Fezzan Adventure

Arrival: transfer from Tripoli International Airport to the hotel; explore the cosmopolitan city of Tripoli, including visits to its Italianate centre, the Martyrs Square, the Old Medina, the museum and the arch of Marcus Aurelius.

Tripoli - flight to Sabha, then drive to Awaynat for the night in a fixed camp. If you feel the drive is too long, then you can stop in Germa for the night and continue on the following day.

Awaynat - Acacus - the /Akakus/ Mountain chains are among the most spectacular anywhere in the Sahara. Dark basalt stones, carved by the desert wind into twisted chimneys and columns climbing from the vibrant orange sand dunes to give an almost Martian landscape. The area has long been classified as a UNESCO World Heritage site, owing to the hundreds of thousands of prehistoric rock art sites to be found along its endless wadis. You will start from Awaynat then through Adad and Awiss you will reach Tin Lallen. Then you will continue south towards Wadi Tashwinat.

Wan Casa - Wadi Metkhendoush - this morning you will leave the Acacus for a spectacular drive through the desert to Wadi Methendoush. The drive is very varied, starting out on the flat sand plain, the Wan Casa sand sea now just a blur behind you, before crossing the gravel plain to reach the dry riverbed just in time for lunch.

Amongst the rock engravings at the Wadi there are walls of engravings depicting a whole range of animals? including gazelles, crocodiles, ostriches and many giraffes, most of which are more than 12,000 years old. In late afternoon you will drive through the oasis to camp among the giant dunes on the southern fringes of the Great Ubari Sand Sea.

The lakes - today you will? have arguably the most spectacular day of the whole tour, as we drive through the endless waves of the Ubari sand dunes, extending to the horizon, to reach the kaleidoscopic chain of palm-fringed lakes. You can take a dip and float for a while, or just sit by and enjoy the gentle and cool breeze. Lakes to visit include Gaberoun, Mafou, Mandara, then lunch by the shore of Umm Almaa (the Mother of Water). After lunch you will drive to Germa Museum and the Old City, before continuing to Sabha Airport for the flight to Tripoli.

Morning visit to Leptis Magna to explore the most preserved Roman city in the world. As we thought that no visit to Libya is complete without visiting Leptis Magna, and as requested by some of our visitors, we decided to add this to the tour. This is the home of the Berber Septimius Severus who became the first African Roman Emperor. There is so much to see here, including the beautiful Amphitheatre, the colonnaded street, the Severn Forum, decorated with the Gorgon heads, the massive Basilica, the Hippodrome, the Hadrian Baths, the Temples of Liber Pater, Hercules, Roma and Augustus, the Tiberio Arch and the Palaestra. Return to Tripoli for the night.

 

Leisure time in Tripoli, then departure & farewell.

 

Small Group Tours

Unlike most tour companies we have no minimum requirement to take part in our tours. You can come along by yourself, with a friend, or with a group of friends. Coming with a friend nearly halves the price of your tour.

You can also take part in a group tour if you prefer group tours and if there are groups matching your specifications (date, destinations, etc.) which you can join.

If you are just looking for an operator to put together an itinerary for your private group, then we will be delighted to design a program to suit your needs.

 

Hotels are optional. They will be included in the price if requested. Independent travellers can pick and choose their hotels as they go.

Cash: full payment is required in Euro on arrival, with the option to pay in advance if preferred. If you cannot pay in Euro, then the next preferred currency is US Dollar or British Pound. The amount shown in Libyan Dinars (if any) is the amount to pay on arrival, converted to Euro currency according to the rates of exchange current at the time of paying.

ATM's: if for any reason you cannot bring cash with you, then you can use your credit card to withdraw cash from ATM's, which are found only in the major cities, airports, like Tripoli and Benghazi, and a few other towns.

Bank Transfer: if you prefer to pay in advance, then we can arrange for you to pay via bank transfer, where you can pay from your bank account directly into our bank account in Libya.

Travellers cheques are becoming part of the past in Libya and can be very hard to find a bank that accepts them. However, when you do find a bank that accepts them, then you need to provide a document showing your name(s) and the list of the cheques' serial numbers, normally obtained from the bank that issued the cheques. If you are bringing any travellers cheques with you, please make sure you obtain this document from your bank.