This includes providing young people with initial and further training to assist them in finding jobs in rural environments. Luckily we managed to get on the train on time. Because the ride is free, you can imagine that your life is worth far less than the iron ore and even if the company running the railway would care about you, it is impossible for conductor to know that 3 kilometres behind someone fell of the train. The trip, which cuts through the heart of the Sahara desert, can last as little as 16 hours if the train is empty of ore, and up to 20 hours if the cars are full.Impoverished locals often risk jumping on to the train's cars to travel between towns to visit relatives. Le Transport ferroviaire en Mauritanie se limite à une ligne à voie unique, longue de 704 kilomètres qui relie les mines de fer de Zouerate au port minéralier de Nouadhibou. You should also cover your eyes and sunglasses work well in this case, though they don’t completely protect your eyes. But don’t worry, it is not so easy to fall off the train even when it is fully loaded.Keep in mind that there is a lot of dust, so take with you special clothes and shoes, you don’t mind getting dirty, which you will wear only on the train, because there is very little chance that you will find a washing machine in Mauritania and I can imagine, that removing dust off the clothes by hand can be pretty hard.However, I was lucky enough to find one in Nouadhibou as Josh stayed in a hotel with laundry service, so I could wash the dust off there. The train is said to be the longest one in the world, having over 220 cars and being over 2 kilometers long. I had some problems explaining them, that I am staying with a CouchSurfer, just because I was foolish and did not look up for a name of a hotel in Nouadhibou before.The prices in the article are still in old Mauritanian currency – Ougiyas. Safari Junkie is dynamic travel blog focused solely on Africa.
Le train de minerai de fer de la Mauritanie est l’un des plus long trains au monde. ). Train du chemin de fer de Mauritanie en gare de Nouadhibou. There is also a covered bus station, where you will spend the day, hidden from the sun, while waiting for the train.
Le train est d’une longueur de plus de 2.5 kilomètres, avec plus de 200 wagons transportant chacun jusqu’à 84 tonnes de minerai de fer.
Copyright 2018 Safari Junkie™ | All Rights Reserved | Foreigners mostly ride between Nouadhibou and Choum, since Zouerate is pretty far from everything and the only convenient way to get back from that town is by train.In this article I will focus mainly on riding Iron Ore Train in Mauritania from Choum to Nouadhibou, because I did it that way. When loaded … It's used to carry iron ore from the Zouerat mine to Nouadhibou harbour.
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It wasn’t comfortable in first place, but I would do it again and I believe that there are still many adventurers out there, who would love to experience this, so I wrote a few tips on how to experience such a unique train ride.While it is highly unlikely that anything serious will happen to you on Iron Ore train, you should be fully aware of the risk you take. Déjà là, pour les amateurs de trains, il s’agit d’un truc à voir. If you arrive to Nouadhibou by train, there will be a police checkpoint right after you get out. Sometimes, the trains also transport goods such as live animals or fruit.High daytime temperatures and very low night-time temperatures complicate the journey, as does the dust produced by the more than 200 train cars, each carrying 84 tonnes of iron ore.Travellers willing to pay can buy tickets for about $3 to board the last car of the train, offering some comfort, although most of these passenger cars are a half a century old and not cleaned frequently.Women in northeast Senegal are using solar-powered irrigation to farm food and halt the encroaching desert.Survivors of sex trafficking and those who investigate it in the city share their stories.More than 1,000km apart, a filmmaker and the subject of his film contend with the methods and meanings of solitude. At nearly 2.5km in length, the iron trains of Mauritania are among the longest in the world. Two kids selling cold water and Bisap just passed by a sign that warns about the dangers of crossing the nearby railway and seven other kids accompanied Josh, an Englishman I just met earlier this day in Atar, and me while we all wait for the longest train in the world to arrive. There is only one train line in Mauritania, linking Nouadhibou with Choum and Zouerat, but it's a tourist attraction itself. Transport du minerai de fer à travers le désert. There are no rail links with adjacent countries.
All Rights Reserved. By train . Le train du désert : Une croisière ferroviaire au cœur de la Mauritanie, sur les traces du plus long train du monde (le minéralier) : sans conteste, le moyen le plus original et le plus inattendu de découvrir le Sahara. This means that e.g.
Therefore, we had to run in complete darkness towards the freight cars. Luckily we managed to get on the train on time.A long sleepless night on the iron ore was followed by few more hours of ride through the beautiful desert scenery in the daylight. Many travellers pack ski goggles for eye protection.The Iron Ore train officially stops in three places, but, as you will notice, it actually stops several more times along the way. More than 2km long, the train is made up of three or four diesel locomotives, one passenger carriage and between 200 and 210 freight cars.
GIZ’s work in Mauritania is closely coordinated with projects undertaken by KfW Development Bank and dovetails with programmes implemented by the European Union and its member states. Another project is working to increase productivity in artisanal fisheries.
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