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Parc national / Kasserine and Sidi Bouzid

Jebel Mghila National Park

Parc national
Kasserine and Sidi Bouzid
Superficie
162KM2
Protégée
2010

A high steppe massif on the Kasserine and Sidi Bouzid border, made a national park in 2010 for its mountain wildlife and its fossil beds, which produced the first plesiosaur found in Tunisia. The mountain has been a closed military zone in recent years.

Règles

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PERMIS
Yes, from the Direction Generale des Forets. Mount Mghila has also been listed among the closed military zones of central Tunisia, so clearance from the authorities is essential.
GUIDE
Required in practice; do not walk in unaccompanied.
SAISON
Spring and autumn, subject to the security situation.
RÈGLES
Check the current status before travelling; access to the massif has been barred during army operations.

Bon à savoir

Habitat
Limestone mountain steppe with Aleppo pine and esparto
Wildlife
123 vertebrate species recorded, among them genet, mongoose, striped hyena, fox and several eagles
Fossils
Twenty-two ammonite species and the first plesiosaur described from Tunisia

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Sources

Photos : Jaume Olle (CC BY 3.0)