Adventure, culture and nature. That's what you can experience in 'Le Train du Désert', the desert train. A unique voyage in the beautiful desert of Mauritania, on board of a comfortable train, colorfully decorated in African style.
You can eat, sleep and sip the three traditional glasses of Mauritanian tea on the train. You can hop on the locomotive and sit on the driver's seat. You can even ask for a photostop.
In one week you visit the iron ore mine of Zouerate, camp at the foot of the impressive monolith Ben Amira, and see one of the longest trains on earth passing by (more than 2 km). The desert train itself has only two carriages and is probably one of the shortest trains in the world.
From October until May the desert train has weekly departures.