Chad’s large size spans three geographic areas; the Sahara Desert in the North, Sudanian Savanna in the South and the Sahel in the middle. The capital, N’Djamena straddles the Savanna and Sahel close to the border of Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger. In the Sudanian Savanna region of Salamat, the Zakouma National Park having suffered through years of conflict is seeing numbers of elephants and lions calling the park home slowly increase. The real highlights are however in the Saharan desert to the North. Among the maze of gorges, passages and canyons, of the Ennedi Plateau nomadic herders bring their camels to drink in crocodile infested pools while resting under shelters decorated with ancient cave paintings. The Tibesti Mountains found in a barren landscape littered with craters and salt pits gives a moon-like feel among the wadis and high mountainous peaks.
