Moussa Guide Sahara south Algeria

The Sahara is not only the beauty of the sensual undulation of the dunes, the caravans of the mirages. It is also a country where the standard of living is one of the lowest in the world, The Sahara in Arabic is the name given to a desert region of Africa, but its real name TINIRI, in native language that is the Berber language. the water of the wells is bitter, where one delights of the softer water, the rain. To live in the desert is not only to become like a hard, hostile, ruthless world. This is the legend of the blue man, indomitable warrior, able to survive on a land where the heat exceeds fifty degrees, where the hygrometry rate is close to that of the Moon.Capable to recognize his way without landmarks, looking at the sky and the stars,

able to distinguish a pebble at dizzying distances. A man courageous, generous and cruel as the world he lives. All over the world, people have adapted their way of life to the harsh constraints of the desert regions. Living in a desert forces men to look for water points for their survival and that of their herds. This continual search for water has forced men to live as nomads. Today nomadism only subsists in the poorest desert countries, semi-sedentarization or sedentarization is accompanied by a decline in livestock breeding for the benefit of oases and impoverishment of families who migrate to cities .the Sahara is one of the least populated places on the planet and yet, for centuries, men of all origins have been crossing each other. Several populations live together in the Sahara and the Sahel and are divided according to cultural areas, Berbers.

The origin of the Tuaregs is Berber, they are probably descendants of the tribes of the first inhabitants of North Africa, Their Berber culture is confirmed by the use of the same alphabet, tifinagh, and the same linguistic base the tamasheq, often called "the blue men" because of the color of their clothes and their dark skin on which the blue dye with indigo rub off. The tea ceremonial is a way to show hospitality and a pretext to discuss with the visitor of passage. Indeed the same green tea leaves are used to make three services as a result The first tea is bitter as death and the second as life and the last sweet set as love, The singular Touareg a Targui, in its form French, or Kel Tamasheq are a nomadic Berber people living in the central Sahara.To learn to survive in the desert, traditional education emphasizes psychological resistance, physical stamina, the faculty of orientation and the ecological knowledge. From an early age,

children learn to recite by heart the names of the valleys of their country as well as the names of the wells that represent stability and those who dug them, share between five states: Algeria, Libya, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, In each of The Tuaregs find themselves in the minority in demographic, political, economic, social, cultural and linguistic terms. Nomads do not recognize borders, they are deprived of their traditional economic activities and are subjected to the harassment of the leaders of the country. these new countries, they are about 1.3 million, divided into tribes

accommodations 

Water & Meals

During the tours, your cook will amaze you with his dishes made from local products and cooked every day during the camp.

Morning meal: tea, coffee, hot chocolate, bread, jam, butter

Lunch: cold meal around a mixed salad and tea

Evening meal: hot meal soup main course

at the end of the stage: snack around a tea and biscuits.

 Every night around the fire you take tea in the Tuareg way The tea is, as in any Saharan zone, the traditional drink. Always served three times, the tea does not refuse. As the services progress, the tea changes its flavor and appearance (light at first, balanced at the second, bitter at the last).

If the water is usually boiled by your companions, plan pellets (type micropur or others) to disinfect the water you put in your bottle, depending on the source and on the advice of your guide. You can also buy mineral water on site (not included in the price) but its ecological balance is mediocre, micropure capsule to purify the water

baggage

Only your backpack with your belongings of the day will be transported by you, the rest of the luggage and sleeping equipment being either routed by 4x4 or more commonly on the backs of camels, your faithful companions throughout the circuit

We advise you to take suitcases with wheels for convenience, except for programs with animals of stockings (camels, donkeys ...) where it is necessary to privilege the backpacks and bags of voyages to avoid hurting the animals

Passport & visa

Equipment

A warm sleeping bag

Hat

Sunglasses

One or two gourdes

Necessary hygiene and toilet

Soap

tissue

Toilet paper

Pharmacy

Solar cream

Lipstick

One or two flashlights with backup batteries (the front are very practical)

Dandruff and spare batteries for your camera

Loose clothes, preferably made of cotton

A pair of sandals and a pair of tennis shoes or walking shoes

Your checkbooks and credit cards are not usable in the region