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Hodh Arkin National Reserve 🇲🇷 There are types of birds in Mauritania Hodh Arkin with security, a wonderful atmosphere, and kind and humane people in northern Mauritania. This place is located, which is considered one of the rare natural reserves that attracts all those interested in nature and wildlife. It is the largest gathering of rare animals and birds in the whole world, in addition to that. All types of fish are found there and, with its environmental and natural diversity, it constitutes one of the most important environmental reserves and the largest fisheries around the world. The Arkin Basin is also considered a natural refuge to which millions of birds and northern Europe migrate annually.

History: The city of Tisht was founded by Sharif Abd al-Mu’min in the year 536 AH. It is crowded with monuments and evidence that still bears witness to a bright cultural history. Its library contains manuscripts of the most important treasures of world heritage. Its shelves include thousands of manuscripts and similar titles in various Islamic sciences, including the oldest author of the Tishti script. Planned in the sixth century AH, we have many tourist attractions

Its governors are a city of architecture, righteous people, and manuscripts. The history of the city dates back to the first century AD, when it was known as Al-Biru and was described during the era of the masked men as Iwalatan or Iwalatan. Walata experienced great prosperity with the advent of Islam, as it was a stop for merchants and caravans coming from South Africa and heading towards the north. They visited the Muslim traveler Ibn Battuta and spoke of extreme prosperity. The city became famous due to its strategic location as a connecting point between the African regions in the south and ISIS in the north. Walata is characterized by the activity of libraries supported by the Mauritanian Institute for Scientific Research and UNESCO, which has allowed some of…

Ben Amira is the largest monolith in Africa, rising 633 meters above the desert floor. It is the second largest monolith in the world, after Uluru in Australia. Ben Amira is located in Mauritania, close to the border with Western Sahara and is located 4 kilometers north of the train track, where The famous iron ore train travels between Nouadhibou and Chouaum Ben Amra monolith. Aicha El Khair, a smaller mass, is located a 20-minute drive west of Ben Amra. In 1999, dozens of world-renowned artists celebrated the millennium by carving the rocks at the Aicha El Khair base.

Chinguetti is a city in Mauritania located to the east of the state of Adara, Mauritania. It was founded in the 2nd century. It is a historical city that lived for centuries of prosperity before it fell and was buried. The current city of Chinguetti rose in its place, which was founded in 1262 AD. The origin of the name Chinguetti goes back to the Berbers or Berbers, meaning the horse’s eye, and it was ancient. The starting point for the caravans of pilgrims heading to Mecca, passing through Egypt and Sudan. This is one of the reasons that deepened cultural relations with the Arab-Islamic countries. The city of Chinguetti includes many libraries that contributed greatly to protecting manuscripts of the works of some of the first Muslim scholars. They…

Chinguetti manuscripts are an ancient treasure, preserved with charcoal ink and glue. Saif al-Islam is called al-Ahmad Mahmoud. He scrutinizes the pages of an old book in front of shelves full of boxes stacked neatly, wondering what the world would look like without poetry. Saif al-Islam is responsible for preserving 700 manuscripts out of about 6,000 located inside a library in Chinguetti, which is considered a treasure of this UNESCO-listed region. World Heritage, which was formerly a commercial center in the middle of the desert in Mauritania. Saif al-Islam sits on the ground on a piece of sheepskin, wearing the local traditional Bubou abaya. Wearing thick cotton gloves, he turns the pages of a book and explains that ink made from charcoal and gum arabic protects stories and knowledge dating…

The longest and slowest train in the world is owned by Mauritania 🇲🇷. 🚃 It is a Zouerate train (Desert Train) operated by the National Company for Industry and Mines (SNIM). 🚃It connects the port of Nouadhibou, the economic capital of the country located on the Atlantic coast, and the iron mine in the city of Zouerate, located deep in the desert. 🚃It was inaugurated in 1963 AD, and provides its services daily. 🚃 Its main mission is to transport minerals between the mine and the port, and export them to international markets, on its 704 km long railway. 🚃The full journey on board takes 20 hours. 🚃 It also transports large tanks containing drinking water. 🚃Necessity transformed it from a goods train into a passenger train. 🚃It is 2.5…

Wadan is a historical city in Mauritania. It is located on the highest plateau of Adrar and includes many palm oases. It is located 170 km to the east of the city of Atar in the state of Adrar, near a huge stone formation called Ben Ammar or Aisha al-Khair. It knew the height of its prosperity in the sixth century AH and there is a museum there. An old office and an office and Arbaeen Al-Alem Street. When you visit Ouaddan, you will feel as if you are in an open exhibition with many memories from the ancient past that express the history of the place and explain its greatness, which makes everyone who visits it want to return here again. Ouaddan is located, listed by UNESCO with its…

He managed the state of charming landscapes, and it is my first destination for tourism in Mauritania. It is the mother of the mountains, the country of palm trees, dates, and valleys, the landing place of flowing streams, and its capital is Atar, a city that leaves something of its spirit in every visitor and brings him back from the ruins of the nearby city of Azuki to a page of history that has not yet been written. Here the cities of Chinguetti, Ouadane, and Targit still remain. Ujjat tells passers-by the stories of endless caravans. Wonderful views of Adrar Province are worth seeing and visiting with the travel and excursion agency in Mauritania. Not alone, but the best way to travel in my country, Mauritania.