The largest country in Africa, spanning the Mediterranean coast, the Tell Atlas, the High Plateaus and the vast Sahara.
- Coordinates
- 28.034, 1.660
Content cluster
Algeria Sahara
Own the definitive English guide to the Algerian Sahara.
Quick answer
Algeria Sahara is one of Algeria Compass's 16 content clusters: The deep desert: Tassili, Tadrart, the Hoggar, ergs and oasis worlds. It connects 21 knowledge-graph entities with 8 page(s) and links to 13 related clusters.
21entities
8pages
13linked clusters
Inspirationalprimary intent
- Audience
- Adventure, photography and bucket-list desert travellers.
- Authority goal
- Top-cited source for Algerian desert travel and rock art.
- Conversion goal
- Enquiry for a guided desert journey.
- Intents
- inspirational, planning, decision, practical
- Supporting types
- article, destination, experience, question
- Knowledge hub
- /knowledge/sahara/
Anchor entities
UNESCO World Heritage Site (inscribed via list ref 179) in Tassili, Algeria.
- Region
- The Great South
- Located in
- Djanet
- Coordinates
- 24.500, 9.500
- Status
- UNESCO World Heritage
UNESCO World Heritage Site (inscribed via list ref 188) in M'Zab, Algeria.
- Region
- Northern Sahara & Oases
- Located in
- Ghardaïa
- Coordinates
- 32.491, 3.674
- Status
- UNESCO World Heritage
The semi-arid Hauts Plateaux and Hodna between the Tell and the Sahara.
The northern desert and its oases — the M'Zab, the Ziban, the Souf and Ouargla.
The deep Sahara: the Hoggar, the Tassili, and the Saoura and Touat oases of the south-west.
Entities in this cluster
country
UNESCO sites
Provinces
Desert regions
Towns
Pages in this cluster
Provinces
Destinations
sahara
Djanet
Djanet is an oasis town in south-east Algeria, the gateway to the Tassili n'Ajjer plateau (UNESCO) and the red dunes of the Tadrart Rouge — Algeria's premier Sahara destination.
sahara
Tassili n'Ajjer
Tassili n'Ajjer is a vast sandstone plateau in south-east Algeria, a UNESCO World Heritage Site holding around 15,000 prehistoric engravings and paintings that record a once-green Sahara. Reached from Djanet, it is one of the world's greatest open-air galleries of rock art.
Journeys
2 days
Bou Saada Oasis Escape
Two days in the City of Happiness — a palm oasis on the edge of the Sahara, ochre gorges, an old ksar, and the light that drew painters south.
8 days
The Tassili Odyssey
Eight days into the prehistoric heart of the Sahara — rock art, red dunes and nights under 3,000 stars.
Guides
Sahara Travel
Algerian Sahara Travel Guide: Djanet, Timimoun and the Tadrart
Algeria holds the largest slice of the Sahara of any country on earth — and almost no crowds. Here is how to actually experience it.
Travel Planning
The Best Time to Visit Algeria: A Month-by-Month Guide
Algeria has three climates at once. This month-by-month and region-by-region guide shows exactly when to go for the coast, the cities, the mountains and the Sahara — and which months to avoid.
Mozabite Culture
The M'Zab Valley: The Desert Cities That Astonished Le Corbusier
Five fortified desert cities, an 11th-century blueprint for living, and an urban design so radical the 20th century's most famous architect kept coming back to study it.
Related clusters
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