Oases & Sahara Tour

Planned very well guide was great

The trip was very varied, the different sites are very interesting to discover. The guides and drivers very nice and making the most to support us. We were only 3 on the tourist group, which facilitated the organisation. I definitively recommend this trip and the agency El Golea Tourism Group. All went very well and the introduction to some of the assets Algeria offers was an truly amazing experience. Do not hesitate..

ravelled late March 2025, inadvertently in late Ramadan which caused Azzedine, the tour company owner, some trouble to ensure that I was fed during the day, but it worked and the hospitality shown by the guides and their families after sunset was great. Sukran. The itinerary was excellent and we / I after Day 4 when the other 3 members of the party departed for Algiers saw mud forts, oases, wadis, prehistoric carvings / paintings and an insight into the way of life in the very isolated Saharan towns, Due to Ramadan, I was on more than one occasion the only hotel guests. The accommodation varied from near 4 star hotels to VERY basic room in guest house, the latter being all that was available in remote towns. Not everything worked out quite as planned but all was sorted in the end without too much anxiety. Following our armed police across the Sahara at 150kph in a 80kph speed zone was entertaining - no camels in the way! Alone in Bechar airport for 5 hours with my non-English speaking guide having departed and no airline ticket, but action by Azzedine and the wonders of Whatsapp (do buy a cheap data SIM card on arrival in Algiers - 12 euro for 70Gb!) and all was OK. Another guest advised that the hotel in Algiers left something to be desired in terms of location and cleanliness, but a call to Azzedine and another hotel was booked. I can commend the guides Yahei, Ahmed and Omar who were simply great - friendly, honourable and well informed. So at times, an exciting trip but much to my liking - the total lack of tourists during Ramadan may freak some out but I loved the solitude in the desert. As we say in Wales, diolch yn fawr. I will return for the N Algerian tour of Roman sites next Spring with my wife this time. Cheers Azzedine and your team