Hoggar Mountains
Good to know
- Best time to go
- November to February, when daytime heat is mild at altitude
- Budget
- $$
- Accessibility
- not-accessible
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
A vast volcanic massif in the central Sahara where basalt spires and eroded plugs rise from black gravel plains, sacred to the Tuareg who still herd here. Sunrise from the Assekrem plateau, beside the hermitage of Charles de Foucauld, is among the great desert spectacles.