Extract from Kenton Rogers’ blog about his recent expedition to Algeria
“There are trees in the middle of the Sahara, high up on the rugged Tassili N’ajjer Plateau, Algeria. Not only that but they are reputed to be huge and, there are only 233 left in the wild. They are an IUCN critically endangered species, first seen by western eyes in 1863 but not verified until 1924 by Capt Duprez, a french commander at Fort Chalet at the foot of the Plateau. The fact these trees are so inaccessible has aided their survival. But these trees grow in such inhospitable conditions the fact that there are any left at all is testament to their hardiness.
I am awoken by the natural light of the dawn to the sound of Ahled packing the donkeys with kit. Clanging saucepans, braying, hooves scuffing the ground. This is the first time I’ve seen my surroundings and I am awestruck by the sheer sided cliffs that surround us. Yosef has lit a fire and is making toast and Wawa is repeatedly pouring tea from teapot to glass and back again whilst singing to himself in Tamashek (I presume).” Read more about Kenton’s visit to the trees in Algeria here http://journals.worldnomads.com/kenton/trip/10702.aspx.
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