How to get from Dakar to Nouakchott by car, truck, bike, walk

Distance between Dakar and Nouakchott is 408 kilometers (253 miles).
Driving distance from Dakar to Nouakchott is 562 kilometers (348 miles)

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4 Ways from Dakar (Senegal/Dakar) to Nouakchott (Mauritania/Nouakchott Ouest)

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Route instructions

1. Continue onto Avenue Cheikh Amadou Bamba Mbaké 60 m
2. Keep right 27 m
3. Turn slight right onto Boulevard Dial Diop 303 m
4. Turn right 265 m
5. Turn left onto Avenue Cheikh Amadou Bamba Mbaké 260 m
6. At roundabout, take exit 1 367 m
7. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Rocade Fann-Bel Air 233 m
8. Turn left 49.59 km
9. Keep right onto A 1 10.38 km
10. Keep right 525 m
11. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Route Thies-Sindia, D701 439 m
12. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Route Thies-Sindia, D 701 6.09 km
13. Keep right onto Route Thies-Sindia, D 701 237 m
14. Turn slight right onto Avenue Caen, N 2 1.82 km
15. Turn right onto Avenue Caen, N 2 1.04 km
16. Turn right onto N 2 32 m
17. Turn right onto N 2 234 m
18. At roundabout, take exit 1 4.83 km
19. Turn slight right onto Route de Dakar, N 2 179.36 km
20. Keep right 44 m
21. Turn right 15 m
22. Turn right onto Takk Gui, MD-25 4.47 km
23. At roundabout, take exit 1 90.90 km
24. At roundabout, take exit 2 199.18 km
25. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto الطريق الوطني رقم 2, RN2 5.95 km
26. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto الطريق روصو, RN2 1.45 km
27. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto أحمد ولد منيه, RN2 348 m
28. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto الطريق السريع روصو, RN2 2.21 km
29. At roundabout, take exit 3 1.44 km
30. Turn left onto Sidi Ould Hanenne 241 m
31. Turn right onto أحمد ولد جعفر 25 m
32. Arrive at destination 0 m
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