Name: Chebika Mountain Oasis
Address: A 70 kms de Tozeur, Tozeur
Rating: 5.0000

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Famous mountain oasis

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Chebika is, along with Tamerza and Midès, one of the three most famous mountain oasis in Tunisia. Its main attraction is a picturesque fountain, located at the bottom of an old Berber village, with small palm trees and a waterfall. It feeds a few underground streams and a network of underground channels that supply wells, through which fruit trees are grown in an otherwise completely barren territory. This oasis owes its prosperity to a sophisticated irrigation system that ensures balance and keeps an equitable distribution of water to all fields. There was a curious room (behind the public toilets) which had a peculiar clock consisting of two pitchers that were hung on strings at different heights to allow the water out from one to the other.

Based on the time it took to fill the bottom pot, a gate opened or closed the irrigation system. The best way to explore Chebika and the palms is up the rocky path that leads to the ruins of the old city, where there is a magnificent view of the Lower Atlas mountains, forming a canyon of 150 m high with palms at the bottom. Then you go down rock stairs to a beautiful canyon. The path leads to a small waterfall that feeds a spring. Return via the path that runs along the canyon and climb the stairs again. Upstairs is a "touristy" area with stalls selling drinks and souvenirs. We came up here on a 4x4 trip that we hired in Nefta.

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Mountain Oasis, Chebika

Chebika is a mountain oasis that's nestled in the south of Tunis, west of Tozeur. It was really very surprising to find this oasis up there in the mountains. A small stream fed by an ingenious system of drainage channels that run throughout the site. It is an amazing place, perfect for a Sunday family.