Mount Zaghouan Hike In Zaghouan, Tunisia
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- 05 Oct 2022
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One of the best adventures you can have in Tunisia is found on top of Zaghouan after completing the 10km hike to Djebel Zaghouan in central Tunisia. The 20km round-trip is sure to test your stamina although the views of the mountainous region are worth all of the effort. Rocky terrain clambering and some bouldering is the skill-level required to make it to the top although there are a number of great rock-climbing sites in the area as a separate activity.
MOUNT ZAGHOUAN HIKE
HOW TO GET TO MOUNT ZAGHOUAN (DJEBEL ZAGHOUAN)
Before you can even start to think about tying up the laces on your hiking boots, you first need to make your way to Zaghouan. If you are in Tunis, you can take a taxi or a louage (shared car). I found the public transport a bit unreliable and often hard to figure out when and what will be coming. If you are a local, this may be easier to organize.
I was coming from the south and my louage dropped me at Enfidah, I then caught a local bus to Zaghouan and then finally a taxi to Dar Zaghouan, my hotel.
Once you are in Zaghouan, you will then need to head to the trailhead, which among many spots is generally known as the Water Temple. It really depends if you have a car or not but I have included my GPS map below and included the link for download here.
As you can see on the map below ‘Parc Temple Des Eaux’ is about where we started but the road does continue all the way to the ‘Temple’, which is a secondary, unofficial temple. You can drive here, park, and cut your hike in half but let’s just see it’s not the ‘real’ hike if you do that. The bottom line is you can start the journey from the ‘Parc Temple Des Eaux’ or the ‘Water Temple’.
HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR PERMIT AND GUIDE FOR MOUNT ZAGHOUAN
Djebel Zaghouan is actually in a National Park. There are quite a few rules that surround this region because, during the Arab Spring Uprising, the mountains were seen as a dangerous place for certain organization to hide and get up to no good. Now it is very safe but a lot of rules still apply. The two that will impact you the most is the need to obtain a permit for your hike. Read More…
