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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
Exciting dunedrive to the famous oasis Gabroun and Umm el Maa with its picturesque lakes surrounded by reeds and palmtrees in the midst of the Ubari sandsea. Magnificent dunes offer a nice walk during the lunch break. Night in the dunes. Tent.
Day 3
Visit Germa museum and the ruins of Garama. Head towards southwest through Wadi Adjal, passing several oasis and stop for lunch in the wild desert. Later afternoon arrive in the dunes of Ghat where you stay at night. Tent.
Day 4 & 5
Short drive to Ghat where you have plenty of time to see the now mainly abandoned medina (old town) and fortress. Then you will watch one of the most colourful and major events in this part of the Sahara – the Tuareg camel races. 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. Nights in the dune camp. Tent.
Tuareg on camel
Day 6 & 7
Short drive to enter into the Acacus moutains. Two wonderful days to drive and explore this breathtaking wilderness with its fantastic and bizarr rockformations and superb cavepaintings (Unesco World Culture Heritage). You will visit wadi Tashwuinat, Tanshel, Imha, Emenenagh and Awees. Tent.
Day 8
You leave Acacus and cross the beautiful Wan Casa dunes, then heading east towards the Murzuq Dunes passing the Tini Farfar and Tini Kammet rockformation. Here is the place where the famous film “Lion of the Desert” with Anthony Quinn as main actor was partly recorded. It tells the story about the great Libyan hero Omar Mokthar. Camp in the Murzuq Dunes.
Day 9
Cross a short section of sand and then a black stone desert to Wadi Mathandouh. There you will have plenty of time to explore the wadi and discover many of the innumerable prehistoric animal carvings for which it is famous. Later afternoon drive to Sebha. Dinner in a restaurant. Evening flight to Tripoli. Hotel transfer.
Day 10
Interesting drive along the Mediterranean coast to Leptis Magna, the best preserved archaeological site outside Rome (Unesco World Culture Heritage). After lunch visit the local museum and Villa Selene before returning to Tripoli. Farewell dinner in an atmospheric restaurant. Hotel.
Day 11
For those who will fly in the afternoon, there is a possibility to visit the National Museum in the old castle at the green square shortly in the morning. Later transfer to the airport. Fly home.
Group size: 6 – 12 persons
Closing date for bookings: 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 71 633 567
www.waradd.com
e-mail: info@waradd.com