Tailor-made travel agency in Chad

The best time to visit Chad spans from mid-October to mid-March. Nights become cool again in the Ennedi, days in the desert remain bearable, and northern tracks are passable once more after the rainy season. This is also when Zakouma National Park reveals its large elephant herds and bird concentrations around residual water holes. From March onwards, heat becomes oppressive in the Tibesti and Borkou regions, and the harmattan fills the air with dust. The rainy season, from June to September, closes off most Saharan regions. For the Saharan cultures festival or major gatherings of camel herders, aim for November or February, when the light is at its purest.

Chad remains a demanding adventure destination, and the budget reflects this logistical reality. For a ten to twelve-day circuit in the Ennedi, you should typically expect between €4,500 and €6,500 per person, including international flights, on the basis of a small group. Expeditions to the Tibesti, longer and more challenging, frequently exceed €8,000. These amounts are explained by fuel transportation over hundreds of kilometers of tracks, complete self-sufficiency in water and food, guidance by seasoned Chadian guides, and permits required in protected areas. A stay in Zakouma, shorter and accessible by air taxi, allows you to discover the country on a more contained format, around €4,000 to €5,000.

Chad doesn't improvise. Distances, remoteness, scarce logistical support, and permits from local authorities require deep local knowledge. Partnering with an English-speaking local agency based in N'Djamena means relying on a team that knows every well in Borkou, every guelta in Ennedi, and has worked with the same Toubou drivers for years. Tchad Évasion organizes expeditions directly, with no intermediary between you and the desert. That changes everything on the ground: an itinerary that adapts to weather, a camp relocated to capture the light, a detour to a herding settlement you encounter along the way. And through the Nomadays collective, you can book in euros, from France, with complete peace of mind.

Ennedi remains the country's greatest visual shock: sandstone arches, mineral labyrinths, rock paintings thousands of years old, and the famous Archei guelta where the last Saharan crocodiles come to drink. Further north, Tibesti lines up its volcanoes, hot springs and the Trou au Natron crater, reserved for experienced travelers. Eastward, the Ounianga lakes, UNESCO-listed, trace turquoise sheets across the dunes. On the opposite side of the country, Zakouma offers a completely different face: floodable savannas, elephants, lions, Kordofan giraffes. N'Djamena, finally, deserves a stop for its national museum, markets and the crossing of the Chari shores, where Kotoko fishing pirogues can still be observed.