Jebil National Park

About 80 km south of Douz, Tunisia’s second-largest national park covers 150,000 hectares of the Grand Erg Oriental: high dunes, rocky outcrops and dry riverbeds where gazelles still live.

History

Protected since 1984 and made a national park in 1994.

Customs

Only with a 4x4, an experienced driver and a permit. Never go alone into the erg.

Food

Bread baked in the sand ("khobz mella") around the evening fire.

Best time

November to March. Nights are cold.

An enclosure of 77 km² is used to breed the addax, a desert antelope almost extinct in the wild.