Bilma to Djanet
I'm aware that there is a group of Germans who are currently being held hostage in Algeria. I'm also aware that there has been widespread terrorism in Algeria for a number of years and that the British Foreign Office is advising against non-essential travel there. Algeria is a big country though; does anyone know exactly whereabouts in Algeria the trouble spots are?
Specifically, a small group (four) of us are thinking of flying into Tamanrasset and spending about four days in Southern Algeria travelling down through the Hoggar Moutains to the border with Niger. We'll organise guides and vehicles in advance to take us from Tamanrasset to the border and guides to meet us on the Niger side and take us into the Tenere Desert and from Bilma to Djanet, from where we're planning to fly back. Has anyone done anything similar in the region or travelled there recently (specially between Bilma and Djanet)?
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