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andrasz 11 Apr 2019 23:22

Account of our last trip now online:
Tadrart and Tassili N'Ajjer, Algeria - November 2018


http://fjexpeditions.com/expeditions...li18/P5538.jpg

spector 15 Apr 2019 17:58

Hello everybody,

in case I'm going ot able to get my VISA i should be leaving for Algeria the next week.

Does anybody have any fresh information about the situation down there ?

Thanks!

gdz 15 Apr 2019 20:32

What kind of information do you want to have ?
If you are afraid of the demonstrations, avoid them, they are usually organized on Friday.

spector 16 Apr 2019 08:32

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What kind of information do you want to have ?
Which regions are open for tourism ?

Which roads ?

After this post:

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A tour agency just emailed saying the Tefedest and Immidir regions are open.

Dont know if that means transits between Tam and Illizi wilaya are permitted.
Is there anything new ?

I'm travelling alone with my motorcycle and I'm trying to make a sort of a plan.

Thanks!

Chris Scott 16 Apr 2019 09:28

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Dont know if that means transits between Tam and Illizi wilaya are permitted.
As far as I know they are not.
That info I was given may have been premature, according to other agencies.

You do realise you will need a guide/escort from border to border @€100/day. It's not like Morocco.

spector 17 Apr 2019 08:42

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You do realise you will need a guide/escort from border to border @€100/day.
I'm trying to understand which roads I can follow without an escort.

Chris Scott 17 Apr 2019 18:50

You will need a guide/escort from border to border.
Like North Korea or Iran for some.
A few have slipped through over the years.
Speaking French will help talk your way in.

https://sahara-overland.com/algeria-3/

roro 18 Apr 2019 07:24

Sorry, Chris, but in Iran you don't need any guide nor escort.
I've been there with my car in 2011,2015,2018 without any problem.

May be it dépends your nationality (American?).
RR.

andrasz 18 Apr 2019 08:52

:offtopic:
US, UK and Australian tourists can only travel around in Iran with an escort, does not apply to other natonalities.

Chris Scott 21 Jan 2020 14:00

Who knew
 
It's all systems go according to the British Backpacker Society:

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/article...re-destination

Dave The Hat 21 Jan 2020 22:24

I hope somebody has told the Algerian consulate in London! :wink3:

Sam Rutherford 21 Apr 2020 10:36

Hoping to do a trip around Djanet in December, 4x4s and bikes...

Anyone else going to be around?

Hound_Dog 26 Nov 2020 02:04

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Originally Posted by andrasz (Post 599156)
:offtopic:
US, UK and Australian tourists can only travel around in Iran with an escort, does not apply to other natonalities.

Just in case anyone reads this it is wrong. It is US, UK and Canadians who require a guide.

Sam Rutherford 26 Nov 2020 03:45

This is the Algerian Sahara Thread - not sure what Iran is doing here?

andrasz 4 Dec 2020 18:13

Sam, there was a bit of a thread drift a two years ago, and with so little happening it did not become buried by newer posts.


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