Tefedest Camel Trek

Tefedest Camel Supported Trek 15 days
This is a camel supported trekking trip visiting the magnificent landscapes and unusual rock-formations of the Tefedest. Apart from the first night all meals will be in the open desert and nights spent under the stars.

Main highlights
Engravings, paintings, dunes, gheltas (natural waterholes), mountains, oasis, nomads and their encampments, opportunities to ride camels.

Daily Programme
Breakfast is generally served just after sunrise, then while the camels are being packed you will set off walking. The morning's walk is about 4 hours which includes short stops at sights of interest. Then there is an extended lunch break, prepared by our crew in advance. In the afternoon you will trek for another 2 to 3 hours to the next campsite.

Outline Itinerary

1. Arrive late in Tamanrasset. Night in clean, guesthouse in twin-bedded rooms with shared showers and washroom area.
2. In the morning go by car to Intakoufe meet with our camel caravan, first camp.
3. Start the camel trek, bivouac in Temakatine
4. Bivouac in Torhaouine.
5. Bivouac in Tounene (fine rock paintings).
6. Bivouac in Temesnaguene.
7. Bivouac Ouaht by nomad village which we will visit.
8. Bivouac Adhi Nanala
9. Bivouac Hareharet
10. Bivouac benath Garet Elgenoun (the mountain of the Genie.
11. Bivouac Tenekart.
12. Bivouac Inhetsane.
13. Bivouac Amagh. Here we end of the camel trek.
14. Now we travel in 4x4 vehicles to Tesnou where we camp on the return route to Tamanrasset.
15. Return to Tamanrasset to rooms in our original guesthouse for a clean up and sort out. Visit the town, meal in the desert (option to eat in town) before the night flight home.

This trip is run as a scheduled trip (with an EWP representative if the group size is 5 or more). Scheduled Dates and Prices