Adrar n Ifhogas

The Adrar n Ifhogas is a rugged Saharan massif of rocky hills and dry valleys north of the Niger bend. Its mountains have long been home to Tuareg communities, whose herds move between scattered pasture and wells. Routes through the massif connected Gao with the northern Sahara, passing the old trading town of Tadmekka. Rock engravings found among these hills bear witness to peoples and animals of earlier ages, when the desert landscape supported different ways of life.