Somaliland Travel & Tourism Agency

Laas Geel roughly means “camel watering hold” Laas Gaal cave paintings. It is believed that a small number of tourists travel to the country to witness this sight. The paintings are situated near Hargeisa and were discovered by a French archaeological team in 2002. The government and locals keep the cave paintings safe and only a restricted number of tourists are allowed Is a complex of caves and rock shelters famous for its recent discovery of cave paintings, Laas Gaal contains some of the earliest known art in the Horn of Africa and the African continent in general, dating back to somewhere 9000 BC.