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Question Fuel on the road NDB - NKT

Hello Everyone,

What's the latest on petrol availability on the road from Nouadibou to Nouakchott.
My bike (elefant) holds 22ltr which is good for 360km minimum. I want to do Dhakla - NKT in one day and don't want to go into NDB. I know I can top up about 80km north of the border.
Yes I am on a limited schedule (time and money)

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We did NDB to Atar but this info may be useful. Fuel in Western Sahara is subsidised by Moroc gov trying to get people to move there. Best you fill up on that side as Mauritania is double the cost. They sell a range of cheap containers at the last station (about 80km from border) which you can toss when done. Mail me if you want GPS co_ords.

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Don’t plan on being able to get any petrol on the new NDB-NKT road. I used it this winter, both going south and coming back north again. There are no fuel stations. In a couple of places in the first 100km at the northern end there are single battered old fuel pumps at the side of the road, but if they worked at all these will probably be diesel only.

Going south I bought 8 litres off a guy in a tent next to a police road block about 80kms north of NKT. It was expensive and I’m sure I got short measured judging by how quickly the fuel warning light came on again.

Coming back north none of the fuel stations between Nouadhibou and Dahkla had petrol. They’d all been dry for 3 days. I think this was unusual though.

I only found one station in NKT that had petrol, and they don’t reset the pumps to zero so you pay for the previous guys fuel too!

Be careful if you are heading west out of NKT to Kiffa and Ayoun, there were big fuel shortages there. It sounded if that happens there regularly.
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hi CrustyDemon, could you send me gps co_ords please = sq5rk@o2.pl
going there at the beginning of May on bike. Thanks - Romek
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if you do dahla nouakchott in 1 day, take bidons with you, there are no petrolstations on the road.
best is to stop in nouadibhou, from there on it's 485 km to nouakchott centre.
ps; dahla nouakchott in one day is a long trip, good luck
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Fuel on the road NDB - NKT

Hi All,

In answer to my own question. There are 2 fuel stations between NDB and NKT. only assume that diesel is available.

If you want petrol it cost's about 20% up on pump prices and you will find it. it will probably be poured from a sand encrusted jerry can, it's at this point that you remember you never did put an in line fuel filter on your bike.

I filled up 400km away from NKT at the boutique by the Gendame checkpoint. Got all the way into NKT on that one tank. 22ltr.
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