Bardaï (Arabic: برداي) is a small town and oasis in the extreme north of Chad.

The first European who reported Bardaï was the German explorer Gustav Nachtigal.

He reached Bardaï on 8 August 1869,[1] but had to flee on 3–4 September because of the hostile attitude of the local Toubou population.

[2] Bardaï came to international attention in 1974, when a rebel group, led by Hissène Habré, attacked the town and captured a French archaeologist, Françoise Claustre, and two other European citizens.

[4][5] An opposition government led by Goukouni Oueddei was established here with Libyan military backing in the early 1980s.