Home to the Hausa, Fulani and Tuareg - the famous blue men of the Sahara - Algeria and Niger are lands of extraordinary landscapes, peopled by fascinating tribes.
Much of the great North African desert, stretching all the way from Mauritania in the west to Egypt in the east, is made up of flat gravel plains, known as regs, and dreary arid scrub. But here in Southern Algeria and Niger you will find the true beauty and serenity of the desert: rolling Beau Geste dunes, silent oases, camel caravans, Bedouin encampments, ancient rock art, colourful markets, spectacular mountains and some of the largest and best preserved fossils on earth - the 6 metre long, fossilised dinosaur outside Agadez is the largest in the world.
Travelling from Tamanrasset or Djanet to Agadez and the heart of the Sahara our exciting desert itineraries take you through the beautiful Air Mountains, the spectacular Ténéré Desert - known locally as the Land of Fear, where wave after wave of petrified dunes continue unbroken to the horizon - the salt oasis of Bilma and the ghostly ruined town of Djado.
Group Tours and Tailor-Made Holidays in Algeria and Niger.
People often assume that there is little but sand out there in the Sahara, and that a trip across this desolate land might be tedious and dull. How wrong. The surreal landscapes, prestine environment and tenacious tribes that eek an existance from the parsimonious earth, combine to make this one of the most fascinating places in the world.
