RoutesSefar, the stone city
Sefar, the stone city
The classic Tassili n’Ajjer trek: climb onto the plateau on foot and explore Sefar and Jabbaren, two of the Sahara’s great rock art sites.
- Length
- 7 days
- Start and finish
- Djanet
- How you travel
- On foot, with a mule caravan for the luggage
- Accommodation
- Bivouac and travelling camps
- Group
- No minimum. Price per person depends on group size
- Tailor-made
- Length, pace and camp
- Languages
- Spanish, Catalan and English
- Guides
- Tuareg team from Djanet
7Trek on foot
A labyrinth of rock with paintings thousands of years old, reachable only on foot.
There is no road to Sefar. You walk in, with a mule caravan carrying the luggage and a Tuareg team that knows every pass on the plateau.
Up top are streets and “villages” carved in the rock, shelters painted with scenes of daily life, animals, dancers and archers, and at the end of the trail, the dunes of the Erg Admer to sleep under the stars.
What you’ll see
- The climb onto the Tassili by the Akba pass
- Tamrit and its valley of ancient cypresses
- Sefar and Jabbaren, with their famous “Martians”
- A night out on the dunes of the Erg Admer
05Stages
Day by day
The order of the stages may change depending on terrain, weather and the group.
Day 1
From Taféloulet to Tamrit
A short transfer to the foot of the massif and the climb up the Akba pass. From the top you can see the dunes of the Erg Admer. In the afternoon, Tamrit: the cypress valley, the great canyon and the first paintings in rock shelters.
Day 2
From Tamrit to Sefar
A walk across a plateau of ancient riverbeds, through Intinen and Tetaghest n’Elies, to Sefar: passageways, rock “villages” and paintings of daily life, rituals, animals and dances.
Days 3 and 4
From Sefar to Jabbaren
On to Tin Tazarfit and Tin Kani, through valleys and mineral plateaus full of rock art. Arrival at Jabbaren, known for its “Martians”, herds, dancers and archers.
Days 5 and 6
Towards the Erg Admer
Down from the plateau to the sea of dunes of the Erg Admer and a night out under the stars.
Day 7
From the Erg Admer to Djanet
A walk along the dune crests, a visit to Tegharghart and its “Crying Cow”, and back to Djanet with a final stroll through the market.
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