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Discover a great African motorhome trip through Morocco, Sahara, Mauritania and Senegal.
About ConvistasalmundoAc
We are Luis and Natalia. After several years traveling in a campervan and motorhome, we decided to leave it all behind and embark on the trip of a lifetime. We hit the road in September 2019 and are still going strong despite the pandemic. We travel with our dogs, Dark and Grey. Besides discovering new places and cultures, we love playing sports everywhere we go . We try to capture some of our travel experiences in our videos.
And if you want to know something you can always ask us!
Africa by motorhome: crossing the largest desert in the world, the Sahara
We propose them
The route that we propose consists of crossing the Sahara desert from north to south on its western side. This will take us to explore Morocco, Sahara, Mauritania and Senegal.
Point of departure
As our starting point for our motorhome trip through Africa, we would choose the town of Dakhla, formerly Villa Cisneros, which is the last major city we'll encounter before reaching Mauritania. For kitesurfing enthusiasts, the Dakhla lagoon could be considered a mecca.
There's a free camping area right on the beach that's always packed with kitesurfers and windsurfers. It's quite a sight to see over 100 kites at once! Within the town itself, there's also a great spot for surfers looking for easy, long waves.
Eat oysters
As a fishing town you have to take advantage of it to eat oysters or fresh fish, battered, grilled, barbecue; as we like the surroundings of any of its markets for € 2-3 per person. This is one of the charms of traveling through Africa by motorhome.
Adventures on the frontier
We went out into the desert
Leaving Dakhla, we re-entered the desert to reach the Guerguerat border and no man's land , a couple of kilometers of mined desert, with abandoned cars and remains of explosions that we had to cross to reach the Mauritanian border.
A lot of curiosities
We continue our journey through Africa in a motorhome. At the border, we'll need to be patient and negotiate all the bribes they'll try to charge. We'll detail it soon on our blog here.
Once we crossed the border, we entered Nouadhibou. There we experienced chaotic traffic, dilapidated cars, old cars, some without doors or patched up... so curious that I don't even know how they work! Another charm of the trip was... the typical Mauritanian attire, a short-sleeved tunic called a daraâ, accompanied by a turban to protect from the sun, which really caught our attention.
Dunes and more than 50 degrees
We'll continue south on the road to reach the capital, Nouakchott. It's a single, potholed road, swallowed up in sections by the desert, with the occasional shack in the middle of nowhere. Just crossing the country is a great adventure. Traveling through Africa in a campervan is truly fascinating. After several days of endless straight roads, surrounded by dunes and temperatures exceeding 50°C, the landscape changes abruptly.
Heading to Senegal ... let's go!
Hospitality, colors and a lot of rhythm
We'll reach Diawling National Park where the landscape will suddenly change, and we'll see life again: plants, animals, and lots of warthogs. Remember Pumba? It's 40km of track, full of bumps, technical sections, and potholes, which we tackled at an endless average speed of 5km/h…
We'll cross the Diama Bridge and we'll be in Senegal, the land of teranga, hospitality. After so much desert and monotony, we'll enter a country full of color, joy, and rhythm. Indescribable!
Africa by motorhome, you can't miss it!
Did you like our trip to Africa in a motorhome?
If you dare to do it, you will return with your batteries charged and full of emotion. We assure you!
Hello, I would like to travel in my motorhome from Morocco to Dakar, is it very dangerous?
Morocco is not dangerous, they take good care of tourists and the people have a culture that is very respectful of tourism. They are just a bit heavy to sell you anything, but for safety from our experience you should not fear. Just a note, Morocco is still closed for the Spanish 🙁
Hi couple.
My partner and I are projecting a dream, which is to tour the entire African continent when we retire (there are still more than two years to go -buf!!-). We are looking for a vehicle that allows us to be as autonomous as possible and, furthermore, that can withstand the harshness of such a journey. We will not be in a hurry (two years, three, five, ten?). I would love to receive your suggestions. Good luck and… cheers!
What is popular now are the 4×4 with camperized identification, without a doubt the best to travel through Africa 🙂
grandi…the spirit lives ancora in molti esseri umani…complimenti
Hi guys!
What was it like traveling with your dogs?
Did they suffer a lot from the heat? What was it like in the countries they were in compared to them?
We are traveling with our two Weimaraners and are thinking about Africa.
Regards!
Marcela& Dirk