Adrar Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Local transport

Taxi

Shared taxis run regularly to Timimoun (DA400, two hours) from beneath the tree close to the Naftal service station near the truck park, 10 minutes’ walk from the centre of town.

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Land

Bus

The bus station is about 1km north of the main square. The large depot is also the graveyard for quite a few broken-down Mercedes trucks and buses.

As all the departures originate here, it is possible (and advisable) to book tickets the day before you plan to leave. Main destinations include Béchar (DA550, six hours), Reggane (DA300, two hours), Ghardaïa (DA1000, 11 hours) and In Salah (DA600, six to seven hours).

If the bus to In Salah is not running, it is possible to get there by taking the daily bus to Reggane and changing there.

There is no direct bus to Borj Mokhtar, on the Malian border, and crossing the border here was inadvisable at the time of writing.

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Air

The airport is 13km north of the town centre and a taxi is the only way to get out there.

Being a fairly important regional town, Adrar is well served by plane. There are four departures a week to Algiers (DA9700, three hours), two to Oran (DA8000, two hours 20 minutes) and one a week to Borj Mokhtar (DA9000, two hours) and Ouargla (DA6600, two hours).

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