Become a host in Oum El Bouaghi

Where travelers stay — Oum El Bouaghi

Oum El Bouaghi is a Constantine high-plateau wilaya, 480 km east of Algiers. At 850 m altitude, it's an agricultural and pastoral wilaya little known to tourism, but home to one of Algeria's largest salt lakes: Garaet El Tarf (sebkha), refuge of migratory birds and spectacular lunar landscape. The region also offers infinite cereal plateaus, pine forests, and the memory of Massinissa's resistance, Numidian king of the 2nd century BC whose traces the wilaya retains. For travelers seeking contrasting landscapes (salt lake, plateaus, forests) away from tourist circuits, it's a wilaya to discover.

• 📍Garaet El Tarf — Spectacular salt lake (220 km²), migratory birds (flamingos), lunar summer landscape
• 📍Cereal Plateaus — Vast agricultural expanses, seasonal transhumance, golden summer landscapes
• 📍Numidian and Roman Remains — Scattered archaeological sites, traces of ancient Numidia
• 📍Djebel Bou Arrigueb Forests — Highland wooded massif, hiking trails and summer freshness
• 📍Thermal Springs — Traditional hammams in surrounding massifs, popular cures
• 📍Historic Oum El Bouaghi Mosque — Ottoman and colonial architecture, community prayer site