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  1. wendychin avatar

    Algeria - Tasilli du Hoggar, Tasilli N'Ajjer, Tamanrasset, Assekrem - safe?

    by wendychin 13 May 2012

    Hi, Am planning a trip end of this year. Have heard that Tasilli du Hoggar is totally cllosed to tourist and the rest of the places…

  2. Tenebrius avatar

    Re: Tuaregs in Algeria

    by Tenebrius 05 May 2012

    Thanks do much Tuareg. I so want to spend some time in Tamanrasset but people keep saying that there's a real danger of being kidnap…

  3. Tenebrius avatar

    Tuaregs in Algeria

    by Tenebrius 04 May 2012

    Hello, I have a few questions... I am planning a 5 weeks trip to Algeria/Tunisia and will be there mainly as a photographer. Any of…

  4. mobileartur avatar

    RE: Info: Algeria now difficult to travel in

    by mobileartur 17 March 2012

    Do you have any new information concerning safety in the southern Algeria (Ahaggar/Hoggar & Tamanrasset)? I couldn't find any new posts…

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    RE: Travel Restrictions

    by mobileartur 16 March 2012

    Do you have any new information concerning safety in the southern Algeria (Ahaggar/Hoggar & Tamanrasset)? I couldn't find any new posts…

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    RE: Islamabad-Kashgar-Irkeshtam-Osh_Tashkent

    by kiwi1937 03 March 2012

    Thanks for your advice. Partly it is the challenge. Yes, it is a bit rushed. But my wife would only give me a 21 day pass! I will have…

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    RE: Recommendations for English speaking guides Tamanrasset and Djanet

    by priffe 25 January 2012

    That was a terrible event, and I do hope this unfortunate woman will be released unharmed and soon - she has now spent a year as hostage.…

  8. yongalgeria avatar

    Re: Info: Algeria now difficult to travel in

    by yongalgeria 18 January 2012

    Hi, Interesting post. You're right that Algeria isn't suitable for overlanders or self-travel. You can only get your visa in your country…

  9. mikespencerbown avatar

    Info: Algeria now difficult to travel in

    by mikespencerbown 17 January 2012

    I was just doing the Mali to Niger and up through Algeria route, not usually a problem, but I started getting troubles, and finally the…

  10. Giampaolo avatar

    Re: Recommendations for English speaking guides Tamanrasset and Djanet

    by Giampaolo 10 January 2012

    hi all, I only know that one of my best friends, a 53 years-old italian woman from Florence, who was in the Tadrart region for the fifth…

  11. MandMike avatar

    Re: Point Afrique feedback

    by MandMike 30 December 2011

    Christmas Day had an email from P-A - they are surviving but only just with so many security problems in all their usual areas of operation.…

  12. Ozzal avatar

    Re: Imzad Festival @ Tamanrasset on 11-18 November

    by Ozzal 08 December 2011

    Tamanrasset is definitly a place I recommend for foreigners! Very safe (in my humble opinion safer than some places in paris), stunning…

  13. Ozzal avatar

    RE: Imzad Festival @ Tamanrasset on 11-18 November

    by Ozzal 08 December 2011

    Hiiiiiiiii i'm back from Tamanrasset I really ENJOYED my trip, the festival, tamanrasset-city, the neighbouring landscapes ! It's completl…

  14. safarktir avatar

    Re: Imzad Festival @ Tamanrasset on 11-18 November

    by safarktir 21 November 2011

    Really keen to hear how your trip went, oh intrepid one!

  15. Ozzal avatar

    RE: Imzad Festival @ Tamanrasset on 11-18 November

    by Ozzal 26 October 2011

    Thank you very much cooldesert11 this website is VERY usefull !

  16. cooldesert11 avatar

    RE: Tamanrasset-Algiers by bus?

    by cooldesert11 25 October 2011

    you can get direct bus from tamanrasset to algiers but i think if you arrive to tamanrasset the nice landscaps are ont on the roed my…

  17. cooldesert11 avatar

    RE: Imzad Festival @ Tamanrasset on 11-18 November

    by cooldesert11 25 October 2011

    hello ther is direct bus drom algiersto tamanrasset 2000 km one depart every day you can fund it on kharoubier garre for bus in algiers…

  18. Ozal avatar

    RE: Imzad Festival @ Tamanrasset on 11-18 November

    by Ozal 15 October 2011

    It's 1500km, i've already done this in other parts of the world & i've got my visa. Any advices ? (except telling me not to go there,…

  19. yongalgeria avatar

    Re: Imzad Festival @ Tamanrasset on 11-18 November

    by yongalgeria 14 October 2011

    Hi, Algiers to Tam is 2000km. You'll have to change multiple buses to get there. If you haven't got your visa yet to Algeria, then I…

  20. Ozzal avatar

    Imzad Festival @ Tamanrasset on 11-18 November

    by Ozzal 08 October 2011

    Hi everyone, I'm going to the Imzad's International Festival which lasts 7 days between 11 - 18 november (more information there: imzad.ne…

  21. skunkman44 avatar

    RE: Tamanrasset-Algiers by bus?

    by skunkman44 07 October 2011

    i've travelled this road last year, coming fom Niger. I had to pay a guide to take the bus with me as "officialy" foreigners are not allowed…

  22. birdwatching avatar

    Tamanrasset-Algiers by bus?

    by birdwatching 07 October 2011

    Hello! I have a week in January and I thought about flying down to Tamanrasset and take a bus back up to Algiers. I've done overland…

  23. TonyG44 avatar

    RE: Overland travel in Algeria

    by TonyG44 29 September 2011

    thanks Bachir I'd love to re visit, In 1987 we made a cycling tour Algiers, In Salah, Tam, Assekrem, Illizi, and up to Hassi Masoud How…

  24. anillos_de_saturno avatar

    RE: Overland travel in Algeria

    by anillos_de_saturno 29 September 2011

    +What are the possibilities of taking my own 4x4 from Marsielles-Algiers+ I think that it shouldn't be a problem to take a 4x4 from Marsi…

  25. TonyG44 avatar

    Overland travel in Algeria

    by TonyG44 28 September 2011

    Hi All First of all is it possible at all, I don't fly so all my travels are overland I traveled around Algeria 1986 and 87, I have always…

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