From Djerba: 7 Days Star Wars Tours

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Arrival in Djerba
1 stop
1
Airport reception and transfer to hotel. Free day according to the flight schedule
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Beginning of the adventure
7 stops
2
Visit of the artistic district of DjerbaHood
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
3
El Ghriba Synagogue
Ghriba tour: oldest Jewish synagogue in northern Africa
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
4
Visit Guellala the pottery village: entrance to the museum and visit a workshop to attend a pottery work demonstration
1 hour • Admission ticket free
5
Visit the Cantina and all the other places where the movie Star Wars was shot in Djerba
3 hours • Admission ticket free
6
Visit Ksar of Medenine or some scenes of Star Wars were shot
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
7
Escale de Toujane
Stop photos at the Berber village of Toujane
15 minutes • Admission ticket free
8
Visit of the troglodyte hotel of Sidi Idriss or some scenes of Star Wars were shot and night on the spot
12 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 3
The Canyons of Star Wars and Tozeur
4 stops
9
Tamezret
Photo stop at the Berber village of Tamazret
15 minutes • Admission ticket free
10
Visit a cave house homestay in Matmata where we will be welcomed with a good Rosemary tea, olive oil and honey
30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
11
Douz
Visit the city of Douz and free time to walk in the market. Possibility of a ride camel or quad in the dunes (extra and paid locally)
2 hours • Admission ticket free
12
Sidi Bouhlel Canyon
Free time to visit the famous canyons of Sidi Bouhlel who witnessed the shooting of some scenes not only of Star Wars but also of Indiana Jones and the Adventurers of the Lost Ark (1981) - The English Patient (1996)
3 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 4
Mountain oasis and Mos Espa village
5 stops
13
Chebika
Visit the mountainous oasis of Chebika and free time to visit with a local guide and discover the oasis and the source of water that springs from the side of the mountain
1 hour • Admission ticket free
14
Tamerza
Visit the village of Tamerza and free time to see its great waterfall
15 minutes • Admission ticket free
15
Called like this for its shape giving the illusion of the silhouette of a camel ("Oung Jmel" translating roughly into "neck of the camel"). Star Wars Episode I made a stop there to face the Dark Maul landing site on Tatooine, and a short sequence of the pod race also passes right in front of the rock.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
16
The most easily visible and certainly the most attractive site is the recreation of buildings in the middle of the desert, creating an entire district of Mos Espa. The sets were created by Lucasfilm for the filming of Episode I, in July 1997 (including the strolls of Qui-Gon and his gang in the streets and market of Mos Espa), and reused for Episode II ( Ani's visit to Watoo). And at the request of the Tunisian tourist office, they were left as is in the state, for tourist purposes
1 hour • Admission ticket included
17
A photo stop at the famous basket of Nefta
15 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 5
The night under the tent in the desert
5 stops
18
Visit of the old medina of Tozeur
1 hour • Admission ticket free
19
Tozeur
Free time to walk in the wonderful palm grove of Tozeur and possibility to do it in a carriage (extra)
1 hour • Admission ticket free
20
Chott El Jerid
Photo stop at the salt lake of Chott Djerid (largest salt lake in northern Africa and celebrated for the phenomenon of mirages)
15 minutes • Admission ticket free
21
Photo stop at the petrified sand site of Debebcha
15 minutes • Admission ticket free
22
Ksar Ghilane
Enjoy a swim in Ksar Ghilane's hot spring and spend the night under tent in a camp.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Day 6
Tatooine, Ksours and Star Wars sets
3 stops
23
Chenini Berber Village
Visit the Berber village of Chenini and free time to visit with a local guide and discover its various components (oil mill - mosque - houses dug in the walls of the mountains - Attic ... etc)
1 hour • Admission ticket free
24
Ksar Hadada
Ksar Hadada like the Ksar of Medenine and that of Ouled Soltane was used to film, on August 10, 1997, the sets of Mos Espa, in this case the quarters of the slaves, in the Episode I (scene where Qui-Gon contacts Obi-Wan by comlink, and scene with Shmi "He has no father ...").
1 hour • Admission ticket free
25
Ksar Ouled Soltane
Ksar Ouled Soltane is located southeast of Tataouine, and is one of the best preserved, renovated and most frequented ksour of Tunisia. It is a mountain ksar, which has 2 separate courses, and has more than 400 ghorfas (storage cells), on 4 or 5 levels. It served, as the other 2 ksour above, scenery for Mos Espa in Episode I, in August 1997, for slaves quarters
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Day 7
Free day and end of our services
2 stops
26
Free day and possibility of doing a Hammam and a massage
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
27
According to the flight schedule, transfer to the airport and end of our services
30 minutes • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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