The most beautiful dunes there are Taghit (read: Tarit), from near Bechar, southwest of Algeria, near the Moroccan border. they look like a sea of sand dunes.
About six clock in the evening, people get up in the sand storm, to admire the sunset.
A few youths from the village to a peak and there are drinking beer, undisturbed by the sight of the family. In addition, children are playing, sliding down a dune.
The mustachioed Ahmed strode through the sand in the suit. It is over 1,000 kilometers from the capital Algiers struck by car, a little to come to rest. "I think it's wonderful, very beautiful!" he snorts, reached the top of the dune: ". Here you see a mountain with its rocks and over the sand dunes and the oasis in the middle We have here three different landscapes" limits
The dunes directly to the place Taghit, where do men in the evening at their shopping arcades and a chat. Here is a chicken, there a lamb, vegetables blows, Shoes: Taghit in the shopping area is located at the foot of a huge dune!
A medieval fortress is another attraction.
Boucnef Bilal, a professor at the University of Bechar, runs through the corridors between nested worldwide. The so-called "Ksar" has been restored by the State..
"At that time, 400 years ago lived here about 700 inhabitants today, the Ksar national treasure, the people have moved away to live in concrete houses where a microclimate, it is extremely hot summer and in winter very cold. The walls are a mixture of earth and clay. Everything is natural. The Palm is made the ceiling, palm trees, the door;. And the palm fronds are used for the ceiling above the cross "
Djafri Safa is a painter who can live from their art because their sand paintings are also in the. .
capital Algiers asked
on a layer of glue with a brush it with sand in different layers and colors:
"The sand is in shades of yellow, but it is also red and white. All colors are natural, you can find them in the dunes of the Sahara Since there are all colors, even green. In Tamanrasset, there are green sand! Red, blue, beige and yellow. There are many Sand colors. "Overall, it is
in the Sahara over 80 different colors! The one sees when walking, by jeep, camel ...
In the dunes you can even ski! The skis, which were actually built for the snow, also work in the sand from Beni Abbes Abdelkader Benana preferred, however, cross-country skis.
must "ski slope to wear on their backs up, and that is really exhausting. climb a 80 or 100 feet high dune is, but very tiring. By contrast, the cross-country skiing is fast and less stressful "
photo. Alouane Ingrid
From Taghit is around 150 km up to Beni Abbes. In the jeep or on the bike, it takes almost two hours until after shallow and stony desert, the oasis of Beni Abbes appears. On foot or by camel, it takes longer.
Regdada Abdelkader leads tourists since the 80's through the desert:
"You need as we eat, we show them how we live, how we travel, how we orient ourselves, with no compass and no GPS , except on a mountain, with the colors of the sand. We live with the tourists, we show him our tradition. We set up tents and sleep outdoors, eat some soup, dessert, there are as dates, we make a right Tee this, and people look at the stars when we sit around the fire. "
Sports people can the dunes Marathon, which takes place this year for the eighth time in the Algerian Sahara. Abdelmajid Reskane expected maximum of 450 participants .. at the event who comes just for the tourist accompanying program - Kuskusessen in the palm grove, trips within 50 miles - is also welcome The dunes Marathon will be held from December 26 through January 1, instead - including New Year's Eve celebration :
" This is the cherry on the cake. New Year's hug in the middle of a large dune, with a big fire, and at midnight all and wish a happy new year "
One last tip: The region of Bechar is also known for their music Alla is the singer who was born here his music is used in Switzerland, even in psychiatric healing.. or sedative use of the sick, the locals tell proud
Internet Info.
Marathondesdunes.com
www.tourisme.dz
www.algeriantourism.com
