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Tassili N'Ajjer Park ·
Prehistoric Rock Art Tour
Discover the prehistoric paintings and engravings of Tassili n’Ajjer, between history and desert landscapes.
Your way to travel
One circuit, different ways to experience it.
All our circuits can be explored on foot, by 4×4 or by camel. Choose your travel mode and pace with our team.
- On footWalking and hiking
- By 4×4Desert tracks and discovery stops
- By camelAt the pace of a caravan
- DiscoveryVisits, encounters and breaks
- BalancedActivity and relaxation
- ActiveMore walking and activity
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Rock Art / Tadrart Rouge Tour
The experience
An exceptional desert, shaped by land and silence.
Prehistoric Rock Art Tour
Explore this circuit on foot, by 4×4 or by camel, with a discovery, balanced or active pace chosen with our team.
Embark on an enriching journey through the Tassili N'Ajjer, a UNESCO World Heritage site, home to the world's largest collection of prehistoric rock art. This unique expedition, adapted to your preferred travel mode, offers a profound exploration of the Algerian desert. For 6000 years, nomadic shepherds adorned the cliffs with magnificent frescoes, creating an open-air museum that narrates the tales of ancient times.
Your itinerary
The journey, step by step.
Suggested itinerary: stages are adapted to the travel mode and pace agreed with the team.
Arrival at Djanet airport, greeted by the Tuareg team. Transfer to the base of the Tafelalet cliff in a 4x4. Meet our team of donkey drivers and donkeys.
An early ascent of the cliffs through the Tafelalaet pass (650m). Explore the first millennium cypress and walk to Tamarit Canyon. Visit the cave paintings of Tan Zoumaïtak. Return to Tamriat and camp at Wan Gouffa.
Hike through the Forest of Needles in Itinen, encountering paintings (chariots, archers, cattle) and reach Tin Tazarift with large murals of dancers and swimmers. Camp at Tin Tazarift.
Explore and continue to Sefar "white" housing wonders of rock art in a maze of sand and rocky peaks. Countless paintings depict animals and life in ancient times. In the afternoon, enter the 'black' Sefar with darker and stonier surroundings, filled with paintings (African masks, Negroid characters, fertility scenes, etc.). Camp at Sefar.
Visit cave paintings and canyons at Tin Taferaiste, revealing varied landscapes with archers, hunting scenes, and cattle. Camp at TiRassoutine.
Visit cave paintings and varied landscapes, spotting two cypresses. Reach the site (Allagh-N'damente) for a bivouac.
Cross the Stones Plateau and reach Idjabaren in the afternoon for a visit. This site is abundant with thousands of paintings depicting giants, lyre-bearing cattle, round heads, hunters, etc. Camp overnight.
Descend from the plateau in the afternoon through Akba Arom. Transfer to Djanet, take a hamam (shower), visit the market, and explore the city center. Afterward, transfer to Tirarart for a visit to the famous "crying cow" rock carving. Camp overnight. Transfer to Djanet airport for departure.
Your local team
A field presence, from the first conversation to the bivouac.
Moussa Ayoub
Moussa Ayoub Sahara Africa Tours Founder I was born in the desert to a nomadic family, in Matarat, at the heart of the Tassili N'Ajjer mountains, at the beginning of the spring rainy season. In my youth, I tended to sheep and camels with my grandparents. In my nomadic life, nothing in the world was more captivating than a caravan winding through the sands, or more moving than t…
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