Itinerary
- Day 1
Germany to N'Djamena
You'll arrive in N'Djamena after flying from Germany. Once you get to your hotel and settle in, your guide will walk you through what's coming up on this trip and answer any questions you have about the adventure.
- Days 2 - 4
N'Djamena to Kalait
After breakfast, you're heading north from N'Djamena into the Sahel, leaving the city traffic behind. The route takes you through nomadic camps, and by Massakory you'll switch from paved roads to sandy tracks. Following the Bahr-El-Ghazal valley through the Batha desert, keep your eyes open for gazelles, fennec foxes, and desert plants along the way. You'll pull into Kalait by early evening and set up camp there for the next 3 nights.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Breakfast
- Off-road driving through Sahel and Batha regions
- Wildlife spotting (gazelles, fennec foxes)
- Desert landscape exploration
Landmarks/POIs Bahr-El-Ghazal Batha Region - Days 5 - 7
Kalait to Ennedi Massif
After breakfast and a quick look around Kalait, you'll check out the local market and visit the well that supplies water to thousands of camels each day. That afternoon, you'll drive toward the western foothills of the Ennedi massif. Over the coming days, you'll see incredible rock formations, visit the UNESCO site at Fada Archei, stop at Guelta d'Archei where Saharan crocodiles sometimes appear, hike through gorges, find prehistoric cave paintings, and meet semi-nomadic communities.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Breakfast
- Visit to Kalait
- Local market visit
- Well visit
- Rock formation exploration
- Fada Archei UNESCO site visit
- Guelta d'Archei watering hole visit
- Short hiking (approximately 90 minutes)
- Prehistoric cave paintings viewing (Terkei and Manda Gueli)
Landmarks/POIs Kalait Fada Archei Guelta d'Archei Terkei Manda Gueli Ennedi Massif 
- Day 8
Ennedi to Mourdi Depression
Early morning drive to Fada, the main town in the Ennedi region, where you can walk through the market and merchant quarter. From there, you'll cross the Mourdi depression with its open sandy areas and scattered mountains, traveling over countless crescent dunes. By late afternoon, you'll reach your camp sitting at the foot of the Mourdi Depression.
Included Activities
- Visit to Fada
- Walk through merchant quarter
- Off-road driving through Mourdi depression
Landmarks/POIs Fada Mourdi Depression - Days 9 - 10
Mourdi Depression to Ounianga Lakes
You'll visit the Demi salt pans where traders work with red salt as part of ancient caravan routes. Then it's a dirt road journey to Ounianga Serir, passing through the seasonally inhabited palm grove at Teguedei. What you'll find there is striking: deep blue lakes ringed by palm trees, colorful sandstone cliffs, and sand dunes that slope right down to the water. You can swim in the cool waters of Lake Bokou and see these unique salt and freshwater lakes, some of Chad's newest UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Included Activities
- Demi salt pans visit
- Off-road driving to Ounianga Serir
- Teguedei palm grove crossing
- Lake Bokou swimming
- Ounianga Lakes exploration
Landmarks/POIs Demi Salt Pans Ounianga Serir Teguedei Lake Bokou Ounianga Lakes 
- Days 11 - 12
Ounianga Lakes to Kalait
Leaving the Ounianga Lakes behind, you'll start heading south on your return journey. Long sandy gorges lead into the Erg du Djourab plains, where you'll see hundreds of crescent dunes stretching to the horizon, almost like a sandy rollercoaster. By day 12, you're back at Kalait where supplies and fuel get restocked for the next leg.
Included Activities
- Off-road driving through sandy gorges
- Erg du Djourab exploration
Landmarks/POIs Erg du Djourab - Days 13 - 15
Kalait to Zakouma National Park
As you leave the Sahara behind, vegetation becomes denser moving through the Sahel zone. You'll reach Abeche, Chad's fourth largest city and a former caravan center and capital of the Wadai kingdom before 1850. From there, good asphalt roads take you to Mongo, then on toward Zakouma National Park via Abou Deja. You'll stay in tents for 2 nights and sleep in a lodge for 1 night.
Included Activities
- Off-road driving through Sahel zone
- Visit to Abeche
Landmarks/POIs Abeche Zakouma National Park - Days 16 - 17
Zakouma National Park
You'll spend time inside Zakouma National Park, one of the world's biggest protected areas, with the Bahr Salamat Fauna Reserve serving as a buffer zone. Game drives take you through open savannah mixed with wooded areas and gallery forests. During the dry season, waterholes draw diverse wildlife like elephants, buffalo, lions, wild dogs, kudus, wildebeest, cheetahs, and leopards. The park also has a significant population of Kordofan giraffes, nearly half of the remaining subspecies.
Included Activities
- Game drives in off-road vehicle
- Wildlife viewing
Optional Activities
- Village excursion to learn about local daily life
Landmarks/POIs Zakouma National Park Bahr Salamat Fauna Reserve - Day 18
Zakouma National Park to Mongo
Leaving the park, you'll drive northwest through the mountainous Guera region heading back to Mongo. Unusual rock monoliths dot both sides of the route, rock formations that once provided shelter for the local Hadjerai ethnic group. These people are skilled farmers and hunters who've built a complex economic system and supply goods to regional markets.
Included Activities
- Off-road driving through Guera region
- Monolith observation
Landmarks/POIs Guera Region Mongo - Day 19
Mongo to N'Djamena
The route from Mongo back to N'Djamena passes through trading hubs including Bitkine and Ab Toyour. Along the way, you'll meet the Hadjerai ethnic group, known as mountain people, and possibly Arab nomadic groups with their large herds. When you arrive in N'Djamena, a day room is available for you to use until it's time to head to the airport.
Included Activities
- Travel through trading hubs
- Cultural encounters with Hadjerai and Arab nomadic groups
Landmarks/POIs Bitkine Ab Toyour - Day 20
N'Djamena to Germany
You'll fly out of N'Djamena today, heading back to Germany and the end of your trip through Chad.
