The oasis route can be reached within days, if you combine Great Erg Occidental and Grand Erg Oriental.
Day 1: Cape Town on Bou Saada
Day 2: Bou Saada, "the oasis of happiness"
Day 3: El Oued, the city with thousand domes
Day 4: Between desert landscapes and green palm groves
Day 5: Visit of a palm grove
Day 6: El Golea Oasis
Day 7: Timimoun, a city rich in contrasts
Day 8: Stopover in the beautiful oasis of Taghit
Day 9: An Sefra and its surroundings
Day 10: Road to Algiers
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Departure from Algiers for Bou Saada. Night in Bou Saada.
Visit of the city, the ksar and the Nasreddine Dinet museum. Departure for Biskra. Night in Biskra.
Excursion in the Aurès and departure for El Oued. Sunset on the dunes. Night in El Oued.
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After the visit of El Oued, departure for Ghardaa via Touggourt (visit of Temacine and Tamalhat and its zaoua Tijdania). Overnight in one of the inns in Beni Isguen's palm grove.
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Discovery of Ghardaa and the M'Zab valley: the palm groves and the water sharing system, the holy cities of Beni Isguen, El Ateuf and Melika.
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Departure early in the morning for Timimoun, passing by El Golea (visit of the ksar, Saint-Joseph church and Charles de Foucauld's tomb). Night in Timimoun.
Visit of Timimoun, the palm grove and the Fouggaras in Ouled Said. Circuit to discover the oases and ksour around the Sebkha. Night in Timimoun.
Departure for Taghit. Break at Beni Abbès, with a visit to the palm grove and the first hermitage of Charles de Foucauld. If the temperatures are very hot, it is possible to cool down in the municipal swimming pool. In Taghit, visit the ksar and bivouac in the dunes.
Departure for An Sefra, where Isabelle Eberhardt, the adventurer of the early 20th century, is buried. Lunch break in Béchar. From An Sefra, excursion to Tiout and its rock carvings. Night in Ain Sefra.
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Return to Algiers with stopover at Laghouat.
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