Fliegel Jezerniczky Expeditions

17/02/2025

One of the best kept secrets of 2024 was the publication of this lovely book on the rock art of the Oasis of Tamadjert (central Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria) by Jürgen Friedrich Kunz, who spent decades exploring that area. The book covers not only the main shelter with the lovely caballine paintings, but also a multitude of other sites in the vicinity. When I first heard about it, a google search produced no results, so here is a little well deserved publicity. The book may be ordered directly from the author, PM me for contact details.

08/02/2025

01/02/2025

Raudal de Guayabero

31/01/2025

Raymond Bird
1923-2025

Yesterday morning our dear friend and travel companion Ray departed peacefully on his ultimate adventure. May sand never cease from under his feet.

30/01/2025

Cerro Azul

28/01/2025

Nouevo Tolima

28/01/2025

Heading to Serrania de La Lindosa tomorrow :)

05/01/2025

Having a few quiet days in-between the Holidays I managed to complete the account of our 2023 October expedition to the Tassili n'Ajjer, during which we managed to visit the Tissoukai area, Ouan Bender, Ouan Segofar and several other areas not seen on previous visits: https://fjexpeditions.com/expeditions/past/tassili23/tassili23.htm

22/12/2024

With the year slowly coming to an end, I wish everyone a Merry Christmas & a happy, successful New Year!
Please check out the website for our 2024 exploits and forthcoming plans for 2025/26 (https://www.fjexpeditions.com). There will be some further updates after the Holidays.

12/12/2024

The Sahara turned green!
Just back from a splendid three week expedition to the Ouri plain (Eastern Tibesti, Chad), which underwent an amazing transformation after the abundant August rains. The golden sand was covered with a green carpet everywhere, especially around Karnasahi at the southern end of the plain. We made many new finds, a sneak preview coming soon.

09/11/2024

Returned from a superb three week trek on the Tassili du Tamrit, making a round of the majority of the well known classic sites and a number of little known remote ones, a trip account will be in the works shortly. We plan to have further expeditions to the rock art sites of the Tassili n'Ajjer in 2025 and 2026, check: https://fjexpeditions.com/expeditions/plans/plans.htm

26/10/2024

Evening sky over the central Sahara two days ago...

23/08/2024

A couple of years ago the internet was full of sensationalist reports about "12 miles of ice age rock art" discovered in the Colombian jungle. While practically none of this is true, there is indeed a fascinating concentration of paintings along the Serrania de la Lindosa escarpment in the Amazon province. While this rock art is clearly more recent than claimed, it still represents one of the richest localities on the South American continent. This 12 day expedition starting around the end of January will be organised in cooperation with GIPRI Colombia, allowing some time to visit not only rock art but some of the principal archaeological sights of the country: https://fjexpeditions.com/expeditions/plans/feb25/feb25.htm

09/08/2024

We turned 25!

The FJ Expeditions website went online 25 years ago on the 8th August 1999. Since then, we have completed 70 expeditions all over the Sahara & Namibia. On this momentous occasion all I can do is to convey our sincere thanks and gratitude to everyone (too numerous to list here individually) who have contributed one way or another to the achievements of this quarter of a century.

29/07/2024

Taking advantage of the summer doldrums, I have managed to reduce the backlog a bit and complete the account of our January-February expedition to the magnificent rock art sites of Niola Doa and the Fada-Archeï-Bachikelé regions of the Ennedi (Chad):
https://fjexpeditions.com/expeditions/past/ennedi24/ennedi24.htm

24/07/2024

The wealth of rock art in Namibia never ceases to amaze. We recently returned from our 15th trip there, during the nearly three weeks we continuously saw sites new to us on the Brandberg, around Mikberg/Twyfelfontein and up north in the Kunene.
The full trip account may be read here: https://fjexpeditions.com/expeditions/past/namibia24/jun24.htm