Ubari

The Ubari Lakes are a scatter of small saline pools lying between enormous dunes in the Ubari Sand Sea, remnants of a far larger lake that filled the Fezzan when the Sahara was green. Around a dozen survive, ringed by palms and reeds, and several are saltier than the sea, so a swimmer floats without effort. Gabraoun and Umm al-Maa are the best known, and a Dawada community once lived beside them harvesting brine shrimp. The lakes are reached by four wheel drive across the dunes and are usually visited with an overnight camp.