DesertDemanding
The Grand Loop: Ennedi and the Lakes of Ounianga
Fifteen days on the track linking Chad's two World Heritage sites, out by the northern route and back through the Ouaddaï.
- Duration
- 15 days
- Group size
- 4–12
A Chadian travel agency
Chad, on its own scale
From the sandstone arches of the Ennedi to the elephants of Zakouma, we open the door to a country few travellers have seen.
Chad in figures
- 1,284,000
- km² of territory
- 2
- UNESCO World Heritage sites
- 3,415
- m — Emi Koussi, roof of the Sahara
- 600+
- elephants in Zakouma
- 7,000
- years of continuous rock art
- 18
- lakes in the Ounianga desert
Where we take you
Explore Chad
Keep scrolling: from the volcanic Tibesti to the plains of Zakouma, every region has its own landscapes, peoples and season.
Memory of the Sahara
Seven thousand years painted on stone
When the Sahara was green, people painted giraffes, herds and hunters on its walls. Those frescoes are still there, across the Ennedi.
−7000
Bubaline
Éléphants et girafes gravés grandeur nature.
−5000
Bovidienne
Troupeaux polychromes, scènes de traite et de danse.
−1500
Caballine
Chevaux et chars « au galop volant ».
−500
Cameline
Caravanes de dromadaires et inscriptions tifinagh.
Our journeys
Routes we have driven ourselves
Every itinerary follows tracks we have scouted and driven ourselves, starting from N'Djamena. Small groups, Chadian guides, logistics we control end to end.
DesertModerate
Essential Ennedi
Eight days in the heart of the massif, flying in to Fada so that all the time goes to the ground.
- Duration
- 8 days
- Group size
- 4–10
SafariEasy
Zakouma Safari
Nine days in the most accomplished park in Central Africa, when wildlife concentrates on the last pans.
- Duration
- 9 days
- Group size
- 2–8
In pictures
Chad as we see it
Every photograph on this site was taken in the field by our team and our travellers.
« Fifteen days without meeting a single other tourist vehicle. The team knows every track, every painted shelter. The night at the foot of the Aloba Arch will stay one of my finest travel memories. » — Claire M.
« Seeing six hundred elephants move as a single herd is something you no longer see anywhere else. The guide walked us through the whole history of the park, from the poaching to the recovery. » — Thomas B.
« We were received with immense respect, and we returned it. Everything had been arranged with the clan elders beforehand. A lesson in humility as much as a spectacle. » — Sofia R.
Back from Chad
What our travellers say
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Fifteen days without meeting a single other tourist vehicle. The team knows every track, every painted shelter. The night at the foot of the Aloba Arch will stay one of my finest travel memories.
Claire M.
France · The Grand Loop: Ennedi and the Lakes of Ounianga
Seeing six hundred elephants move as a single herd is something you no longer see anywhere else. The guide walked us through the whole history of the park, from the poaching to the recovery.
Thomas B.
Belgique · Zakouma Safari
We were received with immense respect, and we returned it. Everything had been arranged with the clan elders beforehand. A lesson in humility as much as a spectacle.
Sofia R.
Italie · The Gerewol of the Wodaabe
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