How to ride the famous iron ore train in Mauritania 🇲🇷

The finale of a magical week in Mauritania was about to come to a head, as we were about to board Mauritania’s famous iron ore train.
One of the world’s most famous and dangerous train journeys, the Mauritania iron ore train can be up to three kilometres long, with more than 200 carriages each carrying up to 84 tonnes of powdered iron (iron ore) from the mines in Choum to the coast in Nouadhibou where the metal is prepared for export.
We spent the afternoon at a compound in Choum, waiting for the train - which doesn’t run on a schedule - to arrive, and then climbed aboard it in the dark, having to wait several hours for the sunrise to start so we could see the desert around us.
If you fancy doing the same, then this video is for you. So sit back, relax and watch to find out how to ride the famous iron ore train in Mauritania.
Link to Lupine Travel’s Mauritania tour: lupinetravel.co.uk/mauritania...
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[@medieval_flail]

Damn that grinding would be annoying

[@KLC6432]

Mauretania is on the list. Great vid.

[@TravellingTom]

Good to hear. Thanks for watching!

[@DanUnplanned]

Bro this looks amazing! You always do cool stuff

[@TravellingTom]

Hahaha, only got one life, gotta make the most of it!

[@jward2266]

That. Is. Insane. 😃🔥🚂

[@TravellingTom]

Unreal experience, mate!

[@a_leseman_0242]

Insane!

[@TravellingTom]

Unreal, mate!

[@american_nightmar3]

So class!

[@TravellingTom]

It really is an incredible experience!

[@sambasford9306]

That looks class mate!

[@TravellingTom]

It really was!

[@freedash101]

In which month did you make the trip? Do you have any numbers on the temperature while day and night?

[@RifaiAL]

How did you all get on that moving train!?

[@TravellingTom]

Just climb on in the dark (the opposite of when we got off)

[@petermarkowsky5716]

dude, you need more that a T-Shirt for that dust. It's full of Silica Dust!!

[@TravellingTom]

Nightmare! Oh well, I survived! 😅

[@user-hi3iy9me4e]

Thomas! Where is your n95 triple mask?!

[@TravellingTom]

The amount of people rattled by a piece of cloth is class hahahaha