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The programme takes you to the most beautiful “angle” of Fezzan, the Southwest of Libya, and combines the Tuareg culture and desert in a perfect way. The annual Ghat Festival is famous for its authentic folklore, music, dancing and the Tuareg camel races. A three days stay inside the Acacus mountains to explore and see fascinating up to 12’000 years old rockpaintings as well as an exciting dunedrive to the Ubari lakes in the midst of the sandsea are part of this tour. A visit to Leptis Magna completes this exciting itinerary. In the desert all meals are cooked for you and evenings are spent round campfires under a starry sky. You will almost never camp within sight of other people and often in pristine countryside. There are plenty of opportunities for a few hours walking from campsites or during lunch stops. In the cities you stay in three star hotels and the delicious meals are served in good restaurants.
Day 1
Arrive in Tripoli not later than 3 p.m. Evening flight to Sebha, in the heart of the Sahara. Hotel.
Day 2
By jeep to Wadi Mathandosh. There you will have plenty of time to explore the wadi and discover many of the innumerable prehistoric animal carvings for which this place is famous. Night at the edge of the Murzuq sandsea. Tent.
Day 3
Head through the wild Sahara to the Acacus Mountains passing the dominating rockformation of Tini Farfar and Tini Kammet. Late afternoon to arrive in Acacus. Tent.
Day 4
Full day dedicated to expolore the unique and breathtaking wilderness of Acacus Mountains with its fantastic and bizarr rockformations, superb prehistoric cave art (Unesco World Heritage) and archaeological sites. Tent.
Tuareg on camel
Day 5
In the morning you will discover some more magnificent old cave art. In the afternoon you leave the Acacus and head forward to the oasis Ghat at the Libyan-Algerian border with stopovers at points of interest.Tent.
Day 6 & 7
Two days devoted to Ghat where you have plenty of time to see the now mainly abandoned medina (old town) and the old fortress. Then you will watch one of the most colourful and major events in this part of the Sahara - the Tuareg camel race. The Tuaregs are also sometimes called “the blue knights of the desert”. In the evenings there are opportunities to join the dancings, singings of the Tuareg and other ethnic Libyan groups. Tent.
Day 8
Drive east through Wadi al Hayat to Germa. Visit the interesting local museum of prehistory and of life in the Garamantian. Later enter the Ubari dunes and overnight there.Tent
Day 9
Fantastic dunedrive to the famous and picturesque lakes Mandara, Umm al Maa, Mafù and Gabroun in the midst of the Ubari sandsea. Evening flight from Sebha to Tripoli. Hotel.
Day 10
An 1,5 hrs interesting drive along the Mediterranean coast to Leptis Magna, arguably the best preserved archaeological site outside Rome (Unesco World Culture Heritage). Hotel B&B.
Day 11
Departure. Possibly free time in Tripoli, or optionnaly visit the National Museum before transfer to the airport and fly home.
Group size: 6 - 12 persons
Closing date for bookings: approx. 4 weeks prior to departure
We reserve the right to change the itinerary.
WARADD Company for Travel and Tourism
POB 19035 Sebha/Libya
Tel./Fax. +218 71 2633 567
www.waradd.com
e-mail: info@waradd.com