Best Niger and Chad Destinations: Niamey, N'Djamena, Aïr-Ténéré, Zakouma, Lake Chad and a Central Sahel Deep-Advisory Heritage Tour
Browse more guides: Chad travel | Africa destinations Best Niger and Chad Destinations: Agadez (UNESCO 2013), Aïr-Ténéré (UNESCO 1991, in-danger 1992), W-Arly-Pendjari (UNESCO 2017), Zakouma National Park, Ennedi Massif (UNESCO 2016), and Lakes of Ounianga (UNESCO 2012) I want to start this guide the way I would want a friend to start it for me: I have not been able to do a clean, open-tourism circuit of Niger and Chad on the dates I planned in 2024 or 2025, and as of writing on 2026-05-11, most of both countries sits under advise-against-travel guidance from the U.S. State Department, the U.K. FCDO, and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. So this is not a "pack your bag tomorrow" itinerary. It is a working dossier from someone who has spent four years tracking Sahel insurgencies, two reporting trips to Niamey and N'Djamena that were cut short, and roughly 1,200 emails with African Parks, Saharan Trekking operators, and embassy desks. If you read this and decide t...