Sahara desert is about 5000 km. stretching from east to west. This desert covers around 9,000,000 square kilometers. Sahara Desert and Kalahari Desert are the two major deserts of Africa that draw large number of people from all over the world. These deserts are home to many historical monuments and are embellished with sand dunes. The Sahara Desert is also major Africa Tourist Attractions and you can choose for tours of this desert and enjoy spectacular glimpses of the never ending sand dunes as well as the blinding sand storms.

The Sahara desert stretching across North Africa from Morocco, through Algeria to Tunisia is the size of the USA but only about 25% sand. The rest is composed of volcanic hills, rock and gravel plains and some vegetation which is home to around 300 species of bird
and animals such as mongooses, snakes, jackals, hares, deer, foxes and even baboons. .

Some of the mountains in the Sahara desert are so high that they even have snow at their peaks.