Travel Guides & Tourist Information

The Mauritania Portal by the Norwegian Council for Africa is a portal for tourists traveling to Mauritania. Browse their directory for travel information.

Lonely Planet online Destination Guide offers travel information about virtually any country in the world. This link will bring you directly to the travel page about Mauritania. Here you will find information about topics like: Health & Safety, Culture & History, People & Society, Money, Events and Transport.

Wikitravel is an excellent user generated travel guide supervised by administrators. On the Mauritania travel page you will find the following travel topics: regions, cities, entry requirements, getting out, languages, eating, drinking and sleeping, learning and study in Mauritania, health and safety, respect and contact. Information on site is mostly updated. However, we suggest you always check the travel advice from your own government first, before leaving your country.

This World Travel Guide provides comprehensive travel information and articles about Mauritania. In the menu on the left you will find guides sorted by theme. The menu on the right side provides the table of contents for Mauritania: overview, adresses, facts, public holidays, health, accommodation, doing business, communications, getting there, getting around, travel advice and a lot more. You can also create a miniguide that you can print.

World66 is a nice user generated travel guide made by travelers. Every part of the travel guide can be edited directly by clicking the [edit] button. The guide about Mauritania contains information about the following travel topics: general information, map, history, practical info, economy, health, people, books and a photo gallery.

Simple guide about Nouakchott with information about the history and culture of the city. There's also a small photo gallery.

Small guide about Nouakchott with information about getting there, politics, health, getting around , hotels and attractions (market, mosque and national museum).

A nice, comprehensive guide to Mauritania with general travel information and information about specific regions and cities like: Nouadhibou, Choum, Atar, Chinguetti and Nouakchott.