The biggest camel market in the North Africa

Birqash - a small village on the edge of the Sahara desert, where there is the largest camel market in the whole of North Africa.

The majority of the animals are brought up the 40 Days Road from Western Sudan, to just North of Abu Simbel in Nubia, Upper Egypt, by camel herders. From there, the camels are taken to Daraw camel market in Upper Egypt. Unsold camels are then taken in trucks for the 24-hour journey to Birqash camel market in Lower Egypt. In addition to those from Sudan, there are camels from various parts of Egypt (including Sinai, The West and The South) and sometimes from as far away as Somalia and Libya.