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Private Three day Desert Experience Tour
Tunis, Tunisia
3 to 5 days
Art & Culture
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Walking Tours
Date
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What You Will Do
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
What's Not Included?
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
- Drinks
- Gratuities
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Itinerary
Meeting Point
1
The Great Mosque of Kairouan
3 to 5 days
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.
Additional Information
This tour is independently operated by a third-party provider: Tunisie Rêves Day Tours.
Itineraries, descriptions, promotional content, and historic information are solely the responsibility of the tour operator and do not represent the views or positions of Marriott International, Inc.
Itineraries, descriptions, promotional content, and historic information are solely the responsibility of the tour operator and do not represent the views or positions of Marriott International, Inc.
- 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
Guide Options
- Guide - Arabic
- Guide - English
- Guide - French
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