Wilaya · Sélibaby
Guidimakha
Guidimakha region: Mauritania's greenest country, the Karakoro river, and Soninke culture on the Mali and Senegal borders.
Guidimakha is the far south of Mauritania, where the country's borders meet Mali and Senegal. Its capital is Sélibaby.
It is the wettest and greenest region: wooded savanna, baobabs, fields of millet and groundnut. Anyone arriving after the desert is struck by the contrast.
The **Karakoro river** forms the border with Mali; on its bank stands the town of **Ould Yengé**. **Dali Koumbé** is a country of hills and valleys.
The region is the home of **Soninke** culture — its language, architecture and traditions — heir to the old Ghana Empire, whose capital lay not far from here.
The right season runs November to February, after the rains and before the heat. Many tracks are unpaved and need a 4x4.