Tuareg (hard)
This maze first appeared as the monthly maze competition for December 2015.
Start on the blue # symbol in the top left corner. Move horizontally or vertically (never diagonally) to a matching symbol. For example you could move to the orange # in the top row or the pink # in the leftmost column.
Continue jumping between matching symbols until you land on a symbol in a circle. You should now switch to matching colours rather than symbols. Go on matching colours until you reach another symbol in a circle, and then revert to matching symbols, and so on.
There's one additional restriction: you may not make a U-turn by jumping straight back in the direction you've just come from.
The aim is to find the shortest route to the green # symbol in the bottom right corner.
- Congratulations! Maze completed in %n steps and %s seconds.
Click to trace the route and solve the maze.
Solution
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