The waterfall
And clear pools.
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A small mountain oasis at the foot of Jebel en Negueb, about eight kilometres from the Algerian border. It is called Qasr el-Shams, the Palace of the Sun, because the sun lights its rocks first; in Roman times it was a frontier post called Ad Speculum, and later a Berber mountain refuge. Water rises from a spring in the mountains north-east of the village and tumbles in small waterfalls and clear pools between the rocks before reaching the oasis and watering its palms. Visitors follow a short path up the narrow gorge to the falls and pools. Above the gorge stand the remains of the old mud-and-stone village, abandoned after the floods of 1969, and from the top of the rocks you look over the green oasis and the salt plain stretching south. Chebika is usually visited with Tamerza and Mides on the mountain-oasis circuit by 4x4 from Tozeur. Entry is free; the path is rocky, so wear suitable shoes.
And clear pools.
Abandoned after 1969.
Over oasis and plain.
Jebel en Negueb, about 60 km north-west of Tozeur, near the Algerian border
On one 4x4 tour from Tozeur, taking half a day to a full day.