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Private Three day Desert Experience Tour
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3 to 5 days (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in:
English
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- English
- French
This 3 day desert tour, which includes a night under the stars at a tented encampment, is available to holidaymakers staying at any hotel in the resorts of Hammamet, Hammamet Yasmine, Port El Kantaoui, Sousse and Skanes and Mahdia.
What's Included
Hotel pickup and drop-off
2 nights accommodation
Bottled water
Driver/guide
Meals as per itinerary (B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner)
Transport by private vehicle
Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
Drinks
Gratuities
Meeting and pickup
Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout
(multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:
Guest house , vacation rentals
OR
Meeting point
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What to expect
Itinerary:
Day 1. Resort Hotel/Kairouan/Gabes/Medenine/Tataouine
Early morning departure from your resort hotel and travel to the Holy City of Kairouan which was
declared a UNESCO World Cultural site in 1988.Visit the Great Mosque, the Mosque of the Three
Doors in the Medina and the souks. Travel south to the maritime oasis town of Gabes take lunch and
visit the Spice Market. Continue journey via Medenine (the area is dotted with ksars, the local name
for the Berber fortresses, and ghorfas, which once housed the grains of the Berbers) to Tataouine.
Dinner and overnight in Tataouine.
Day 2. Tataouine/Ksar Oued Soltane/Chenini/Ksar Ghilane
After breakfast visit the town of Tataouine where its market day. Then travel to Ksar Oued Soltane.
Located on a hilltop, it is one of the biggest ksars in the region, and a popular tourist destination
because of its well-preserved granary vaults. Some of the slave-quarters scenes in the Star Wars film
“The Phantom Menace” were also shot here. Continue your journey through Berber country to the
mountain village of Chenini. The oldest structures on the hillside date back to the 12th century; some
of the buildings are still used to store grain for the villagers living in the valley below. Take lunch in
Chenini and after travel to another mountain village at Douiret, then its deeper into the desert to Ksar
Ghilane for our night under the stars. Dinner and overnight at your choice (made at time of booking) of
traditional or luxury tented encampment.
Day 3. Ksar Ghilane/Matmata/Mahares/Sfax/El Djem/Resort Hotel
After breakfast travel to Matmata where you can visit a Troglodyte cave dwelling and the Hotel Sidi
Driss (which featured as Luke Skywalkers home in the film Star Wars). Travel north to Mahares for
lunch. Continue your journey north via Sfax (Tunisia’s second largest city) to the Roman Coliseum at
El Djem. Make a visit of the Roman Amphitheatre and afterwards travel back to your resort hotel.
Day 1. Resort Hotel/Kairouan/Gabes/Medenine/Tataouine
Early morning departure from your resort hotel and travel to the Holy City of Kairouan which was
declared a UNESCO World Cultural site in 1988.Visit the Great Mosque, the Mosque of the Three
Doors in the Medina and the souks. Travel south to the maritime oasis town of Gabes take lunch and
visit the Spice Market. Continue journey via Medenine (the area is dotted with ksars, the local name
for the Berber fortresses, and ghorfas, which once housed the grains of the Berbers) to Tataouine.
Dinner and overnight in Tataouine.
Day 2. Tataouine/Ksar Oued Soltane/Chenini/Ksar Ghilane
After breakfast visit the town of Tataouine where its market day. Then travel to Ksar Oued Soltane.
Located on a hilltop, it is one of the biggest ksars in the region, and a popular tourist destination
because of its well-preserved granary vaults. Some of the slave-quarters scenes in the Star Wars film
“The Phantom Menace” were also shot here. Continue your journey through Berber country to the
mountain village of Chenini. The oldest structures on the hillside date back to the 12th century; some
of the buildings are still used to store grain for the villagers living in the valley below. Take lunch in
Chenini and after travel to another mountain village at Douiret, then its deeper into the desert to Ksar
Ghilane for our night under the stars. Dinner and overnight at your choice (made at time of booking) of
traditional or luxury tented encampment.
Day 3. Ksar Ghilane/Matmata/Mahares/Sfax/El Djem/Resort Hotel
After breakfast travel to Matmata where you can visit a Troglodyte cave dwelling and the Hotel Sidi
Driss (which featured as Luke Skywalkers home in the film Star Wars). Travel north to Mahares for
lunch. Continue your journey north via Sfax (Tunisia’s second largest city) to the Roman Coliseum at
El Djem. Make a visit of the Roman Amphitheatre and afterwards travel back to your resort hotel.
Additional info
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
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- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
Tags
Multi-day Tours
Private Sightseeing Tours
Cultural Tours
4WD Tours
Short term availability
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Free cancellation
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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