SóoLeaving Tiagua and continuing north through the small hamlet of Muñique, with its traditional rural houses lined up along the road, we traverse the sandy plain of El Jable, just south of the sleepy village of Sóo.
Characterized by flat dunes of fine sand, which – due to constant northerly trade winds – are continuously moving, this low plain is well-known to bird-watchers, as desert species, such as Trumpeter Finch, Houbara Bustard, Stone Curlew and Cream-Coloured Courser, just to name a few, can be best observed here. The area around Sóo, which for its whitewashed, low houses has a distinct desert village aspect, is cultivated with vegetables, pumpkins and watermelons. In some spots still thrives the Hottentot fig flower, with which this plain was overgrown in former times. |
