Crossed by the Tropic of Cancer 80 km north of Tamanrasset, the Hoggar (of Tamachek Ahaggar) covers an area of approximately 540,000 km2, or a quarter of the total area of Algeria.
The Grand Western Erg a veritable sea of sand of 80,000 km2, is the desert as one might imagine, immense and almost inhuman in beauty
Built on the flank of Jebel Bechar, nearly 800 meters above sea level, the town of Bechar and its mining centre are at the crossroads of several important Saharan roads between Tafilafet, Touat and Gourara
The Valley of Saoura Region is between 500km to 700km form Algiers and forms a Crossroads of civilizations, trait of life in the Sahara,