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Chad's appeal lies in raw, rarely visited landscapes: the wind-carved sandstone arches and hidden rock-art canyons of the Ennedi Massif, Saharan dunes giving way to the marshes of Lake Chad, and the wildlife-rich savanna of Zakouma National Park, where elephant herds still roam in real numbers. Travel here is demanding and infrastructure is thin, keeping it far from any usual circuit — but for those who make the journey, the reward is genuine wilderness and Sahelian herding communities largely untouched by tourism.
Main destinations
Food & drink to try
Boule
Millet or sorghum dough rolled into a ball and dipped into sauce with the hand.
Daraba
Okra, spinach and sweet potato cooked with peanut butter into a thick stew.
Nashif
Diced beef fried with onion, tomato and pepper, eaten with bread.