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Country Guide > Africa > Chad


Lake Chad

This was once the centre of Africa’s lucrative salt trade but is now shrinking (literally) and sparsely populated. The lake is best seen during the August to December period, when the water level is highest and the occasional hippo or crocodile can be seen drifting by.
   
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