Expert Algeria: Algeria Tour Packages
Expert Algeria’s cultural and historical tours range across Algeria from the Mediterranean to the Sahara. Below you will find a small sample of itineraries run by Expert Algeria (and opposite you will see some of the destinations that we visit).
Remember, though, that most of our circuits are made-to-measure. Please contact us at info@expertalgeria.com for our full range of itineraries or for a specialised quote.
Djemila, Timgad, Tipasa – Algeria’s triumvirate of Roman UNESCO World Heritage sites ranks amongst the finest in the ancient world, perhaps even more impressive – and certainly less visited – than Libya’s Leptis Magna.Tipasa, nestling undisturbed amongst palm trees on the shores of the Mediterranean, once served as an inspiration to Albert Camus.
Remember, though, that most of our circuits are made-to-measure. Please contact us at info@expertalgeria.com for our full range of itineraries or for a specialised quote.
ANTIQUITIES OF ROMAN ALGERIA
Djemila, Timgad, Tipasa – Algeria’s triumvirate of Roman UNESCO World Heritage sites ranks amongst the finest in the ancient world, perhaps even more impressive – and certainly less visited – than Libya’s Leptis Magna.Tipasa, nestling undisturbed amongst palm trees on the shores of the Mediterranean, once served as an inspiration to Albert Camus.
CROCODILES AND GIRAFFES IN THE SAHARA
Algeria’s mountainous Tassili region, bordering Niger to the south, is distinguished by its towering dunes of sand, its sheer-sided canyons and its beguiling “forests of rock”. The Tassili – “plateau of the rivers” in Arabic – is an open-air treasure-trove of more than 15,000 rock carvings and cave paintings that depict pre-historic crocodiles and cattle, giraffes and Giraffes.
FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN TO THE SAHARA
This 15 day programme ranges across Algeria from the Mediterranean to the northern Sahara. Highlights include casbah of Algiers, the Roman antiquities of Timgad, Djemila and Tipasa; the M’Zab Valley, where the walled town of Beni Isguen is normally closed to foreigners; and El Oued, the Saharan “town of a thousand domes” where we stay in a palace in the desert.
THE DEEP SOUTH: FROM TAMANRASSET TO DJANET
Our tour of Algeria’s virgin Sahara starts in the desert town of Tamanrasset, deep in the Hoggar region, and ends in the Tassili, bordering Niger to the south. A beguiling array of landscapes awaits discovery as we traverse these remote Saharan expanses on foot and by jeep: towering dunes of sand, sheer-sided canyons and dense forests of rock.
ESSENDILENE BY CAMEL
This circuit, beginning and finishing in Djanet, has been devised to embrace the Tassili’s captivating range of Saharan landscapes, from its’s lofty dunes and sculptured rocks to its life-giving gueltas (water-holes and small lakes) lined with pink rose-bays. We will navigate the Tassili – “plateau of the rivers” in Arabic – by camel, spending six nights under the Saharan stars.
DISCOVER MEDITERRANEAN ALGIERS
Virtually unknown in the English-speaking world, Algiers is one of the Mediterranean’s most mesmerising cities, a captivating mélange of faded French grandeur and neo-Moorish folly crowned by a legendary casbah. Were “Alger La Blanche” situated on the northern edge of the Mediterranean, it would be one of Europe’s most sought after destinations.
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ALBERT CAMUS, SON OF ALGERIA
We are just putting the finishing touches to our new Albert Camus tour, designed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the great philosopher’s birth. Expert Algeria’s circuit includes visits to many of the places associated with Camus’ life and work, visiting scenes from, inter alia, l’Etranger, The Plague and The First Man. Ed Vallance, writing for the Independent newspaper, recently undertook a tour with us in the footsteps of Camus, and you can read his article here.
THE BEST OF ALGERIA: NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST
The Best of Algeria includes the Roman sites of Tiddis, Djemila, Timgad and Tipasa; Constantine, “city of bridges”; the casbah of Algiers; the “Spanish” city of Oran; Tlemcen, where the Grand Mosque is one of North Africa’s greatest Islamic landmarks; and the Saharan towns of Ghardaia and El Oued.
