Where is the closest to western Europe to see desert mountains with slot canyons?

Where is the closest to western Europe to see desert mountains with slot canyons?

6/10/2015 2:10:10 PM

There are many other landscapes in the Sahara, although I am not sure whether any of them really fits the bill. I suspect most of it is actually more arid than the American West (but you could perhaps find some similarity with the Death Valley).

Here are a few suggestions (not that most of these places is easy to reach or can boast of any significant tourism infrastructure).

Gueltas

In particular the Guelta d’Archei in Chad. It’s a desert canyon but the dromedaries are obviously not typical of the American West.

Guelta d'Archei

Desert plateau with butte

You can find buttes and mesas, other typical landforms of the US west, in the Sahara. For example on the Assekrem plateau (Algeria) in the Hoggar mountains.

Assekrem

Other ideas

Maybe something in Djibouti or the Wadi Rum in Jordan? Also, Saklıkent Canyon in Turkey (not very arid, perhaps slightly reminiscent of Zion canyon, although I am not sure whether that’s what you are after).

Here is Petra in Jordan (which is of course famous for its rock-cut architecture, again not necessarily something you would associate with the American West):

Petra (Jordan)

(All pictures are from Wikimedia Commons: Guelta d’Archei, Assekrem, Petra)

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