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8 days trip
Algiers International Airport Houari Boumediene, Djanet & 7 more
Accommodation
Camping & Hotel
Transportation
Plane, Car
Algiers International Airport Houari Boumediene
Day 1
international flight from your country of origin to Algier and domestic flight from Algier to D’Janet. We will meet at the international airport in Algier and go through the Visa upon Arrival procedure. It can be time consuming process with some paper work and undefined waiting time. Once all visas received we will move to domestic airport in Algier to go through check-in flight to D’Janet. And again we should prepare ourselves to all the beauty of airport bureaucracy: forms to fill, queues, check points and possible flight delays. Day 1 will be long and exhausting, but once we will take our sits in the airplain it should be a final relief. On arrival we will be picked up by our Touareg team and transfer to the hotel.
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Djanet
Day 1-2
In the morning we pack ourselves to 4x4 vehicles and start our adventure driving towards El Berj. On the way we will see first ancient rock engravings. Stop for a lunch and continue our drive to El Berdj. Afternoon we take the a walk around this magical place. Crossing the gorge of El Berdj before entering a world of impressive dunes. Camp around Moula Naga.
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Tadrart Red
Day 2-3
MOULA NAGA - TAMZDIGA - BOUHDIAN - WAN NAGN - TIN MERZOUGA - CAMP Trekking around pink dunes. We would have a chance to see beautiful Wan Iska engravings. In the middle of the dunes our exploration continues on foot and approach a point where we can see the magnificent paintings of the Neolithic Ox era. Exploring the erg Tin Merzouga dunes, some of which reach 600 meters. Spend the magical night in the middle of desert.
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Dunes de Tin Merzouga تين مرزوقة
Day 3-4
TIN MERZOUGA – IN TIHAQ – ADJLATI CAMP We leave Tin Merzouga in the morning drive toward Wadi of INDJAREN. We’ll enjoying more rock paintings and engravings, finally reach beautiful black sand dunes landscape in Adjlati for our camp.
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Djanet
Day 4-5
ADJLATI – TINI - DJANET HOTEL On the way back to D’Janet will see Elephant Rock and have a lunch in TINI. Continuing our drive we visit TIGHARGHERT, the must-see spot - one of the most iconic Sahara engraving of Crying Cows dated 8000 BC. Afternoon we arrive D’Janet enjoying first shower after four days on the desert. Dinner and night in the hotel.
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Ihrir
Day 5-6
IHRIR OASIS After breakfast at the hotel we will jump in to the freshly cleaned cars and cross the plateau of WADI DIDER, see another cows, antelopes and lions engravings, moving toward our destination to IHRIR OASIS. Ihrir is a small beautiful oasis in the North-West of D’Janet where we visit traditional cottage of Nomad people who are leaving there - Ihrir Oasis OVERNIGHT.
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Canyon essandilène ايسانديلن
Day 6-7
ESSENDILENE ADMER CAMP Crossing wadis and small passes before arriving to picturesque Wadi Essendilene, the hidden garden where we can find some gueltas (small water ponds), oleander, tamarisk and palm trees grow in the shade of the canyon. The wadi is known thanks to the book of Roger Frison-Roche “Le Rendez-vous d’Essendilène”. We would have a chance to meet nomad family live in Essendilene and set our camp in TAWDJIDIT. We can expect beautiful sand dunes on sunset and sunrise.
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Djanet
Day 7-8
TAWDJIDIT – Tikoubaouine- TILALIN – TIMGHAS – ADAIK – DJANET HOTEL As we drive today, horizon expands, the space becomes excessive, the landscape changes and reveals sandstone peaks and vast expanses of sand. On the way we will see Big Arch Rock, neolithic tombs, Tikoubaouine dramatic rock formations surrounded by soft curved-shaped sands and packed with prehistoric art. On the way back to D’Janet, we will drive trough Tilalin and Timghas mountains and Adaik Stone Forest. Once we arrive D’Janet and take a shower, we visit local market. Dinner and some rest in the hotel. Transfer to the airport.
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Algiers International Airport Houari Boumediene
Day 8
Flight back from D’JANET to Alger and next to your country of origin. Most of upcoming hours we will spend on airports as our adventure is coming to an end. Some of us start to plan next desert travel really soon... I am curious who will fall in love to the most beautiful desert in the world...

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