Things to see and do Choum

4 km north of the railway line between Nouadhibou and Choûm, at kilometer 395, Ben Amira is one of the most breathtaking places in Mauritania. It is the largest monolith in Africa (over 600 m) and the third largest in the world, after Uluru and Mount Augustus in Australia. The legend says that originally there was only one monolith and that during the "divorce", the man would have stayed with the 2 children (the 2 smaller monoliths), while the woman, Aisha, would have left with her servant to settle 5 km further...