DECADES OF
DESERT
EXPEDITIONS
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1999
Morocco
First expedition to Morocco and initial contact with Sahara desert
4 people | 12 Days | 4 200 km
2001
Morocco
Exploration of the Draa River
4 people | 10 Days | 4 000 km
2002
Mauritania & Senegal
First expedition to Mauritania/Senegal and immersion into the deep Sahara-Sahel
7 people | 34 Days | 10 600 km
2003
Mauritania
Exploration of the Adrar Atar and Tagant Mountains
7 people | 34 Days | 10 600 km
2004
Morocco
Exploration of the Middle Atlas Mountains
4 people | 15 Days | 3 100 km
Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Burkina-Faso, Mali, Senegal,
Mauritania & Morocco
The greatest expedition to develop studies on desert lizard evolution across 8 countries of the Sahara-Sahel
2 people | 104 Days | 19 000 km
2005
Morocco
Exploration of the High Atlas Mountains
8 people | 11 Days | 2 400 km
Tunisia
Exploration of the Mogod Mountains
2 people | 8 Days | 900 km
Morocco
Exploration of the Rif Mountains
12 people | 11 Days | 2 400 km
Mauritania
Exploration of the Adrar Atar and PN Banc d’Arguin
4 people | 29 Days | 8 600 km
2006
Algeria
First expedition to Algeria to explore the Aurès and Tellian Atlas Mountains
2 people | 10 Days | 1 400 km
Morocco
Exploration of the High and Middle Atlas Mountains
11 people | 15 Days | 3 900 km
Cape Verde
First expedition to Cape Verde to explore S. Nicolau Island
2 people | 8 Days | 200 km
2007
Mauritania & Mali
Exploration of the Bandiagara Escarpment and the Niger and Senegal Rivers
3 people | 39 Days | 12 200 km
Morocco
Exploration of the High, Middle and Anti Atlas Mountains
8 people | 15 Days | 5 300 km
Cape Verde
Exploration of Sal, Boavista and Fogo Islands
2 people | 8 Days | 200 km
Mauritania
Exploration of the Senegal River
3 people | 24 Days | 9 400 km
2008
Tunisia
Exploration of the Mogod Mountains
11 people | 10 Days | 1 100 km
Mauritania
Beginning of desert crocodile research
4 people | 78 Days | 12 400 km
2009
Mauritania
Second expedition dedicated to desert crocodile research
4 people | 75 Days | 13 200 km
2010
Mauritania
Exploration of the Senegal River valley and PN Banc d’Arguin
7 people | 48 Days | 11 600 km
2011
Morocco
Exploration of the High, Middle and Anti Atlas Mountains
5 people | 7 Days | 2 600 km
Mauritania
Exploration of the Adrar Atar and Tagant Mountains and upper Senegal River
11 people | 53 Days | 12 700 km
2012
Niger
Exploration of the Tin-Toumma desert and Termit Massif
3 people | 16 Days | 3 900 km
Morocco & Mauritania
Exploration of the inland Atlantic Sahara, Senegal River and Assaba Mountain
7 people | 42 Days | 11 200 km
2013
Morocco
Exploration of the Draa River
9 people | 15 Days | 6 000 km
Morocco
Exploration of the High and Middle Atlas Mountains
16 Days | 6 200 km
Morocco, Mauritania & Mali
Exploration of the inland Atlantic Sahara, Senegal River and Assaba Mountain
6 people | 48 Days | 12 900 km
Iran
First expedition to Iran to explore the Dasht-e Kavir desert and Alborz Mountains
3 people | 20 Days | 4 600 km
Morocco
Exploration of the High and Middle Atlas Mountains
15 Days | 6 420 km
2014
Morocco
Exploration of the Draa River
20 Days | 7 135 km
Morocco
Exploration of the High and Middle Atlas Mountains
19 Days | 5 350 km
Morocco
Exploration of the High and Anti Atlas Mountains
15 Days | 6 170 km
Iran
Exploration of the Baluchistan mountains
4 people | 26 Days | 6 500 km
Mauritania
Exploration of the Senegal River and Assaba and Afollé Mountain
4 people | 40 Days | 11 400 km
2015
Morocco
Exploration of the High and Anti Atlas Mountains
18 Days | 6 280 km
Morocco
Exploration of the Draa and Sous Rivers
20 Days | 6 133 km
Mauritania
Exploration of upper Senegal River, Assaba Mountain, and PN Diawling
5 people | 42 Days | 12 328 km
2016
Mauritania
Initial studies to assess desert ecotourism potential in southern Mauritanian mountains
4 people | 38 Days | 10 500 km
Morocco
Exploration of the Draa and Sous Rivers
20 Days | 6 665 km
Chad
First expedition to Chad to explore the Ounianga Lakes
3 people | 13 Days | 2 680 km
Morocco
Exploration of the High and Anti Atlas Mountains
12 Days | 5 680 km
Iran
Exploration of the Golestan and Tabriz Mountains
4 people | 21 Days | 5200 km
Morocco
Exploration of the Draa and Sous Rivers
12 Days | 2 450 km
2017
Mauritania
First exploration of northern Mauritania
4 people | 37 Days | 11 172 km
Morocco
Exploration of the Draa and Sous Rivers
15 Days | 5 000 km
Iran
Exploration of the Dasht-e Kavir desert
2 people | 15 Days | 5 000 km
2018
Algeria
First exploration of the isolated mountain sky-islands of southern Algeria
3 people | 17 Days | 1 629 km
2019
Mauritania
Exploration of the Adrar Atar, Tagant and Assaba Mountains and Senegal River
4 people | 38 Days | 10 785 km
2020
Morocco & Mauritania
Exploration of the Atlantic Sahara
3 people | 35 Days | 12 815 km
Mauritania
Exploration of the Tagant, Assaba and Afollé Mountains and Senegal River
3 people | 30 Days | 3 275 km
2021
Mauritania
Exploration of the Tagant and Afollé Mountains
4 people | 28 Days | 2 200 km
2022
Mauritania
Exploration of the Tagant and Assaba Mountains
3 people | 21 Days | 3 700 km
Saudi Arabia
First expedition to Saudi Arabia to explore the Hijaz Mountains and surrounding deserts
11 people | 31 Days | 3 700 km
2023
Saudi Arabia
Exploration of the AlUla County
10 people | 53 Days | 3 400 km
Saudi Arabia
Exploration of the AlUla County
14 people | 61 Days | 3 500 km
Saudi Arabia
Exploration of the AlUla County
12 people | 71 Days | 3 500 km
2024
Saudi Arabia
Exploration of the Red Sea coastline
12 people | 58 Days | 2 600 km
Saudi Arabia
Exploration of the Red Sea coastline
12 people | 35 Days | 3 000 km
Saudi Arabia
Exploration of the Red Sea coastline
11 people | 37 Days | 1 900 km
2025
Mauritania
First exploration of the Majâbat al-Koubrâ to conduct biodiversity inventory in the largest empty quarter of the Sahara
11 people | 28 Days | 4 100 km
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