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8 Days
Tour Cost AUD$2342 pp t/s AUD$224 Single Room Suppl Jul-Aug supplement: +AUD$144 / SRS +AUD$59
Inclusions 4* accommodation Breakfast & dinner daily Return transfers Tunis airport-hotel Transfers and touring in A/C vehicle Entry fees to included sites Professional English speaking guide
Departures: Daily on request/Min 2 personsTunis is a quiet city with a unique mix of French, Spanish, Italian and Berber influences. But is the jaw-dropping scenery of dunes that tower a hundred metres high, and the mountainous lunar-like landscapes that really attract visitors
ITINERARY
Day 1: Tunis [D] You are met on arrival and transferred to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Carthage [BD] During the morning your guide will take you to the sights of the city visiting the Bardo Museum , and strolling through the Medina . You then depart for Cathage and visit the extensive Roman site. Continue to Sidi Bou Said, a magnificent Moorish village, before returning to Tunis for dinner at the Restaurant Dar Bel Hadj.
Day 3: Tozeur [BD] A 400km drive to Kairouan, the first Islamic settlement in North Africa . Here we visit the great mosque of Okba ibn Nafaa, the Aghlabiden Pools and Barbier Mausoleum. Continue to Tozeur, one of the Sahara 's most famous oasis. Overnight surrounded by over 400,000 palm trees.
Day 4: Sahara Desert [BD] After breakfast departure by 4x4 vehicle to the mountain oasis of Chebika-Tamerza-Midas. We visit villages, explore canyons, pass through sand dunes and palm groves. Return to Tozeur for dinner and overnight.
Day 5: Douz [BD] Today drive to Kebili via Chott el Jerid, a salt lake, and small oasis to Kebeli, then to Douz. This is the gateway to the true Sahara . During the afternoon we drive into the sand dunes with the possibility of a camel ride.
Day 6: Sfax [BD] We watch the sunrise before driving to Matmata, a typical troglodyte village (some Star Wars sequences were filmed here). We continue to Gabes on the Gulf of Syrta , then to Sfax for dinner and overnight.
Day 7: Hammamet [BD] Breakfast and departure for El Jem where we visit the 2ndC Amphitheatre. At Monastir we see the mausoleum and, at Sousse the medina. Overnight in Hammatmet.
Day 8: Departure [B] After breakfast transfer to Tunis airport for your onward flight. |