Rosso ferry

The arriving ferry Rosso from the Senegalese side (2017)

Created when unloading on the Mauritanian side (2010)

The Rosso ferry is a ferry service across the Senegal River between the cities of Rosso (Mauritania) and Rosso (Senegal) . The Senegal River marks the border between the states of Senegal in the south and Mauritania in the north. The ferry connects the ends of two national roads , the N 2 (Senegal) ⊙ and the N2 (Mauritania) ⊙ with a 500 meter long crossing over the river and creates a continuous transport connection between your two capitals Dakar and Nouakchott during the course of the Cairo-Dakar -Highways .

The car ferry transports people, cars, trucks and wagons . There are numerous accounts of tourists on foot or with their own vehicle being asked for bribes when issuing an exit stamp from Mauritania.

Web links

Commons : Ferry Rosso  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mauritania: Travel and safety information (partial travel warning) (unchanged valid since: 21.09.2017) , accessed on November 12, 2017
2. ↑ Astrid McMillan: Africa far away (1): Volume 1: Das K-Wagnis: From Karlsruhe to Cape Town, Der Kleine Buch Verlag , 2016, chapter West Africa: Senegal: The most difficult border in Africa [1]