L’Oasis sacrée d’oum Lâalag

L’Oasis sacrée d’oum Lâalag
L’Oasis sacrée d’oum Lâalag

L’Oasis sacrée d’oum Lâalag is located 50 kilometers southwest of M'Hamid El Ghizlane in Morocco at the old piste to Timbuktu, only a few kilometers from the border of Algeria.

The oasis is approximately 15 hectares in size and is presumed holy by the nomads, because it contains the most valuable resource of the desert: water.[1] According to local beliefs, a fairy lives at its source. A bivouac camp site is available in the oasis, which offers ecologically sustainable tourism. The high dunes of Erg Chegaga can be reached by camel or 4x4 off-road vehicles.[1]

The oasis is part of the 123,000-hectare national park Iriqui, which was set up in 1994. In its vicinity live houbara bustards, ostrichs, barbary sheep, dorcas gazelles, oryxes and hyenas.[1]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sylvie Jourjon: L’Oasis Sacrée d’Oum Lâalag. 5 December 2012 (French).

Coordinates: 29°52′54″N 6°07′11″W / 29.881751°N 6.119728°W