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DAY 1 [Europe - Tamanrasset]

Europe - Tamanrasset flight. Short transit in Algiers before boarding for Tamanrasset. Arrival at the end of the afternoon. Night in a bivouac in the gardens of Bois pétrifié.

DAY 2 [Tamanrasset - Transsaharienne vers in Guezan]

Bivouac on the way (180 km). In the morning, departure from Tamanraset to reach the Abalema site, during about 100 kilometres, we will follow the Trans-Saharan toward In Guezzan, border point with Nigeria. Complete day on board of the vehicles. During our descent toward Abalema, we will be stunned by the diversity of the Saharan landscape; buttresses of Hoggar, immense plains filled with green wadis, dunes with regular and smooth shapes. We will arrive at the end of the afternoon where we will settle our fist bivouac at about 75 kilometres from Abalema.

DAY 3 [Abalema : 75 km]

Arrival at the end of the morning in Abalema. Settling of the camp. Lunch and discovery by foot of the site: afternoon excursion in the middle of the gigantic eroded sandstone formations covered with engravings and Neolithic objects.

DAY 4 [Abalema - ln Tehog - Tagrera : 100 km]

After breakfast, we will reach the In Tehog site: discovery by foot of the site of the sumptuous basin surrounded with extravagantly shaped rocks, all of this hemmed with golden sand dunes. Onboard of our vehicles, we follow the Tagrera wadi before reaching Tagrera and its strange relief emerging from the dunes. Strange shapes emerging from the light sand: gigantic mushrooms, fingers, turtles, dragons. The beauty of this site has inspired many Tuareg poets and storytellers, long walk in the dunes and night at the bivouac.

DAY 5 [Tagrera - Tahaggart : 99 km]

After breakfast, short morning excursion and departure for Tahaggart. Our vehicles riding along a Ténéré of about 80 kilometres, the Tin Tarabine, before reaching Tahaggart at the top of a great dune, veritable fortress, filled with statues like Giacometti's.

DAY 6 [Tahaggart - Tassili du Hoggar - Houf A Haket - El Ghessour :120km]

It is our last day of exploration of the tassilis. Going back up toward the north, we will reach the Houf A Haket site. In front of us, a veritable petrified city emerging from the sand with its tortuous lanes, its places, its castle with frayed towers, its shelters under the rocks. It is imperative to walk through this maze of fantastic shapes. Going through the gorges of Tin Tarabine, bordered with small dunes, following the Abbegui tassili, we will reach the El Ghessour Canyon. It is by foot that we will explore the stone castles and the eroded rocky labyrinth, haloed with golden sands.

DAY 7 [El Ghessour - Retour vers Tamanrasset - Arregane : 103 km]

Morning of discovery by foot of the region of El Ghessour. A succession of passages more open, less broken, lead us to Tamanrasset where we will install the last bivouac in the region of Arregane, at 1 6000 metres of altitude.

DAY 8 [Arregane - Tamanrasset : 100 km]

After breakfast, departure for Tamanrasset where we arrive at the end of the morning. Lunch and free time in the afternoon to discover the city. Night and bivouac in the gardens of Bois pétrifié.

DAY 9 [Departure]

Very early in the morning, transfer to the airport.

The circuit itinerary will total about 600 kilometres. Except for days 2 and 8, where the stages will be a bit longer, the stages are contained between 60 and 80 kilometres per day in order to have enough time for the daily excursions. We want to insist on the fact that the walking parts do not represent any difficulty, each being able to have their own rhythm, the vehicles can also transport the people who do not wish to do certain excursions.

Important notice : necessary luggage

Towelettes for quick wash - Back pack or marine sac - Sleeping bag or duvet for the night - Warm clothes for the night and light clothes for the day, pants for the ladies - Walking shoes - Electric torch - Straw hat - Ball cap or other - Hydrating cream for the face - Toilet bag - Personal hygiene effects - Sunglasses - Nylon bag to protect cameras - Films - Cigarettes - Water bottle.