Aïn Taïba

'Aïn Taïba (or Hassi Taïba) is an oasis and pit cave in Algeria.

Location
Aïn Taïba is about 190 km south of Ouargla and about 250 km north of Bordj Omar Driss, in the middle of the desert. It is 231 m above sea level. It is a water hole with a perimeter of about 100 m.

History
Aïn Taïba was known to nineteenth-century explorers as the only water source in the Issaouane Erg (Grande Erg Orientale) dune massif. It was therefore a necessary stopping place. Among others the oasis was visited by Fernand Foureau, Ismaël Bou Derba, Paul Flatters and Gaston Méry.