Logic Puzzles

1. The Camels

Four tasmanian camels traveling on a very narrow ledge encounter four tasmanian camels coming the other way.

As everyone knows, tasmanian camels never go backwards, especially when on a precarious ledge. The camels will climb over each other, but only if there is a camel sized space on the other side.

The camels didn't see each other until there was only exactly one camel's width between the two groups.

How can all camels pass, allowing both groups to go on their way, without any camel reversing?

Drag a camel into the empty space. A camel may move forward one space, or jump forward over exactly one camel.

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Added 1 January 2007 · Updated 12 August 2026

Hint:

Try solving the three Tasmanian camels problem first:

Solution:

Tasmanian Camels Solution

Four camels on each side swap places. Camels only move forward.

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Comments (7)

Anonymous 7 February 2009

I have a more elegant solution to the tasmanian camel problem. It was indicated that the camels would climb over each other "only if there is a camel sized space on the other side." It was not specified, however, that the "other side" was to occur after only one camel length.

Anonymous 1 January 2010

An alternate solution to the camel problem is that a camel should be able to climb over multiple camels before coming to the empty slot.

Anonymous 15 January 2015

As a Tasmanian, I want to point out that camels don't live in Tasmania.

Anonymous 3 August 2016

There are mistakes in your puzzles and solutions. I found errors in 3 out of 10 puzzles I tried, including the example of the Tasmanian camels.

Anonymous 28 August 2018

There is no such thing as a Tasmanian camel....

Anonymous 2 June 2020

The camel puzzle in the 'very easy' section was difficult for my students. We would like to revisit it, but it seems to be inaccessible now.

Anonymous 3 June 2020

The camel puzzle in the 'very easy' section is currently inaccessible. My class has been looking forward to solving it, and I would appreciate it if you could send me the puzzle and its solution.

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