Travel Guide Lac Tchad

The old bed of the lake is grown by the Yedina, pastoralists and resident fishermen for a long time, in addition to other groups coming more recently, especially since the great withdrawal of water in the decades 1970 and 1980, such as the Mobeur, the Fulani mainly to produce corn and bean. Fishing is based on the rise of water from the river Chari in Chad, whose sources are in Central Africa, to the territory of Niger. The banks of the lake, which are very cut, vary from one year to the next depending on rainfall: The lake was 2009 kilometres away from N'Guigmi.Access to Lake Chad. In addition to the access to the lake by Bosso or N'Guigmi mentioned below, access to Lake Chad can be done either through the Diffa-Maïdougouri route, the easiest and the safest way for those who want to go to N'Djamena (access to the southern basin of the lake) or by the northern slope, bypassing the lake to reach Bol. A guide must then be taken because the track is erased by places to reach the Frontière border Crossing 65 km east of N'Guigmi. It should be noted that the approaches of Lake Chad are very guarded by Nigerian, Nigerian, Chadian and Cameroonian military personnel.