organised tours to sahara - Horizons Unlimited

**OLIVE07** · #1 1 Jul 2003

Hallo,

Could anybody give me the names of some German agencies/ companies organising tours in the sahara(Lybia, Mauritania, Niger) starting their tours in Gernany(Frankfurt/Main).
Is it difficult to go directly to Niamey or Agadez in Niger and organising a tour in the Tenere/Air once being there
Thanks a lot for any answer

**ursula** · #2 1 Jul 2003

Hi - when would you like to travel?
How? 4x4? Trekking? Camels?
Yours
Ursula

**Chris Scott** · #3 2 Jul 2003

I used Suntours in the Tenere once - great route, nice food but old cars.

there are plenty more
ask at
http://www.sahara-info.ch/forum/
and you will be floooded I am sure

CS

**ursula** · #4 2 Jul 2003

Pourquoi ne pars-tu pas avec des agences francaises via Paris? Elles sont beaucoup moins cheres que les agences allemandes!
En plus tu peux partir a presque n'importe quel date avec eux.
J'ai voyagé avec plusieurs de Paris et Lyon - dis-moi si tu veux leurs adresses.
Ursula

**ursula** · #5 3 Jul 2003

...on special request the adress of a french agency in Paris:
http://www.zig-zag.tm.fr/Anglais/Sahara/index.html
(groups from 2 persons to 8)
Ursula

**Alistair** · #6 8 Jul 2003

I cannot provide the precise answer you are looking for, regarding the name of an agency. The easiest and cheapest way to get to Niger, is with Point Afrique, a charter airline that flies to Niamey, from Marsailles or Paris. (see their web site www.point-afrique.com) I flew with them in 2001, and will do so again late this year. They used to fly to Agadez, but presently the airport is not servicable for international flights. In Agadez, I organised a camel trek, but there are lots of Agencies, including Dune Voyages, which can organise 4WD expeditions. I don't think it is too difficult to organise once there -particularly now that tourist numbers have declined since Agadez airport was closed to international traffic. The trips involving 4WD are not cheap.

There is quite a good coach service between Niamey to Agadez, taking about 12 hours, but I don't think that it runs every day.

[This message has been edited by Alistair (edited 08 July 2003).]