A country · 22 places · 8 regions
Chad, all of it.
22 curated places across 8 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.
The 4 biggest regions — Ennedi Region, Ennedi-Ouest, N'Djamena and Moyen-Chari Region — read below as chapters, with 4 more waiting past them.
Chapter I · Ennedi Region · 3 places
Ennedi Region
Eighteen lakes glitter improbably in the hyper-arid heart of the Sahara, fed by ancient groundwater in Chad's Ennedi region. The Ounianga Kebir group holds four salty lakes, led by 358-hectare, 27-metre-deep Lake Yoan; forty kilometres away, the fourteen lakes of Ounianga Serir lie between dunes, their surfaces half-covered by floating reeds that slow evaporation and fresh enough in places for fish to thrive. UNESCO inscribed the 62,808-hectare site in 2012.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter II · Ennedi-Ouest · 3 places
Ennedi-Ouest
This sandstone plateau in the Sahara is riddled with arches, canyons and hidden desert lakes. Its rock walls hold thousands of years of prehistoric art amid a stark, sculptural landscape.
✦ November to February · $$
Chapter III · N'Djamena · 3 places
N'Djamena
The National Museum of Chad in N'Djamena preserves the country's archaeological and ethnographic heritage, most famously casts and displays related to the ancient hominid fossils discovered in the Djurab desert. Its galleries present prehistoric finds, traditional artefacts, musical instruments and objects illustrating the many ethnic groups of the vast Sahelian nation. The museum links the deep human past of the region, including some of the oldest hominid remains known, to the living cultures of modern Chad.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter IV · Moyen-Chari Region · 2 places
Moyen-Chari Region
Chad's southern cotton city sits amid green savanna near the Chari River. It serves as a base for reaching the wildlife-rich reserves of the country's south.
✦ November to February
Regions of Chad
Every place in Chad
