Travel to Niger
Saharan Last Place
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Upcoming trips to Niger
There are currently no scheduled departures to Niger.
If you prefer other dates or your own route, we design a tailor-made itinerary through Niger. Tell us about your interests in the form on this page and our team will suggest a route.
Plan your tailor-made tripNiger is the poorest country in Africa and certainly in the world. Nigerien women continue to give birth to an average of 7 children despite the fact that there is less and less water and therefore less food.
Tied hand and foot by the old metropolis, France, Niger with its open-pit uranium mine in Arlit (in the middle of the Sahara) allows France to illuminate its cities and industries.
Prisoner of its history, Niger appears to us in its suffering reality as a fascinating Last Place with adobe cities stopped in time. Impossible oases like the Bilma one, between giant dunes, and unique fauna like the white Nigerian giraffes that survive east of Niamey. Niger is still a new destination despite the fact that the Gerewol Festival put it in the collective imagination 4 decades ago.
Why should you travel to Niger?
The great highlights of Niger are:
Zinder
The historical and architectural jewel of Niger is the sleepy city of Zinder. Streets with a medieval atmosphere, a royal palace, Hausa-style houses beautifully decorated with classic reliefs and crowned with cow horns (totemic animal of the Hausa). Zinder was the first colonial capital of French Niger.
Gerewol
Perhaps the most popular tribal ceremony in Africa held between Tahoua and Agadez every September.
Sharo
Along with the Gerewol, other Fulani clans (a group the Woodabes belong to) celebrate the Sharo ceremony, where once again young men must show their masculinity. In this case they must undergo brutal whipping and show no pain.
Agadez
Large Saharan city with a spectacular Sudanese-style mosque. Desert gate.
Aïr and Tenere
One of the most beautiful deserts in the Great Sahara: Aïr mountains with cave paintings and engravings, Tamachek world (the mythical Tuaregs), oases and beautiful dune landscapes in the Tenere.
Giraffes
Last redoubt of the endangered Nigerian giraffe or western giraffe.
Useful information for travelling to Niger
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Articles about Niger
Experiences from other travellers, knowledge from our experts and features on the tribes and landscapes of the country.
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