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The programme combines some of the best objects of interest with a few days trekking in the Acacus mountains, one of the most fascinating and magnificent areas of Libya. They contain some of the world’s best examples of cave art, some dating back 12’000 years (Unesco World Culture Heritage). Walking through this area of bizarr rockformations and black mountains bedded in gentle golden sand dunes is a breathtaking adventure far away from any civilisation. Visitors enjoy the beauty of silence, the colours of magical dawns and sunsets, the gentle fire that warms the cold desert nights, while you sleep beneath a tent of stars, lit only by the silvery moon. It is here that you must come to discover how man can live in total symbiosis with his surroundings, respecting the environment. Included in the itinerary is a days trip to Leptis Magna.
Day 1
Arrive in Tripoli. Evening flight to Sebha. Transfer to the hotel.
Day 2
By 4 x 4 vehicle to Ghat on the Libyan-Algerian border. Visit this lifely commercial Tuareg centre with its bazaars, ancient fortress and old town. Head to Al Awaynat and Awees at the entrance to the Acacus National Park. From now on you will be camping.
Day 3 to 8
You will trek with a Tuareg guide through this magnificent untouched wilderness with plenty of time to explore the wadis with their superb cave paintings. The most famous of these is Wadi Tashwuinat which is almost 60 kms long. On most days you will get up at sunrise, have an early breakfast and pack your belongings which will be taken by vehicle to the next campsite while you walk for 3 to 4 hours to the lunch spot. On hot days you will take a longer lunch break, on cooler ones you may start walking earlier in the afternoon and walk for 2 to 3 hours before your evening camp. A camel will carry the lunch and your day bags.
“Hairwash” Cave Art - Acacus
Day 9
Goodbye Acacus, goodbye Tuareg guide. Drive east through the beautiful Wan Casa dunes to camp in the Murzuq Dunes – the largest sand dune area in the world. Along the way you will pass the rockformation Tini Farfar and Tini Kammet where the film “Lion of the Desert” with Anthony Quinn as main actor was partly recorded. After a stop near the Abohawa passage to see some excellent rock engravings you head toward your camp in the Murzuq sand dunes.
Day 10
You cross a short section of sand, then a black stone desert to the eastern end of Wadi Mathandoush. You then trek through the wadi to where your vehicle is waiting for you with lunch. There will be plenty of time to explore the wadi and see many of the prehistoric animal carvings. After lunch drive to camp in the Murzuq sand dunes.
Day 11
Drive over to Germa, visit the local historical museum and the ruins of the former capital of the Garamants. The great ancient historian Herodotus (5th century BC) was already writing in his books about that great, combativable nomadic tribe. After lunch enter the Ubari sandsea and camp near the lake Umm el Maa.
Day 12
Full day near the famous lakes Umm el Maa, Mafù and Gabroon in midst of high dunes. There is plenty of time to swim. The dunes offer nice walks or maybe you decide just to relax. Camp near Gabroon.
Day 13
Exciting dune drive through a wild landscape on a rarely used track to Sebha. Lunch with a bedouin family. Afternoon at leisure or to see a local farm with a variety of animals and crops – an insight into what can be achieved in the desert given water. Evening meal, then fly back to Tripoli. Transfer to the hotel.
Day 14
Interesting drive along the Mediterranean coast to Leptis Magna, today Lebdha, the largest archaeological site of Northern Africa and place of birth of the famous Roman Emperor Septimius Severus (193 AC). Unesco World Culture Heritage Site.You will visit the various temples and bath facililities, the forum, the market, the port, the amphitheatre and the museum. Late afternoon drive back to Tripoli and time to explore the network of narrow streets in the old city (medina) with its architecture of various epochs, Gurgi Mosque and Marcus Aurelius Arch. Farewell dinner in an atmospheric restaurant. Overnight in the hotel.
Day 15
Transfer to 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 2633 567
www.waradd.com
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