Tag: Chad

“The desert is too vast to accommodate lies.”

This is how Brahim, our 63-year-old Tuareg guide, explained why things are different in the desert. Brahim was the human GPS who guided our expedition to Libya for a front-row view of the solar eclipse in 2006.

Our long history of Saharan travel began in the early 1980s, when we opened the agency. Those first 4×4 routes through Algeria and Morocco gradually expanded. Mauritania, Tunisia, Niger, Egypt and years after the Chad, Sudan and Libya completed our range of trips to the Sahara Desert.

The Guelta d’Archei last refuge of the Nile crocodile, the Ennedi Plateau, surrounded by vast stretches of sand, and the lakes of Ounianga are among the highlights of this essential route for experienced travellers and lovers of the desert in its purest form.

Combining journeys in 4×4 vehicles with easy walks, this route takes us to both the northern Ennedi Massif and its most emblematic sites: the Guelta d’Archei, Béchiké…Combined with crossing the Mourdi Depression and visiting the Ounianga Lakes area, this gives us a comprehensive view of the desert in northern Chad and the small settlements dotted along it.

Chad has always been a place where travelers say goodbye to their comfort zone and salute the adventure. The Art of Travel here is demanding in every sense of the word.

This, however, is part of the country's appeal: a chance to leave everything familiar behind and enter a place that promises experiences, good and bad, unlike those anywhere else. But if Chad is so demanding to travel through, why bother? Imagine sublime oases hidden in the northern deserts, vast herds of wildlife crossing national parks and the Lake Chad, with deep blue waters, awaiting the arrival of boats on its shores. In short, Chad is a country and a experience that you don't forget easily.

The Ennedi Massif north Chad is one of the sites recently added to UNESCO's World Heritage List. At its latest meeting, 21 new sites were added (12 cultural, six natural and three mixed), bringing the total to 1,052 sites in 165 countries. These are always places worth travelling to!

From Viajes Tuareg We want to share with you the video summary of the VIII Charity Concert for the Hospital de Goundi in Chad.