The Oases road


Trip description

The oasis route can be reached within days, if you combine Great Erg Occidental and Grand Erg Oriental.

Day 1: Cape Town on Bou Saada

Day 2: Bou Saada, "the oasis of happiness"

Day 3: El Oued, the city with thousand domes

Day 4: Between desert landscapes and green palm groves

Day 5: Visit of a palm grove

Day 6: El Golea Oasis

Day 7: Timimoun, a city rich in contrasts

Day 8: Stopover in the beautiful oasis of Taghit

Day 9: An Sefra and its surroundings

Day 10: Road to Algiers

Day 1 : Cape Town on Bou Saada

Day1 : Cape Town on Bou Saada ©Sébastien CAILLEUX


Departure from Algiers for Bou Saada. Night in Bou Saada.




Day 2 : Bou Saada, "the oasis of happiness"



Visit of the city, the ksar and the Nasreddine Dinet museum. Departure for Biskra. Night in Biskra.




Day 3 : El Oued, the city with thousand domes



Excursion in the Aurès and departure for El Oued. Sunset on the dunes. Night in El Oued.




Day 4 : Between desert landscapes and green palm groves

Day4 : Between desert landscapes and green palm groves ©Sébastien CAILLEUX


After the visit of El Oued, departure for Ghardaa via Touggourt (visit of Temacine and Tamalhat and its zaoua Tijdania). Overnight in one of the inns in Beni Isguen's palm grove.




Day 5 : Visit of a palm grove

Day5 : Visit of a palm grove ©Ismaël Schwartz - Iconotec


Discovery of Ghardaa and the M'Zab valley: the palm groves and the water sharing system, the holy cities of Beni Isguen, El Ateuf and Melika.




Day 6 : El Golea Oasis

Day6 : El Golea Oasis ©Sébastien CAILLEUX


Departure early in the morning for Timimoun, passing by El Golea (visit of the ksar, Saint-Joseph church and Charles de Foucauld's tomb). Night in Timimoun.




Day 7 : Timimoun, a city rich in contrasts



Visit of Timimoun, the palm grove and the Fouggaras in Ouled Said. Circuit to discover the oases and ksour around the Sebkha. Night in Timimoun.




Day 8 : Stopover in the beautiful oasis of Taghit



Departure for Taghit. Break at Beni Abbès, with a visit to the palm grove and the first hermitage of Charles de Foucauld. If the temperatures are very hot, it is possible to cool down in the municipal swimming pool. In Taghit, visit the ksar and bivouac in the dunes.




Day 9 : An Sefra and its surroundings



Departure for An Sefra, where Isabelle Eberhardt, the adventurer of the early 20th century, is buried. Lunch break in Béchar. From An Sefra, excursion to Tiout and its rock carvings. Night in Ain Sefra.




Day 10 : Road to Algiers

Day10 : Road to Algiers ©Sébastien CAILLEUX


Return to Algiers with stopover at Laghouat.




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