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Hoggar Mountains and Algerian Sahara vs Egyptian Sahara

Posted by: roderick on Oct 21, 09 at 01:36 PM Posted in: Africa & the Middle East Tagged: Algeria Jump to last reply

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Has anyone on this forum been to both the Hoggar Mountains in Algeria and the Egyptian Sahara? I'm interested in a trip to North Africa and am trying to determine if the Hoggar Mountains are worth the effort to get to, or if I can get a similar experience going to the desert in Egypt.

I have not found many posts on the board about Algeria, so any info would be greatly appreciated.

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roderick on Oct 23, 09 at 12:16 AM

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Pula on Oct 23, 09 at 09:01 AM

Nope, I'm no help either! But I was attracted to your question because of the Hoggar Mountains reference. I had never heard of then until I read "The Fearful Void" about a man traveling through this area more or less (less) solo and if you can find it (out of print, of course) you might enjoy it.

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roderick on Oct 23, 09 at 01:52 PM

Thanks Pula.
It seems that Algeria in general is not on most peoples travel list. I've found a few articles on the Hoggar, this one being the most recent:

http://www.boston.com/travel/getaways/africa/articles/2009/02/15/desert_rules/?page=full

I contacted the writer of that article and he gave that area a nice endorsement and really recommended I go.

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