Tibesti, a separate reality

Duration: 21 days Europe-Europe, 19 days expedition
Minimum number of participants: 7 (3 per car)

 

WE WERE THE FIRST, BACK IN 1992, TO OPEN THAT FANTASTIC WORLD THAT IS THE TIBESTI TO TOURISM: ITS IMPOSING VOLCANIC PEAKS WERE THE BACKDROP TO A PIONEERING JOURNEY IN A WILD REGION DEVOID OF ANY FORM OF TOURISM

It is a place that does not reveal itself immediately: it lets you sense it, like a mirage slowly taking shape. First the Sahel, with its warm colors and dust dancing in the air. Then, little by little, the silence deepens, the light sharpens, the horizon widens. The Sahara opens before you like an ancient page.

At Bichagara, the “Monument Valley” of Chad, the rocks rise like the towers of a castle forgotten by the gods. Shadows move slowly, the wind brushes the skin, and the world seems suspended in a time that does not flow. Further ahead, Gouro appears as a point of life at the foot of Emi Koussi, the highest mountain in the Sahara, a giant watching over the desert. Here the sky feels closer, and the earth is older.

Entering the Tibesti is like stepping into a story.

The villages of Yebbi Bou, Yebbi Suma and Zumri are islands of quiet among black mountains and petrified lava flows. The huts blend into the rock, and the faces of the Tubu tell stories of wind, of long walks, of resilience. Every encounter is a fragment of humanity that stays with you.

Then comes Bardai, nestled between sandstone formations and volcanic peaks, and soon after the enneri of Gonoa and Oudinguer, where the stone preserves memories of a green Sahara: giraffes, elephants, humans. It is like listening to the voice of a continent remembering what it once was.

And when you reach the rim of the Trou au Natron at 2,200 meters, your breath stops. An immense caldera, white and luminous. A perfect circle carved into the earth. Looking at it feels like gazing upon the origin of the world.

The descent southward is a slow return: the tassili of Zouarké sculpted by the wind, palm groves emerging like mirages, tracks dissolving among soft dunes. And then the white Saharan oasis of Faya, capital of the Borkou region.

Beyond the Erg Djourab, where the remains of the hominid “Toumai” (Sahelanthropus tchadensis) were found, time stretches once more: here, seven million years ago, a story began that concerns us all.

And when you finally return to N’Djamena, you understand that the journey is not over.

The Tibesti stays within you: in the silences, in the colors, in the emotions that only such a desert can offer.

A place you do not forget, because it is not merely seen — it is felt.

4×4 vehicles
1 night in hotel, 18 in tent

Tour leader Spazi d’Avventura

From	Departure	Return to N’Djamena	Price
Europe	November 08, 2026	November 28, 2026	€ 5,900 (excluding international flights)
Europe	February 07, 2027	March 01, 2027	€ 5,900 (excluding international flights)

Room supplement and single tent: € 210
Single tent supplement: € 100
Paperwork administration : € 80
Medical insurance and baggage

International flights
Visa: € 200
First and last dinner in N’Djamena