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Parc national / Bizerte

Ichkeul National Park

Parc national
Bizerte
Superficie
126KM2
Protégée
1980

A shallow brackish lake and its marshes under the limestone bulk of Jebel Ichkeul, the last survivor of a chain of North African lakes that once drew wintering waterfowl from across Europe. Hundreds of thousands of ducks, geese, coots and flamingos use it in winter; an ecomuseum at the entrance explains the hydrology and the damage done by upstream dams.

Règles

UN PERMIS EST NÉCESSAIRE POUR LA VISITE

PERMIS
No permit for the visitor entrance and the museum; guided group visits are usually cleared in advance with the DGF or the ANPE.
GUIDE
Not required. Park staff guide groups on request, and a guide helps for the bird hides and the hill paths.
TARIF
About 5 TND, covering the park and the ecomuseum.
SAISON
Open all year. Waterbirds peak from November to February; the lake shrinks and turns saline in late summer.
RÈGLES
Stay on the marked tracks around the lake shore and the Jebel; the reedbeds and the flooded margins are off limits to vehicles.

Bon à savoir

Habitat
Brackish lake, seasonally flooded marsh, reedbeds and a limestone massif rising to 511 m
Wildlife
Wintering ducks, greylag geese, coots and greater flamingos; water buffalo, wild boar and porcupine on the Jebel
Status
UNESCO World Heritage Site and Ramsar site 213, both since 1980; on the World Heritage in Danger list from 1996 to 2006
Getting there
About 25 km southwest of Bizerte, near Tinja

Lieux à l'intérieur

Photographies

Sources

Photos : Oussama lahiani (CC BY-SA 3.0), Anisbgs (CC BY-SA 3.0), Hamed gamaoun (CC BY-SA 3.0)