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Across Chott El Djerid | Tunisia

January 23 2020

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Riding across Chott El Djerid in a lounge. Part of a mini-guide to backpacking in Tunisia on the cheap.
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Tozeur:

Getting here is half the fun. Not cos you have to wait a week for transport but because you get to cross Chott El Djerid. A salt lake and the lowest point in Tunisia @ -17m/-55.8ft.
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You don't need a specially adapted vehicle. You don't need to take a tour. All you have to do is to take a louage from Kibili as they built a perfectly good 2 lane highway across it.

You can actually drive on the salt flats but the surface isn't always firm so it's not recommended.
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It's just a unique experience. I came up from Douz, made a change in Kebili and carried on to Tozeur.

Chott El Djerid is a large endorheic salt lake, meaning there is no outflow to rivers or oceans, only evaporation.

In Arabic: شط الجريد‎ Šoṭṭ el-Jarīd and translates as 'Lagoon of the Land of Palms'.

I made a short 20-second video. It's totally crap but it gives you the idea:
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