"How to get to Bir Moghrein? (part 2)" Atar Transportation Tip by johnsakura

This is all very complicated and we shouldn’t forget about some people that say that Algeria only gives force to Polisario because they want a piece of the Atlantic… Algeria want Atlantic… I don’t want to be turning this text to any political statement, but I’m trying to follow my logic from stuff I hear and see on the road, after visiting Mauritania and Western Sahara 4 times and more than 14 times to Morocco.
To get to Bir Moghrein you have to drive north from Zouerat 440km of desert tracks, mountains and black rocks that makes you think you're in another planet. Bir Moghrein is something like a military post and has nothing really to see but indeed a lot to experience with amazing local people that unfortunately have a rough life and also landscapes.

This is the route you should make to get there:

Atar -> Choum +-120km

Choum -> Touajil -> Fderik -> Zouerat +-250km

Zouerat -> Bir Moghrein +-440km

After is the route to Morocco trough Gueltat Zemmour

Bir Moghrein -> Fortress on the border with Western Sahara +-56km

Fortress on the border with Western Sahara -> “Le Mure” +-40km

Heres on on-line maps of Mauritania:

Map of Mauritania 1

Map of Mauritania 2

continues on next tip

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