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Central Sahara & Tassili n'Ajjer
4x4 tour 11 days

Central Sahara & Tassili n'Ajjer

From the Assekrem to Djanet: Amadror salt mines, Tihodaine ergs, Ihrir gueltas, Tassili rock paintings and the famous "Crying Cow".

Day-by-day itinerary

  1. Day1

    Tamanrasset · Atakor · Assekrem

    Arrival in Tamanrasset, welcome at the airport and visit of the town. Departure for the Assekrem, lunch on the way in the volcanic landscape of the prestigious Atakor massif. Arrival at the refuge late afternoon. Overnight there.

  2. Day2

    Hirafok · Ideles · Tellouhat

    After sunrise and a visit to Father de Foucauld's hermitage, we continue towards the gueltas. Arrival at the village of Hirafok with a stop at the engravings on rock panels. On to Ideles and a visit to the blacksmiths (Tuareg souvenirs). Bivouac in the Tellouhat wadi under the tamarisks.

  3. Day3

    Amadror · Tihodaine

    We leave Tellouhat heading north, stopping at the famous Amadror salt mines. We cross the reg to the Tihodaine ergs. Bivouac on these magnificent sand dunes.

  4. Day4

    Afara · Mezriren · Akba Tamedet · Fadnoune · Tasset

    A walk on the erg. We reach Afara to admire the magnificent panorama of Mount Mezriren. Picnic at the foot of the Tassili near a spring. Through the Akba Tamedet pass we climb onto the Fadnoune plateau and reach Tasset. Overnight there.

  5. Day5

    Ihrir

    Arrival at the village of Ihrir and its zeribas (huts) with very distinctive architecture. Here we find gueltas full of water and a flora no one would expect in a place that seems so arid.

  6. Day6

    Tadjllahine · Dider

    A day devoted to the rock paintings, including remarkable drawings on the Tadjllahine plateau. In the afternoon we return to the vehicles and continue to Dider (engravings). Bivouac for the night.

  7. Day7

    Tin Teradjelli · Issendilene

    After a few stops we reach the Tin Teradjelli pass in the heart of the Tassili massif, to admire one of the most beautiful panoramas of the range. In the afternoon, arrival at Issendilene at the foot of the cliff: a water point with lush vegetation and a walk to the gueltas.

  8. Day8

    Tikobaouine

    Early in the morning we leave these needle-shaped reliefs for another site of strange shapes: Tikobaouine, a solitary, grandiose place with a true wall of dunes to the west inviting a walk.

  9. Day9

    Erg Admer · Terrarat · Djanet

    From the Admer erg we head to the Terrarat wadi to visit the engravings, including the famous "Crying Cow", then reach Djanet. Overnight.

  10. Day10

    Akba · Jabbaren

    Very early transfer to the foot of the Akba. A day devoted to Jabbaren on the Tassili plateau. Return late afternoon.

  11. Day11

    Djanet

    Transfer to the airport for the flight to Algiers.