Tag - Oasis

LIWA OASIS (وَاحَـة لِـيْـوَا)

We drove around a 150 km arc of villages and farms for two days. The Liwa Oasis hugs the edge of the Rub Al Khali (Empty Quarter) desert – an endless landscape of undulating dunes shimmering in shades of gold, apricot, and pink. We stopped next to a few fortresses scattered throughout the...

MISFAT AL ABRIYEEN (مسفاة العبريين)

We drove up a 6-kilometer-long sneaky road from Al Hamra to a unique mountainous village located 1,000 m above sea level on the mountain foothills of the Hajar Mountains. We parked near the campground before the village and walked around ancient stone buildings, half buried in a thick...

KSAR GHILANE (قصر غيلان)

We drove through death salt lake Chott El Djerid to Douz, and since it was already late afternoon, we have decided to stop over there on the way to Ksar Ghilane. The camp next to the main road was empty and quiet (7 TND / person). In the morning we have finally arrived in the Sahara...

OASIS VILLAGES

Today we started early morning and drove outside Tozeur to the northern oasis villages. The first shortstop we made in Chebika – the old houses are settled on the southern edge of the mountain range and the green “palmeraie” is visible for kilometers. Then the road twisted and turned up a...