The settlement lies in a small valley, north of the Day Forest National Park in the Goda Mountains.

Randa has played an important role in trade between the port of Tadjoura, and the hinterland, once dynamic and prosperous possessing a well on its bed of wadi which crossed it and has one of the mildest climates in Djibouti.

The beginning of the civil conflict in December 1991, when the FRUD rebels captured Randa and neighbouring towns.

The settlement lies in a small valley, north of the RN-11 road which leaves the coast to the south to head west towards Dorra.

Due to the fertility of the region, experienced in many years, wild mammals such as gazelle and mountain goats migrate to the area either to breed or to live and graze on the grassland savannah.