DesertModerate
Essential Ennedi
Eight days in the heart of the massif, flying in to Fada so that all the time goes to the ground.
- Duration
- 8 days
- Group size
- 4–10
The Ennedi Massif
Guelta of Bachikélé
Less hemmed in than Archei, fringed with palms and borassus, with clear water and a baboon colony living in the cliffs.
Natural siteUNESCO World Heritage 2016
- Coordinates
- 16.5056° N, 22.3556° E
- Natural site
- The Ennedi Massif
History
Another guelta, another atmosphere. Wider than Archei, the Bachikélé guelta is fringed with palms and tropical trees. The glowing cliffs around the canyon are home to a baboon colony that thinks nothing of coming down into the guelta and climbing the borassus trunks to eat the fruit.
Its water is clear and cool, with grass along the edges. The herds drink from the stream downstream, which keeps the spring basin itself clean — unlike Archei, where animals drink directly from the guelta.
Coordinates recorded on site: N 16°30'20", E 22°21'20".
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