Théniet El Had National Park

Kef Siga, at 1,784 meters, is the next highest point, and is distinguished by a massive rock on top of which a giant "parasol" cedar stands out conspicuously.

The park starts by a wide clearing beside Theniet El Had, encircled by centuries-old cedars, a genuine sea of greenery.

Locals refer to the cedar forest as "El Meddad" It contains multiple ferruginous carbonate springs with a temperature of 12°, which are suggested for intestinal disorders and ulcers (Ain Harhar, Tirsout, Ouertane, Djèdj El-Ma, Sidi Abdoun - Sulphurous water).

Currently, it is housed in an impressive structure that is a work of modern design, rising 1,100 meters above the surrounding landscape and nestled in the center of a cedar forest.

Guy de Maupassant wrote: "But what left me with the dearest memories of this excursion were the afternoon walks along the slightly wooded paths on these rolling hillsides from where one overlooks an immense undulating and tawny country from the blue sea to the Ouarsenis mountain range which bears on its peaks the cedar forest of Téniet-el-Had"- Allouma, by Guy de Maupassant.

Vegetation of the Park