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Sahara Overland
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Contents list
Contents list | Introduction | Where to go | When to go | What can I do in... | A Short History of Pistes
INTRODUCTION
PART 1: PLANNING AND PREPARATION
Where and when 9
The Big Plan 19
Visas, documents and money 24
Organised tours 37
PART 2: VEHICLES
2WD vehicles 43
4WD vehicles 53
Survey of 4WDs 70
Vehicle preparation and equipment 105
Loading and packing 133
Camping equipment and food 151
Desert driving 167
Vehicle maintenance and repairs 196
PART 3: DESERT BIKING
Choosing a bike 207
Bike preparation 216
Two-wheel camping 231
Riding in the desert 236
Cycling in the Sahara 244
PART 4: TRAVELLING BY CAMEL
Mauritania 257
Salt caravan from Timbuktu 269
Tour of the Aïr 278
Sudan and Sinai 283
PART 5: IN THE DESERT
Travelling in Africa 287
Health 302
Water 309
Navigation and maps 316
Maps and satellite imagery 325
Survival and security 348
PART 6: THE SAHARAN ENVIRONMENT
Desert landforms 371
Saharan climate and weather 384
Human prehistory in the Sahara 396
Peoples of the Sahara 405
PART 7: ITINERARIES
Crossing the Mediterranean 417
Routes in the Sahara 423
Morocco 426
M1 Guercif - Ain Benimathar 426
M2 Bouarfa - Boanane 428
M3 Boudenib - Gourrama 430
M4 Alnif - Tinerhir 431
M5 Tinerhir - Nekob 433
M6 Tagounite - Merzouga 436
M7 Foum Zguid - Mhamid 441
M8 Zagora - Foum Zguid 443
M9 Taliouine - Foum Zguid 446
M10 Tata - Igherm 449
M11 Aït Herbil - Tafraoute 451
M12 Tan Tan - Assa 453
M13 Assa - Smara 456
Mauritania 460
R1 The Atlantic Route 464
R2 Nouadhibou - Atar 468
R3 Atar - Chinguetti (via Ebnou Pass) 469
R4 Amogjar Pass - Atar 471
R5 Atar - Terjit (Oujeft) 472
R6 Chinguetti Btah - Ebnou Pass 475
R7 Chinguetti - Ouadane 476
R8 Ouadane - Guelb er Richat 479
R9 Ouadane - Chinguetti 480
R10 Atar - Tidjikja 481
R11 Tidjikja - Nema 484
R12 Moudjeria - Guelta Matmata 488
Algeria 490
A1 El Oued - Grand Erg - Deb Deb 493
A2 Hassi bel Guebbour - Ilizzi 497
A3 Illizi - Tarat - Bordj El Haouas 499
A4 Fadnoun plateau - Afara - A7 501
A5 Toukmatine - Amguid 503
A6 Djanet - Tamanrasset 505
A7 Djanet - Ideles 509
A8 Ideles - Tahifet - Tamanrasset 512
A9 Ideles - Hassi bel Guebbour 513
A10 Tamanrasset - Arlit (Niger) 515
A11 Tamanrasset - Highway - Ideles 517
A12 Tamanrasset - Tifernine - HbG 518
A13 Tamanrasset - Bordj Moktar 523
A14 Tamanrasset - Killian - Djanet 524
A15 Djanet – Chirfa (Niger) 527
Exploring the Tassili N'Ajjer 530
Tunisia 539
T1 El Hamma - Ksar Ghilane - Tataouine 539
T2 Douz - Ksar Ghilane 542
Libya 545
L1 Derj - Idri 549
L2 Ghadames - Serdeles 553
L3 Ghat, The Akakus and Idehan Murzuk 560
L4 Dune Lakes Circuit 564
L5 Germa - Wadi Mathendous 569
L6 Timsah - Waw en Namus 573
L7 Waw en Namus - Kilingue - Tazerbu 577
Mali 580
B1 Reggane (Algeria) - Bordj Moktar - Gao 580
B2 Gao - Timbuktu 584
B3 Douentza - Timbuktu 586
Niger 587
Agadez - Fachi - Bilma 592
Bilma - Dirkou - Chirfa - Djado 593
El Gatrun (Libya) - Agadez 601
Chad 605
C1 Nguigmi - Ndjamena (Lake Chad Route) 608
C2 Ndjamena - Ounianga - Ennedi 610
C3 Tazerbu (Libya) - Abeché 614
Egypt 617
Abu Mungar - Regenfeld - Abu Ballas 621
Bir Terfawi - Jebel Uweinat 623
Abu Ballas - Kemal el Din Monument 625
Karkur Talh 629
Jebel Uweinat - Wadi Sora 632
Wadi Sora - Wadi Gubba - Silica Glass 633
Silica Glass - Great Sand Sea - Siwa 635
Siwa - Bahariya 636
Aqaba Pass - Wadi Hamra 637
APPENDICES
Sahara book selection 640
Some Great Saharans 644
French-English technical glossary 649
Conversion table 650
Notes on contributors 652
Suppliers' directory 654
INDEX 667
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