Natural Crafts Sahara

This magnificent dune plunges into the waters of the river. The site is accessible by canoe. There are also beautiful beaches in the surrounding area. The best time to go is the sunset. Take an hour to get there. Plan between CFAF 20 000 and CFAF 25 000.

It is said that a prophet came to pray near the cave. When he began his prayers, a dog began to bark and the prophet had no time to finish. By entering the cave, the visitor can discover some paintings that represent the traces of the hands and feet of the prophet. According to legend, the place could have been Mecca if the prophet had finished his prayer.

This crystalline massif, located in the heart of the desert, is located in one of the most beautiful regions of the Sahara. The landscape, lunar, consists of large black rocks and craters. Tuareg huts and wells are one of the few animations in this sorry spectacle. The Tuareg of the Adrar are legendary hospitality.

The Adrar can only be a reason for travel to Mali. The Adrar has many rock engravings of great aesthetic quality that represent the fauna that lived there 6 000 years ago: elephants, rhino, giraffes… Today only few rare headlines still haunt the rocky walls of the massif. They also include gazelles, antelopes, hyenas, and several species of snakes.

A large sand dune where one rises to contemplate the sun lie behind the dunes of the Sahara. Taxis or local guides will take you if your agency has not already done so! High arrivals of tourists during the season. On this occasion, camels are posted for tourists, a tour costs between 5 and 10 DL.

These are two small salty lakes surrounded by tamarisks, in the desert! You can bathe.

The Oasis of Salima is located approximately kilometres west of the shelter. It is one of the largest oases in Sudan. Desert trekking enthusiasts will certainly enjoy getting lost, especially since this oasis has a long history, linked to the ancient caravanière route of which Salima was an important step.

Déjà already mentioned a Commercial Road through the Desert that connected Egypt to the heart of Africa. A road that required a trip length of "40 days". Still, the track through the sands is borrowed by the nomads and retains its nickname of "El al-Arbain" (track of the forty), although the route has evolved and that the duration of forty days has little relevance!

Historically, the runway began at the oasis of Kharga in southwestern Egypt. Kharga is the largest oasis in southern Egypt, and another route connects it to the Nile. It crossed the Desert desert to Kutum, near the current El Fasher, the historic capital of Darfur. Over time, the word'runway'was used to designate all the desert caravan roads from the far north of Sudan to Khartoum or in Kordofan, in addition to Darfur. Following a trail of known Bedouin wells, these roads had the merit of avoiding the large consuming loops formed by the Nile in northern Sudan, but also limited the risk of caravanes the caravans. From the end of the th century, the English reduced traffic trailers specialized in the slave transit. The marginalization of both Darfur and the hosting roads in the next century, with the development of the railways, has definitively put an end to the permanent use of the runway.

If you're interested in this "40 days" journey, check with specialist tour operators or get started in adventure, provided you are properly equipped and equipped with the necessary permits. It's much better to be already a great breed of such expeditions.

The last thing: for security reasons, forget the Libyan border and Darfur.

A beautiful place to bivouac: many trees, surrounded by beautiful dunes. In fact, it is rather the only place to bivouac! You will even find a well, which is rare in the surroundings. The GPS coordinates of this site are: 21°07'34" N, 11°22'41 "W. Now, take a little height, go up again, and imagine your tent, planted in the area of Guelb er-Richat... For this reason alone, the bivouac is worth it at this place! It is said that it is in the wooded camp that Théodore Monod joined his wife, after having explored the crater and its secrets.