The Sahara strikes us as an eternal inferno of dunes and blue sky ... This is the Sahara of dread. A waterless sea of sand and stone, where scorpions infest, vipers slither, and the sun has ...

and 4x4 dune-bashing in the Great Sand Sea that surrounds the oasis. And then taking the edge off the Sahara heat by soaking in freshwater lakes and springs, including the legendary Cleopatra’s ...

dune fields that rise and fall like violent seas, and mammoth outcroppings of glassy marble and obsidian that breach the sand like extinct sea creatures. Countless generations of Tuareg warriors ...

And there is something intriguing about miles of sand dunes that seem to be going forever. Africa has nine deserts in total but none are arguably as famous as the Sahara. The Sahara is the ...

The dunes were formed over thousands of years from sand blown over from the neighbouring Sahara Desert. Today, some of the dunes reach up to 10 metres high and are home to a variety of plant species.