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Algeria Adventure Travel

Algeria is one of the great frontiers for desert adventure — multi-day Tassili and Tadrart expeditions, Hoggar trekking, and canyon walking in the Aurès.

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Algeria Adventure Travel on Algeria Compass brings together 23 mapped entities — national parks, mountains, desert regions and more — with the destinations, experiences and guides that connect to them.

Algeria is one of the great frontiers for desert adventure — multi-day Tassili and Tadrart expeditions, Hoggar trekking, and canyon walking in the Aurès.

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national park Tassili n'Ajjer National Park

Vast desert national park protecting the Tassili plateau and its rock art.

Region: The Great South
Located in: Djanet

national park Ahaggar (Hoggar) National Park

Volcanic desert highlands park around Assekrem and the Hoggar.

Region: The Great South
Located in: Tamanrasset

national park Gouraya National Park

Coastal mountain park above Béjaïa with Cap Carbon and macaques.

Region: Kabylie
Located in: Béjaïa

national park Djurdjura National Park

High Kabylie mountain park of cedar forests and peaks.

Region: Kabylie
Located in: Tizi Ouzou

national park Chréa National Park

Forested mountain park and ski area south of Blida.

Region: North-Central Tell
Located in: Blida

national park Theniet El Had National Park

Atlas cedar forest park in the Ouarsenis.

Region: High Plateaus & Steppe
Located in: Tissemsilt

national park El Kala National Park

Wetlands, lakes and cork-oak park near the Tunisian border.

Region: Eastern Algeria & the Aurès
Located in: El Tarf

national park Belezma National Park

Atlas cedar park in the Aurès near Batna.

Region: Eastern Algeria & the Aurès
Located in: Batna

national park Taza National Park

Coastal forest and karst park on the Corniche Jijelienne.

Region: Kabylie
Located in: Jijel

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Provinces

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Béjaïa

Béjaïa is a coastal province in Kabylie where the Djurdjura mountains plunge straight into the Mediterranean. It's known for Gouraya National Park, the clifftop Cap Carbon lighthouse, the scenic Corniche beaches, deep Kabyle (Amazigh) culture, the dramatic Kherrata gorges, and a layered history — including its medieval role in transmitting Arabic numerals to Europe and the pivotal Soummam Congress of 1956.

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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.

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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.