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Tuareg People of the Sahara

Listed under Traditional Cultures in Al Qubbah, Libya.

These nomadic people are the Sahara’s main inhabitants and have been travelling the desert in their camel caravans for over two thousand years. Their lands once spread out across most of central north Africa and they protected it fiercely from invasion, but their way of life is now in decline. Travelling with them offers a total emersion into the regal grace and silence of their desert traditions.

Written by World Reviewer Staff.

“A final family fling in Libya”

By Martin Fletcher for The Times First published August 28, 2008 ...We were greeted at Tripoli airport by our guide, Saeed, 59, who turned out to be delightful; our minder, Saif, a singularly unmenacing 22-year-old; and warm sunshine. On our first day … Read more...

Written by press. See the full article in The Times, 28 August 2008

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Tuareg People of the Sahara

“A final family fling in Libya”