Travel Guide Ataq

The head of the Chaboua region, located at 458 Kilomètrs in Sana'a. It is a modern city that has developed through the extraction of oil and gas from Harib. However, given the political situation, the region is prohibited from tourism.The beautiful Wadi Wadi Wadi, with its villages made up of buried fortresses on earth, interrupted from green palm groves, millet and sorghum crops, is mainly inhabited by Aouala who are the nobles of the region. This half-day excursion can only be done with a Yemeni tourist agency, which will make available a 4 x 4 traveller, a driver and a guide. In fact, no public transport is carried out.36 km from Ataq, on the road of Habbah, on the right, an asphalt part leads to the first village of the Wadi, As Said, and then a trail goes in the Wadi to reach the main road Ataq - Mudijah. The enchanting scenery and the peaks architecture typical of the Chaboua region make this hike, which is entirely new, an unforgettable experience. From Ataq, a road of almost 400 kilometres leads to Aden, which is also accessible from Ta by a road called French because it was financed by France. It is 170 kilometres long and crosses the ancient border between northern and southern Yemen. In Karash, a former customs post in the south, we enter the province of Lahj, where cotton, coffee and tropical fruits are grown: mangoes, bananas, papayas and citrus fruits. The province of Lahj saw the beginning of resistance against the English occupation in the mountain of Radfan on 14 October 1963. The region also had to endure the harshest fighting between the armies of the North and the South in 1994. The Lahj region is not yet set up for tourism and is not of major interest.