Cité de Séfar Private 7-day trek in the Algerian Sahara

Séfar is the largest troglodyte city in the world and the largest open-air museum in the world of the Neolithic period with its 15, 000 rock engravings and drawings: a treasure of humanity

It has been listed as a World Heritage Site since 1982.

Crossing a labyrinth of rocks with narrow and impassable roads reveals this extraordinary natural city. Known as the largest open-air museum of prehistoric art in the world, the site contains tens of thousands of drawings, engravings and cave paintings discovered in the 1950s by the famous French explorer and prehistoric man Henri Rothe. .

These paintings, some of which date back more than 12, 000 years, mainly depict animals, hunts and scenes of daily life, showing that this hostile place was not always an uninhabited desert.

Itinerary

Day 1: Djanet (Internal flight)

Stop At: Djanet, Djanet, Illizi Province
Departure in the early morning towards the national airport of Algiers Houari Boumediene.
During your internal flight of 2 hours and 30 minutes, you will observe the immensity and diversity of the Algerian Sahara from the air. Then, you will land in the last town in Algeria before the borders of Niger and Libya. In this alternative Algeria, our Touareg team will welcome you at the airport and then take you to the town of Djanet.
You will then go towards the observation point of Taflelet and your bivouac place for dinner and spend the night.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
•
•
Accommodation included: Bivouac in a Tuareg camp.

Day 2: From Taflelet to the Tamrit plateau

Stop At: Djanet, Djanet, Illizi Province
After breakfast, departure to the famous Piedmont, and then you will continue to the plateau of Tamrit.
After having lunch in the Tuareg camp, you will walk a few more kilometers and visit the Cypress Valley and its Grand Canyon.
In the evening, you will sleep in a bivouac under the stars and enjoy a traditional meal (Taguella, grilled meats, soups etc...).
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
•
•
•
Accommodation included: Bivouac in a Tuareg camp.

Day 3: Tamrit, Sefar and the rock carvings

Stop At: Algerian Sahara, Illizi Algeria
After breakfast, you will begin the walk and discover the site housing one of the most important rock engraving stations in the Tassili.
On the way, you will have lunch in your first Tuareg camp.
After lunch, you will resume walking and you will sink into the mysterious city of Séfar. You will dine and sleep under the stars.

Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
•
•
•
Accommodation included: Bivouac in a Tuareg camp

Day 4: Sefar, Tin-Tazarift

Stop At: Tassili N'Ajjer National Park, Algeria
After a breakfast prepared by our Tuareg team, you will start the road and visit the station of Séfar then arrive at Tin-Tazafirt.
The Neolithic site houses designs of herds very representative of the style of the time of the Bovidian shepherds.
Along the way, you will have lunch in a Tuareg camp.
The afternoon will be dedicated to admiring the immensity of the landscapes. Then, you will dine the meal prepared by our Tuareg team and sleep under the stars.

Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
•
•
•
Accommodation included: Bivouac in a Tuareg camp

Day 5: Tin Tazarift, Tin-Zoumaitok then Tamrit

Stop At: Tassili N'Ajjer National Park, Algeria
After breakfast, departure for the second point of interest and discovery of the famous frescoes of Tin-Zoumaitok. On the way, you will have lunch in a first Tuareg camp.
After lunch, you will take the road again towards Tamrit and spend a dancing night in the company of the Tuaregs.

Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
•
•
•
Accommodation included: Bivouac in a Tuareg camp

Day 6: Tamrit, Djanet and the crying cow

Stop At: La vache qui pleure, Djanet Algeria
Return to Djanet after breakfast to discover the millennial site of the Crying Cow.
On the road, our Tuareg team will take you through local villages where you can meet Targui families.
In the afternoon, following your return to Djanet, you will visit the local market and the craft stalls. The opportunity to do some souvenir shopping before your return
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
•
•
•
Accommodation included: Overnight in a guest house in Djanet

Day 7: Return to Algiers by plane

Stop At: Algiers, Algiers, Algiers Province
Return by plane to Algiers (2h30 internal flight)
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
•
No accommodation included on this day.

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

If you cancel at least 7 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.
If you cancel between 3 and 6 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is a 50 percent cancellation fee.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.