We have 2 programmes available as part of your Eye of the Sahara Ultra Marathon expedition.
- OPTION 1; No Iron Ore Train experience.
If you're in a rush, or the thought of a hitching a ride on the back of a train AFTER an ultra marathon doesn't appeal (who can blame you?!), then Day 7 is the dive back to Nouakchott. You've completed your punishment, and you can fly home tonight. See you on the next one.
- OPTION 2: EOTS + The Iron Ore Train. SELECT THIS AS AN ADD-ON IF YOU WISH TO EXTEND!
If you're an actual psychopath, welcome! The trip is extended a couple of extra days to allow us to ride the Iron Ore train. And on Day 7, we live Chinguetti and drive to the train tracks, via Atar (to buy the gear we need for the train). Tonight, we live our Dune fantasies by riding on the longest train on the world. All being well, the train will arrive around 5pm. We climb on, make our beds, and stay on it for the next 15 hours or so.