Aïn Taïba
'Aïn Taïba (or Hassi Taïba) is an oasis and pit cave in Algeria. Location. Aïn Taïba is about south of Ouargla and about north of Bordj Omar Driss, in the middle of the desert. It is above sea level. It is a water hole with a perimeter of about . History. Aïn Taïba was known to nineteenth-century explorers as the only water point in the Issaouane Erg (Grande Erg Orientale) dune massif. It was therefore a necessary stopping place. Among others the oasis was visited by Fernand Foureau, Ismaël Bou Derba, Paul Flatters and Gaston Méry. Aïn Taïba