swap_horiz Merzouga Oasis Alternatives

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Ounianga Kebir

Ounianga Kebir is a settlement and group of lakes in the Sahara of northern Chad. It forms part of the Lakes of Ounianga...

Unesco Unique Lakes Chad

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San Pedro de Atacama

San Pedro de Atacama is a town and desert oasis in northern Chile, situated in the high, arid Atacama region. It is a ba...

Tourism Chile Springs Atacama

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Ounianga Serir

Ounianga Serir is the southeastern group within the Lakes of Ounianga, a system of permanent lakes in the hyper-arid Enn...

Saline Unesco Lakes Chad

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Ghadames Oasis

Ghadames is an oasis town in western Libya near the borders with Algeria and Tunisia, historically situated on trans-Sah...

Historic Unesco Libya Berber

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Djanet Oasis

Djanet Oasis is a remote Algerian oasis town in Illizi Province near the Libyan border, serving as the gateway to Tassil...

Algeria Rock Art Sahara Tuareg

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Waw an Namus

Waw an Namus is a volcanic caldera in the central Libyan Sahara, surrounded by a broad field of dark basaltic material t...

Remote Volcanic Libya Sahara

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Chinguetti Oasis

Chinguetti Oasis is an ancient Mauritanian oasis city in Adrar Region, once a major gathering point for West African pil...

Historic Islamic Unesco Mauritania

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Draa Valley Oases

The Draa Valley oases form an irrigated corridor along the Draa River in southern Morocco, extending toward the Sahara t...

Morocco Berber Sahara Date Palms

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Tozeur Oasis

Tozeur is an oasis city in southwestern Tunisia, situated north of the Chott el-Jerid salt lake near the Sahara. Its ext...

Tourism Tunisia Springs Sahara

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Tinerhir Oasis

Tinerhir Oasis is a Moroccan oasis town in Tinghir Province, situated along the Todra River and serving as the main acce...

Morocco Springs Berber Todra Gorge

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Ouadane Oasis

Ouadane Oasis is a historic Mauritanian oasis town in Adrar Region, founded in the 12th century as a caravan crossroads...

Historic Caravan Unesco Mauritania

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Tafilalt Oasis

Tafilalt is a large oasis region in southeastern Morocco, centered along the Ziz River and associated with settlements i...

Historic Morocco Eastern Date Palms

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Dakhla Oasis

Dakhla Oasis is a group of settlements and cultivated areas in Egypt's Western Desert, between the oases of Farafra and...

Natural Historic Egypt Sahara

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Ubari Oasis

Ubari is an oasis town in the Fezzan region of southwestern Libya, near the dune fields of the Ubari Sand Sea. The surro...

Scenic Libya Sahara Fezzan

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Nefta Oasis

Nefta is a town and oasis in southwestern Tunisia, near the Algerian border and the Chott el Djerid salt lake. Its histo...

Tunisia Springs Sahara Date Palms

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Timimoun Oasis

Timimoun Oasis is an Algerian oasis town in Adrar Province known as the 'Red Oasis' for its distinctive red-ochre archit...

Scenic Algeria Sahara Red Oasis

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Oualata Oasis

Oualata is a historic oasis town in southeastern Mauritania that developed as a Saharan caravan, religious, and scholarl...

Historic Caravan Unesco Mauritania

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Wadi El Natrun

Wadi El Natrun is a desert valley in northern Egypt, west of the Nile Delta, containing alkaline lakes rich in natron sa...

Natural Monastic Egypt Sahara

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Biskra Oasis

Biskra Oasis is an Algerian oasis city at the northern edge of the Sahara in Biskra Province, historically known as the...

Gateway Tourism Algeria Sahara

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Erfoud Oasis

Erfoud Oasis is a Moroccan oasis town in Errachidia Province at the edge of the Sahara, widely known as the gateway to t...

Morocco Fossils Sahara Date Palms

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