RoutesTadrart Rouge
Tadrart Rouge
A week by 4x4 through Algeria’s reddest desert, with stops to explore the dunes, canyons and sandstone formations on foot.
- Length
- 7 days
- Start and finish
- Djanet
- How you travel
- By 4x4, with short walks
- Accommodation
- 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
74x4 and short walks
Red dunes, sandstone arches and rock engravings at the far south-eastern edge of the Tassili.
The Tadrart Rouge lies south-east of Djanet, inside the Tassili n’Ajjer. Its reddish dunes run up against sandstone walls, narrow canyons and plains that change colour through the day.
The long stretches are covered by 4x4 and the rest on foot: short walks to climb the dunes, step into the canyons and see the rock art up close. Every night you camp somewhere new.
What you’ll see
- The dunes of Tin Merzouga, which turn red at sunset
- Moul N’Aga, Ouan n’Aguen and the arches of Tamezguida
- Oued In Djaren, one of the Tadrart’s great rock art sites
- The “Crying Cow” of Tegharghart, on the way back to Djanet
07Stages
Day by day
The order of the stages may change depending on terrain, weather and the group.
Day 1
Arrival in Djanet and first camp
Welcome according to your flight time and entry formalities for the Tassili n’Ajjer National Park. Rest at the guesthouse, then head to Amais, where the first camp is set up.
Day 2
Tassili cliffs and Oued El Beridj
Heading south-east along the cliffs, through the Tassili of Imaharatène and the first golden dunes, into Oued El Beridj.
Day 3
El Beridj, Moul N’Aga and Tin Merzouga
Rock paintings and engravings, the orange dunes of Moul N’Aga and the natural arches of Tamezguida. At sunset, Tin Merzouga: an amphitheatre of dunes that turns red.
Day 4
The Ouan n’Aguen cirque
On foot among the sandstone sculptures of the cirque, along wadis with vegetation and colourful dunes, to the Tin Tehak camp.
Day 5
Oued In Djaren
A morning walk among rock engravings and paintings. In the afternoon, on to Monkhor, surrounded by dunes.
Day 6
Monkhor and Alidemma
A day of dunes and cliffs, with free walks and time for photography. Night in camp.
Day 7
The Ténéré and back to Djanet
Crossing the northern Ténéré and visiting the Tegharghart engravings, home of the “Crying Cow”. Shower in Djanet, a walk around town, dinner and transfer to the airport.
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