Tenere Sud
Termit-Dibella-Bilma
Great Expeditions in Niger
Leaded by Alberto Nicheli

Tour 2004: Arrival 03/12/2004, Departure 21/12/2004

Category Great Expeditions

19 (or 15) days in the less known region of Tenere
Overnights at bush camp  (Cod. 482)

Explorative journey through one of the most unknown regions of Tenere.
After the well of “Arbre du Tenere” we will ride through lengths of dunes and reach the remote oasis of Fachi: very interesting oasis with its 30.000 palms trees and salt mines. Fachi is the main place to encounter the Azalai salt caravan.

From Fachi we will live the caravan track for an itinerary of ultimate beauty. In a virgin sea of sands with out any track we will find our passages trough high ranges of dunes.

We will reach Termit massif, a “word a part” rich in stone age tools.
... Dibella... Bilma... we must be able to “go trough” 72 ranges of dunes that cross our way.

Niger is known also for his "Dinosaurs cemeteries", rarely visited place where the sand covers and discovers the fossils of dinosaurs, giant crocodiles and snakes. We will visit a well-preserved place recently studied by the university of Chicago.

Arrival at the main caravan terminal of Agadez with its triangular minaret of the ancient mosque built in pure Sudanese style.

At the end of the tour the wind will keep blowing in our ears, sweeping away any commonplaces. After such an experience, words like “essential, basic, archaic…” have gained their own proper meaning.