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Parc national / Ben Arous

Boukornine National Park

Parc national
Ben Arous
Superficie
19.39KM2
Protégée
1987

The twin-horned mountain above Hammam Lif, half an hour from Tunis, protected for a Mediterranean flora that includes plants found nowhere else in North Africa. Paths climb through pine and carob to the 576 m summit and a wide view over the Gulf of Tunis.

Règles

UN PERMIS EST NÉCESSAIRE POUR LA VISITE

PERMIS
Entry to a Tunisian national park is arranged through the Direction Generale des Forets; a written request to the DGF or the regional forestry commissariat is normally answered in three to five working days. Day walkers on the main path from Hammam Lif are generally admitted at the gate.
GUIDE
Not required; the summit path is waymarked and takes two to three hours there and back.
SAISON
Best from October to May. The forest is closed or restricted on high fire-risk days in summer.
RÈGLES
No fires and no flower picking; the cyclamen and orchids are protected. Keep to the paths.

Bon à savoir

Habitat
Mediterranean forest and maquis of Aleppo pine, carob, juniper and cypress on limestone
Wildlife
Around 25 mammals including wild boar, jackal, wildcat and porcupine, plus the Etruscan shrew; over 200 plant species, among them the Persian cyclamen
Summit
Jebel Boukornine, 576 m, with a view over Tunis and Cap Bon
Getting there
Above Hammam Lif, about 15 km southeast of Tunis

Lieux à l'intérieur

Photographies

Sources

Photos : Selma Jmii (CC BY-SA 4.0), Touzrimounir (CC BY-SA 4.0)