Djeffara Plain

Between Gabès to the north and the Libyan frontier to the south extends the desertic steppe country of the Djeffara plain, which has been since the seventh century the home of Arab and Arabised semi-nomads, whose tents can still occasionally be seen. Numbers of deserted ghorfas show, however, that the centuries-old way of life of the nomads belongs to the past. The ghorfas are now falling into ruin or, here and there, being restored and refurbished for the benefit of tourists.