as you near Nouakchott on this route.

If you want GPS coordinates of where the tarmac sections start and finish let me know, I'll email them to you.

B

Hi Ben,

thank you for your detailed info. Would you please send me GPS coordinates to my e-mail: bobo49@wp.pl? Thanks in advance !

Danek

hello gents,
would be very happy to have those coord's
as well!!
Riding solo from Lisbon to Dakar or,time permiting,to Bissau ,nxt January.

nice rides,
VillaTaormina@hotmail.com

Hello Ben,
it would be great if you could send me the coordinates as well (sigrun.bocksch@gmx.de)
Many thanks,
Magali

Hallo Ben,
I am also planning a trip to Mauritania and Senegal late this year, it would be great if you could send me the coordinates as well (ezio.picco@aonmail.at)

Ciao from Austria !

Ezio

Hello!
We are also driving trough Sahara (Marokko, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and cameroon) in a 4WD HiAce. Departure is set to december this year. We would very much like to have GPS koordinates to towns and places in these countries! Maybe we'll se some of you along the way!?
Best regards Truls

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Ok guys,

you should all have had your files by now - if not, get back to me.

Happy trips.

B

Hallo Ben,
I am also planning a trip to Mauritania and Senegal soon this year, it would be great if you could send me the coordinates as well (tensar@passagen.se)

Jan

Will do Jan, in the next day or so when I have access from home.

Regards

B

"If you want GPS coordinates of where the tarmac sections start and finish let me know, I'll email them to you."

Any reason why you don't just post them all here?

Yes, that would be useful!

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One reason is that there are quite a few of them, the second is that I also include a track file in xls or mapsource format to show the whole route from Nouadhibou to Nouakchott.

If anyone can tell me how to post a file then I will.

B

Hi ya,

Email them to me - I'll whack them on a server and provide a url etc

You forget me ?
Regards/Jan

Are those coordinates still available? If you still have them, I would like them as well. Thanks

Jeroen (us1@xs4all.nl)

Those anyone have the Sahara highway (Atlantic route) waypoints still available?
Morocco – Mauritania – Mali – Burkina Faso – Ghana.
I would like to directly download them onto me GPS. Lost the file I initially got from BenW.
Thank
Tunde (tundeadu@hotmail.com)

Hi,
I'd love a copy of the waypoints also. Have tried emailing BenW but no response as yet.
Thanks
Pete (pete@lewistribe.co.uk)

I've asked for a copy of the files and will post them on HU for all.

Grant

"The route mentioned on the Sahara Overland site [pdf] from the railway to Nouadhibou is incorrect. Instead of following the right-hand side of the tracks, cross them and take the main piste to Nouadhibou"

Yes, this does not sound right to me and I was there years ago. I'll get the Plymouth Dakar to update the pdf over Xmas (assuming they go the easy way).

Ch

Ch

Hi all,

have been away from the net with work for the last couple of weeks. Will send the files out in the next day or so now I'm back with a web connection.

Bear with me!

Thanks

B

Hi
After clearing IRM customs and police, take the left track beyond the post, this leads to railway,cross the tracks and follow to nouadhibou leaving the rails on your right side.In last years Plymouth Dakar we didnt and finished up on the old Piste Hispanol, it took us ages and a lot of digging, especialy at the old Berm.However we did have the dubious pleasure of seeing the blown up gaz delivery van (as mentioned in lonely planet)

Regards

Dave

Hi Grant.I can't find them fils on HU,can you Pls. e mail them to me?
Many thanks!
Adam.

Hi all,

files have been sent to all who have emailed to ask and Grant has also been sent them for anyone who wishes to download. .xls, .txt and mapsource formats.

Ben

Files posted in the new "Routes and Tracks" section of the site.

tripplan/routes/

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tripplan/routes/

If you have a route you'd like to share, see the page for details on how to send them in.

Thanks, Grant

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