Day 6 aka day 3 of hiking. That peak in the back was out summit for the day. It actually was not as far as it looks. Took maybe an hour.
Then we walked through Tunisias UNESCO geopark. This is protected historic land. There are only three of these in all of Africa.
14 varieties of cactus in Tunisia. They all come from Mexico. But are important for their heritage and is used for borders of land in the North as well as fruit to eat. This picture is a prickly pear cactus.
Overall, we were out for about 4.5 hours, hiking maybe 3 today. Then we hopped on the bus to take us a little north and further west into the sand desert.
Camel siting on the side of the road!
Tunisia’s largest produce production is first olives then dates. So as we are heading towards the desert there becomes hundreds of farms of date palms. Our guide called them oasis but it’s basically a farm.
The farms are encouraged by the government to prevent the sand from spreading. There is a little bit of water in the area that allows them to grow fine.
Sand from the Sahara is so fine that when it blows it travels far! As far as the Amazon forest in Brazil. Now, some of the vegetation in the Amazon rely on the minerals brought from this sand to grow!
Below is our camp for the next night. It’s a fixed camp on the edge of the desert. Thankfully we still have running water and electricity 😅
Tomorrow we off to hike and tent camp on the dunes. No running water, not electricity, and no internet. So you’ll have to wait an extra day for the next post! Wish us luck!
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