Hoggar and Tamanrasset
Crossed by the Tropic of Cancer at 80 km north of Tamanrasset, Hoggar (Ahaggar of tamachek) covers an area of about 540,000 km2, one quarter of the total area of Algeria.
To the east of Tamanrasset, rises the platform Atakor, astonishing landscape where lava fields have an important place, where the altitude is around 2000 m above and on which volcanoes are dismantled projections Flush the 3,000 m.
Its highest peak, Mount Tahats the center of Atakor, rises to 2918 meters and dominates Algeria.
The most famous site of the Hoggar, sung by many poets and novelists, is Assekrem, 80 km from Tamanrasset as the crow flies and easily accessible by trail. The Assekrem greeted the summer hermitage of Charles de Foucauld, who settled there in 1911.
Real stone desert, Hoggar consists mainly of volcanic rocks.
Erosion has shaped a stunning landscape while sharp peaks. Due to a less extreme than the rest of the Sahara, Hoggar is an important refuge for some plant and animal species climate.From an ecological perspective, it can be differentiated from the rest of the Sahara.
The Hoggar massif is also the country called Tuareg Kel Ahaggar.
Near the town of Tamanrasset, in the oasis of Abalessa, it is possible to find the tomb of Tin Hinan an ancestor matriarch of the Tuaregs of the Hoggar. According to legend, Tin Hinan would Tafilalet in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco.
The immensity of these tracts of stones, the staggering beauty of this volcanic terrain, with basalt boulders and porphyry invite to mystical contemplation. Following the example of Charles de Foucauld, Christian hermits have long lived in stone huts Hoggar.
Tamanrasset
Tamanrasset, or "Tam" as it is called by the Northmen, is the undisputed capital of the Hoggar. This relatively young city benefits from relatively temperate climate that provides altitude, about 1,400 meters. The red and original houses, the magnificent panorama make this city a particularly endearing place that remembers its visitors. Foucault's father also left an indelible mark with his Bordj, near the Museum of Traditional Arts, full of beautiful pieces of crafts: jewelry, clothing, weapons and even locksmiths. The market town is also very attractive with its shops belt and street vendors.
A few kilometers away is a hot spring, Adriane, very busy. Close to the village, which has many blacksmiths are two unique monuments. They house the tombs of Prince Moussa Ag and her cousin Dassine Ould Khemma, famous in local mythology.
National Park Ahaggar
Created in 1987 and declared a World Heritage Site, the park covers 80% of the massif with its 450,000 km2. The landscapes are more dazzling than each other. A Arak, sources of drinking water gush into the canyon, nourishing vegetation that contrasts with the lunar landscape. A Tadjmount, an iron source paves the way for a long parade of elephants, sheep, dogs, hippos on bedrock calcined.
The Tropic of Cancer passes In Ecker, just before the black Tadefest and cut and surprising Ghar El Djenoun.
The circuit Assekrem
Preferred destination, the classic must-Saharan tourism, visiting the plateau Assekrem is necessary, waiting for you since the dawn of time.
The show is incomparable
over rocky peaks, needles and sharp edges to infinity.This journey that leads you to the Hermitage requires at least two days. Two days of bliss at first along the Ilharen, leave the hot spring Tahabort southwest e stop to gueltas of Imlaoulaouene. Temple of water in the middle of a tortured landscape, these cascades 20 meters high, the panoramic view is great, the look is lost to infinity.
North rises the imposing Tahats. This is the last step towards the refuge of Father de Foucauld.
This chapel, built in 1910, houses a beautiful little chapel.
Here, mineral and spiritual communion with strength, silence is presence;
meditation and transcendence become gasoline.
Tassili n'Ajjer
ection eastern Massif Central Sahara, Tassili n'Ajjer is a sandstone plateau in an arc, from 1 500 to 1 800 m altitude, inclined towards the north and east, a vast plain of 500-800 m, the path infra-Tassilian separates the massif of the Ahaggar.The lower part is the domain of ergs, the most important is the Admer erg.
Narrow switchback called akba where one walks amid vertiginous scree long hours and where, most often, only men and donkeys can venture, provide access to the summit. The best known of those Tafelalet and Aghoum, lead to famous sites and Tamrit Sefar for one, Jabbaren for each other. North of Djanet, the changes from Assakao less steep, is accessible to camels.
At the top, a fabulous result of thousands of gigantic columns landscape pressing against each other, evoking castles, ruined cities, sometimes forming genuine stone forests, offers the view. At the base of these columns, the cells were used as shelter for prehistoric people and yet are frequently used.
Their walls are covered with paintings depicting willingly populations that have lived there for over 10,000 years.
Geological formations, rock art, by their richness, diversity earned the Tassili Ajjer inclusion on the list of World Heritage Sites in 1982.
But beyond his immeasurable archaeological wealth, Tassili deserves to be discovered otherwise because he has the merit of being all deserts at once. Mineral to the fantastic Tadrart Tassili Erg Admer the beautiful dunes of Wadi Djerat in which were found the first paintings, your visit to the region will transform you life.
Djanet With three quarters ksours and suspended above the wadi Idjeriou (the sea), Djanet is an oasis full of charm, with a beautiful palm.Djanet but is especially beneficial stop before the climb to the Tassili. This magnificent ascent by steep paths - the dirt tracks stop at the foot of the plateau - and full of mysteries will delight you.The circuits are multiple and allow you to cross the plateau walk through the collar of rock stations Tamrit, In Itinen Sefar Tin Tazarift, Jabbaren In Aouanret.
You will be amazed by the mystery and grace emanating from these paintings. Frescoes of hunting scenes of the period called "Bovidian" (6emillénaire), antelopes in equine Tamrit; gods painted "Roundheads" alongside elephants and "Pretty women on oxen harnessed luxuriously," according to the description of Lhote In Itinen; "God praying to" 3 feet high hidden from view, in the depths of the gorge leading to Sefar; Archer woman lying in Bovidian period Tin Tazarift; characters dancing and great horned god Mars Jabbaren or Lady In White Ouanrhat, painted in ocher individuals. So many worlds available to you in the Tassili, gigantic open-air museum!
In the Tadrat a fabulous maze of yellow-orange dunes and rocks carved with delicate forms by erosion and easily identifiable, this region extends south of Djanet, before the border with Niger. The tour begins with the parade Imaharten (rock carvings), a natural crack in the Tassili, before the door of the canyon In Djaren and fabulous arches Tamezguida so often photographed. Then comes the maze of orange dunes and fairy chimney of Moul'Aga, puisTin Merzouga
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