Explore the oldest desert in the world with an adventurous off-road ride. We will follow the tracks traced on the sand by ancient caravaners and cross through striking dunes, luxurious palm groves and Berber villages. Intense emotions and fun are guaranteed during this trip, as you will be enveloped by the smell of spices, by profound and uninterrupted silences and by magical starry nights in an enchanted atmosphere that can be found only in the desert.
“I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune. Sees nothing. Hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams… (From The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)”
Technical information
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Dates
15-22 October
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Duration
7+2 Days (7 days in Tunisia and 2 days by ferry)
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Total distance
200/300 kilometers a day
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Type of trip
Piste, fuori pista con attraversamenti di erg sabbiosi, navigazione con road book seguendo le tracce di alcune tappe del Rally di Tunisia
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Type of motorbikes
Single cylinder 4 or 2 stroke
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Difficulty level
Medium high
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Suitable for
Expert
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Places of interest
Hammamet, Tunis, Douz, Tembaine, El Faouar, Ksar Ghilane, Little Erg Mrazig, Jbil Park, El Mida, Matmata
Short description of the tour
Douz, “the gateway to the desert”, is a town right on the border of the Sahara and is the oldest oasis in Tunisia. It offers a breathtaking landscape of white sand dunes and forests of date palms. This land is the territory of the M’razig nomad shepherds.
Matmata, a village of Berber origin, is located on the outskirts of the Sahara desert. It is characterized by a unique troglodyte architecture, which became famous for being the set of Star Wars. Tembaine has beautiful mountains with flat peaks overlooking the sandy desert.
Ksar Ghilane is one of the most beautiful oases in northern Africa. It is located in a sandy part of the Sahara, right by the gates of the great eastern Erg, known as the “Great Eastern Sand Sea” on which stands a now ruined Roman fort.
