Extinct volcanoes and starry nights in the deep south. Day-by-day itinerary: Algiers → Tamanrasset; Drive to the Hoggar massif; Up to the Assekrem; Sunrise & Mount Tahat.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1 — Algiers → Tamanrasset
07:00 — Flight Algiers → Tamanrasset
10:00 — Transfer to the town centre
11:00 — Hotel check-in — Tamanrasset
15:00 — Market & Ahaggar museum — Tamanrasset
20:00 — Dinner
Day 2 — Drive to the Hoggar massif
08:00 — 4x4 to the Hoggar massif — Tamanrasset → Hoggar
12:00 — Volcanic landscapes of the Hoggar — Hoggar
13:00 — Lunch
19:00 — Bivouac — Hoggar
Day 3 — Up to the Assekrem
08:00 — Trek to the Assekrem plateau — Assekrem
15:00 — Hermitage of Father de Foucauld — Assekrem
19:00 — Bivouac near the Assekrem
Day 4 — Sunrise & Mount Tahat
06:00 — Sunrise over the Assekrem — Assekrem
09:00 — 4x4 to the foot of Mount Tahat — Hoggar
13:00 — Hike around Mount Tahat — Mont Tahat
16:00 — 4x4 back to the bivouac — Mont Tahat → Hoggar
19:00 — Bivouac — Hoggar
Day 5 — Oued Amded & gueltas
08:00 — Drive to Oued Amded — Hoggar → Oued Amded
10:00 — Gorges and gueltas of Oued Amded — Oued Amded
13:00 — Lunch
16:00 — Tuareg villages — Oued Amded
19:00 — Bivouac — Oued Amded
Day 6 — Back to Tamanrasset
09:00 — 4x4 back to Tamanrasset
14:00 — Hotel check-in — Tamanrasset
16:00 — Tuareg crafts & leatherwork — Tamanrasset
20:00 — Dinner with an imzad evening (traditional Tuareg music)