Sahara Overland: A Route and Planning Guide

The Sahara Desert remains one of the world's most fascinating and mysterious wildernesses. Looking beyond the romance of shimmering oases and magical dunes, this fully revised and expanded 2nd edition is a comprehensive handbook to understanding and exploring the world's most fascinating and mysterious wilderness.

Inside you will find over 70 GPS routes and detailed itineraries so whether you're planning a week's excursion in Morocco or a two-month trans-Saharan expedition this guide offers all the advice, background information and inspiration to complete your journey safely.

Inside you will find:
· Transport – review of the choices available for travel by 4WD, motorcycle and bicycle plus an extended section of travel by camel
· Documentation - what you need and where to get it
· Preparing your vehicle – (without spending a fortune) and improvising repairs in the Sahara
· Trans-Mediterranean ferries
· Desert driving and riding techniques
· Navigation and survival - what to do when things go wrong
· Background information - Saharan people, prehistoric art and land forms
· Tough hard-back cover and sewn binding
· Plus 300 B&W and 30 color photographs

Whether readers are traveling by 4WD or camel, this acclaimed guide covers all aspects Saharan and includes 10,000 miles of itineraries in Morocco, Mauritania, Libya, Mali, Tunisia, Algeria, Niger, Chad, and Egypt.

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Sahara Overland: A Route & Planning Guide is the first truly comprehensive guidebook to one of the world's most compelling and challenging environments, North Africa's Sahara Desert. Ranging from the Moroccan Atlas Mountains to the Red Sea, Sahara Overland is ideal for Saharan travelers whether for a weekend excursion, a week long vacation, or a season spanning safari. Thirty-five detailed itineraries are available, covering more than 15,000 miles through nine countries: Morocco, Mauritania, Libya, Mali, Tunisia, Algeria, Niger, Chad and Egypt. The only Saharan guidebook covering all aspects of traveling the great desert by vehicle, Sahara Overland provides tips on how not to get lost, and what to do when things go wrong. Chris Scott's informative, "traveler friendly" text is enhanced with fifty maps and more than 300 b&w and color photographs. If you are planning a trip through the Sahara, begin with acquiring and throughly reading Chris Scott's Sahara Overland.

Chris Scott first visited the Sahara on a motorcycle in 1981, describing this and his other eventful trips in Desert Travels. Since then he's traveled in the desert with cars, 4WDs and small trucks as well as both organizing and joining tours to the Sahara. He's also written the Adventure Motorcycling Handbook, also from Trailblazer, and covered the sandy regions for the Rough Guide to Australia. He maintains the Sahara Travel Information (STI) website (sahara-overland.com).