An aerial view of the the fortress of Djaba near Djado.
A long trek across the desert of northeastern Niger brings the visitor to one of the most astonishing and rewarding sights in the Sahel: Fortified villages of salt and clay perched on rocks with the Saharan sands laying siege below.
Generations of travellers have stood before the “ksars” of Djado (twinned with Djaba), wondering at their crenelated walls, watchtowers, secretive passages and wells, all of them testifying to a skilled but unknown hand.
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