Oases & Sahara Tour

After breakfast, Breakfast, we drive to visit 3 sites of M'Zab Valley: Beni-Izghen, Boulila Tower, Ghardaïa’s city centre, including Ghardaia Ksar and its magnificent rectangular ancient stone market (they are classified by the UNESCO World Heritage committee) where we have lunch. Following the lunch and a short rest , we visit Bounoura then we move to Sebseb (70 Kms-if time allows) for an overnight at a guest house or we stay in a hotel /guest house in Ghardaia city centre .

After breakfast we drive towards the Pearl of the Oases, EL-Meniaa (ex-El- Goléa). It is about 270 Kms and can be crossed by road in 3 hours. Arriving there , around 12 a.m., we head to have our lunch then we move to the hotel . Following a short rest, we drive to the church of Bel-Bachir (known as St Joseph Church, where Charles De Foucauld is buried) .After sunset on the salt lake's hill ,we return to the hotel for dinner and an overnight.

After breakfast ,we visit the museum (rare collections gathered for decades by the white father René Le Clerc (b1925-d 2010), then the Vieux Ksar . Following lunch and a short rest , we visit ,the salt lake ( house for dozens of migrating birds) then we drive to the oasis lake (40 Kms far from the town). After sunset ,we return to the guest house (or hotel) for an overnight.

Early in the morning after breakfast, we will drive southwards to the Red Oasis, Timimoun (375 kms). After arrival there, we move to the hotel. After we take a rest. We have lunch ,we go to explore Ighzer Cave and castle, the caves in Feraoun and Tindjillet where we enjoy sunset . After that,we return to the hotel /guest house for an overnight .

Shortly after breakfast, a visit is organised to Timimoun’s museum (if available), old ksar ( Tahatayt) ,Aghlad ‘s ksours , Ouled Haroun castle , the Fouggaras (sharing irrigation system) of Ouled Said and Hadj Guelmane where we might have our lunch. After that in the afternoon visit, we continue exploring the amazing area by organising a short visit to Tamna village (known as small tassili) situated in the outskirt of Timimoun. An overnight is spent in a superb traditional guest house.

Today we will head to Beni Abbes (341 Kms). Arriving there (4) hours of drive, we move to the hotel then to the Hermitage of Father Charles de Foucauld where we might have our lunch in the chapel’s garden. Following a rest we visit the Sahara Museum (if possible), then Marhouma area (paintings in the outskirt of Beni Abbes). After enjoying sunset ,we return to the hotel nearby for dinner .Overnight in the hotel or guest house.

Early after breakfast, we leave to Taghit (146 Kms). After about two hours of drive, the visit programme begins with driving to spots of the historical petroglyphs (cave paintings of animals as: giraffes, ostriches, horses, elephants and antelopes, etc.), the Ksour valley that overlooks the palm grove. After lunch and rest, we stroll, surf, walk and practise sand ski on the dunes of the Greatest Western Erg (up to 120 m high of some dunes). We end the day by a sun set seeing then we return to the residence.

Early a after breakfast, We finish our programme with visits to some places where we can walk and trek.After having our lunch,we move to Bechar Airport (105 kms) to take our plane to Houari Boumeddiene Domestic Airport (Algiers) .Arriving there we drive to the Grande poste where we dine then the hotel for an overnight.

In the last day of the visit,after breakfast, we visit another UNESCO World Heritage site, Casbah of Algiers for 2 hours, then the Church of Notre-Dame d' Afrique (4 kms distant from the Casbah), the Place des Martyrs including the El Djedid Mosque , the Monument then the unique garden in Africa dated to 1900's (Hamma Experimental Garden known as Jardin d’Essai ) .The visitors either transferred to their residence or Houari Boumediene International Airport in case of departure .