Grand Erg Oriental

Ouargla · Algeria

Grand Erg Oriental, Algeria
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Best time to go
November to March
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One of the great sand seas of the Sahara, this enormous erg stretches across southeastern Algeria into Tunisia. Its endless ridges of dunes shift constantly under desert winds.

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