Ennedi Plateau

The Ennedi Plateau is a sandstone plateau in Saharan Chad and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. About 50,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi), a large portion of the Ennedi Plateau, was designated as the Ennedi Natural and Cultural Reserve by the Chadian government in January 2019. == Understand == The Ennedi Plateau is as Sahara as Sahara gets. See the camels drink at the gueltas. View the rock paintings. This is Sahara life encapsulated. The plateau experienced a brief burst in tourism in the late 1990/early 2000s, when French airlines started running tourist routes to Faya. Following jihadist activity in the Sahel, those flights were canceled. The area can now be considered more-or-less untraveled. == Get in == As of 2023, absent flights to Faya, you'll be booking a tour from N'Djamena. The Ennedi Plateau is usually safer and more stable than, say, the Tibesti Mountains, but regular cautions apply. Always check the prevailing political situation Saharan Chad – searching news sources is a good idea. If things are unstable, don't go, bide your time. Don't rely on your tour operators (who would like your money) to warn you away. == See and do == Guelta d'Archei Perhaps the most iconic of Saharan waterholes Rock art From the second century AD to 1000 AD == Buy == == Eat == == Drink == == Sleep == == Go next ==