Lake Iriqui
Lac Iriqui
A dried lake bed in Iriqui National Park, as flat as a mirror and suitable for speeding in four-wheel-drive vehicles. Mirages are common at midday.
Lake Iriqui dried up after the Draa River changed course, leaving a hard, flat white lake bed. Four-wheel-drive vehicles can race across it, and mirages often appear at midday. It lies between Erg Chigaga and Foum Zguid, and most two-day Chigaga tours pass it on the return journey. It is also a wildlife reserve. There are no supplies here, so you can only visit as part of a four-wheel-drive tour.
Opening hours
Open all day (with 4WD tour)
Nearby sights
- Erg Chegaga
- Tombouctou 52 Jours Sign
- Draa Valley Palm Groves & Amezrou
- M'Hamid El Ghizlane
- Jebel Zagora
- Ksar Tissergate
- Erg Lihoudi
- Ouled Driss Kasbah