Terjit Oasis

Terjit is an oasis 45 km by road south of Atar, the capital of the Adrar Region deep in the Saharan Desert of Mauritania. The Terjit Oasis is nestled in a gorge on the western edge of the Adrar plateau, covered by a rich palm grove stretching a few hundred meters alongside a stream which emerges from a spring. The oasis was known to the locals as paradise in hell. For hundreds of years it had been a place of rest and shelter for caravans and insanely brave lone wayfarers who decided to travel through the vast Sahara Desert.