NOMADETRIPA SAHARAN FIELD GUIDE
An illustrative Saharan landscape of dunes, palms and earthen buildings, framed by torn paper

01 / The places collection

Every place,
a story.

An atlas of oases, villages and desert landscapes.
Begin somewhere. Follow the connections.

Explore the places

A field guide to
the edge of the Sahara.

Begin with the landscape

A landscape of connections.

Follow a river, find an oasis,
linger in a village.

Illustrative atlas of the Draa Valley, M’Hamid and Erg Chegaga, with ink-drawn mountains, palms and dunes. Not to scale.
An illustrative atlas · Not to scale or for navigation
A broad desert landscape near M’Hamid, photographed by Richard Allaway in October 2019

From the atlas / 01

M’Hamid El Ghizlane

Our starting point, between the palm groves and the open desert.

Photo: Richard Allaway · CC BY 2.0 · Cropped; full credits in article

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05 entries

Research editions · Read every entry in full

From the field notes / Research editionM’Hamid El Ghizlane: An introduction.Read the illustrated introduction From the field notes / Research editionErg Chegaga: Beyond M’Hamid.Read the illustrated article