Itinerary

1. Day 1: Algiers

   • Arrive in Algiers and transfer to your hotel for two nights. Depending on your arrival time, we can take a city tour to visit sites such as the Notre Dame d’Afrique, the French colonial architecture, and the Palais des Rais. If you arrive early, you will visit the Kasbah in the afternoon.

2. Day 2: Algiers - Ghardia

   • Depending on your departure flight to Ghardaia you will either take a domestic flight back to Algiers or drive via the autoroute. In Algiers you will transfer to the evening flight to Ghardaia. Ghardaia is in the culturally diverse UNESCO World Heritage region of the M’Zab valley. You will transfer to your hotel and if time is available explore the markets and architecture which is unique to this region.                                    
   • Step back into time as you enjoy the local customs and culture. Visit the historic cities and sites in the M’Zab valley. Your guide will take you through traditional marketplaces, fully rich in culture and unique architecture. Spend the day wandering the narrow streets, visiting important religious monuments and mosques, and enjoying the natural beauty found in this Oasis region.

3. Day 3: Gherdia - Menia

   • On the morning departure to Menia once there visitors can enjoy the old palace, the municipal museum, the church of San José, the mausoleum of “Pure Foucault” and the lake of migratory birds, and they will see real dinosaurs’ bones that were found in the area.

4. Day 4: Menia Timimoune

   • In the morning, depart to Timimoune, taking advantage of the beautiful and varied landscape; the visitor will see multiple excellent assure, most of which are over ten centuries. They will see the wonder water sharing old technique called “El cougar” alongside the artisanal market and the excellent gate of the city “Bab el Soudan”.

5. Day 5: Timimoune - Benni Abbas - Taghit

   • In the morning, visitors will see the city of beni abbas. On the way, the group will stop by the fossils of sea creatures and visit the old masseur of beni abbas in the middle of a beautiful oasis; we finish with “la Chappelle de pere Foucault” and then the trip to Taghit, “the pearl of the Sahara” at the end of the day.

6. Day 6: Taghit

   • In Taghit, we visit the old Kassuer and the wonderful big dune visitor will experience camel riding and we will visit prehistory drawings and the lake, which is in the middle of a wonderful oasis.

7. Day 7: Bechar

   • Transfer from Bechar to Algiers city then transfers to the airport.