Sahara Overland

Nature in the raw, the awe-inspiring power of wild places, has the most immediateinfluence on the youngsters.

An enquiry revived memories of a 1980s Sahara ‘quad’ bike expedition across the Grand Erg Occidental in Algeria involving ‘Wheelie King’ Dave Taylor (left) and which I recalled was a bit of a cock up.

Many old Algeria hands will fondly remember what I called the 470-km Graveyard Piste from Hassi bel Guebbour (‘HbG’) to Illizi, just before the epic Fadnoun plateau crossing to Djanet.

Exped 233; a 700-km walk from the Eye of the Sahara to Nouakchott by Simon Cope December 2025-January 2026 The Richat Structure, often called the ‘Eye of Africa’ is a prominent circular geological feature at the northwestern edge of the Taoudeni Basin, on…

Part of the Sahara A to Z series See also:Mysterious circlesInteresting academic documentNick Brooks’ photos (Western Sahara)Archeoland / Sahara loads of images and downloads As on previous occasions, the route of our camel trek through the Immidir will r…

Algeria country page ALGERIALonely Planet, 2026 336pp £14.99Buy discounted on amazon Eighteen years after the first edition (review), original author Anthony Ham returns with new co-authors to give this huge country another sweep.

See also:Trans Sahara Highway Over the span of some 2300km, along Algeria’s southern perimetre two largely straight lines (below) radiate northwest to Tindouf and northeast to the Salvador-Anai border tripoint.

High Atlas Traverse page The 900km High Atlas Traverse is now online with the maop getting 1000 views a day.

For centuries camels were the way to go in the Sahara.

In early 2025 we pulled off a deserted new road and headed across the sands to camp at the foot of Mt Tiska.