Attention: Camel Crossing, Tunisia |
Route P16 from Tozeur to Tamerza, one of 3 interesting villages near the Algerian border NW of Tozeur |
Approaching the mountains near Tamerza |
The oasis at the village of Chebika |
Circuit Touristique de Chebika |
Chebika |
The main road continuing into the moutains |
Switchback road up the mountain enroute to Tamerza |
View from the overlook enroute to Tamerza |
Too bad we had such a hazy day... |
French style mile marker |
Panorama, Tamerza |
Dad touring Tunisia |
Dad and Slim |
The other side of the pass heading to Tamerza |
Desert waterfall, Tamerza |
Desert waterfall, Tamerza |
Desert waterfall, Tamerza |
Canyon with a waterfall and small river |
Greenery in a desert canyon outside Tamerza |
Canyon, Tamerza |
Canyon, Tamerza |
Souvenir vendors at the waterfall in Tamerza |
City of Tamerza Welcomes You |
Slim, Tamerza |
Closer to the center of the village of Tamerza is a 2nd small waterfall |
Oasis, Tamerza |
Stream, Tamerza |
Dad, Tamerza |
Stuffed reptiles for sale to tourists, Tamerza |
Stuffed lizards for sale to tourists, Tunisia |
Ducks look out of place in Southern Tunisia |
Ducks at the pool below the waterfall |
The smaller of the waterfalls at Tamerza |
Handicrafts, Tamerza |
OMG a trash can! |
Cafe set up near the waterfall, Tamerza |
Tunisian playing a bagpipe which has an uncanny resemblance to a sheep |
Tourist cafe at the waterfall, Tamerza |
Vegetation around the waterfall |
Part of the modern village of Tamerza |
Public art, Tamerza |
The very nice Tamerza Palace Hotel |
German registered 4x4, Tamerza |
The pool at the Tamerza Palace Hotel |
Slim on the patio around the pool of the Tamerza Palace |
View of the ruins of the old mudbrick village of Tamerza destroyed by heavy rains and flooding in 1969 |
Ruins of old Tamerza from the patio of the Tamerza Palace Hotel |
Ruins of old Tamerza from the patio of the Tamerza Palace Hotel |
A large palm growing in a courtyard, old Tamerza |
Ruins of the old village of Tamerza |
Ruins of the old village of Tamerza |
Monument in the form of a map of Tunisia with Tamerza depicted |
A short drive past Tamerza is the 3rd of the villages, Mides |
Gorge at Mides |
The gorge at Mides ends abruptly |
Oasis, Midès |
Gorge, Mides |
The old abandoned village of Mides sits on a promontory above the gorge |
The old abandoned village of Mides sits on a promontory above the gorge |
Ruins of the old village of Mides |
Deep gorge at Mides |
Tourgroup, Mides |
Gorge and village, Mides |
Gorge and village, Mides |
Near the end of the gorge, Mides |
Bakseesh boys on a donkey |
Au Revoir |
8 km to the Algerian border |
Sign pointing across the desert to the Algerian border |
Crossing back over the mountains headed towards Tozeur |
Milemarker for Tozeur |