Private 7 days on camelback LAC HOUIDAT

Djerba, Tunisia
Duration7 days
Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before
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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesGerman, English, Italian, French, Spanish
Private tourOnly your group will participate
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

You will be in nature for 7 days, you will enjoy the calm and the beautiful landscapes, you will discover a varied fauna and flora.
In the morning you wake up quietly, to watch the sunrise, you have breakfast with a hot cake cooked on the embers then the camel drivers load the dromedaries. You start a morning walk, around 10am you make a 20 min stop. To eat a small cake, then you continue at the pace of the dromedary. Around noon, the caravan settles, the camel drivers look for wood and start to prepare a good lunch for you. An hour's break after lunch, then you resume walking, once tired you have your dromedary chosen by you.
You travel between 12 and 15 km each day. An hour before sunset, the Camp is set up, the animals are unloaded, hobbled and released into the frame. A large fire is lit and a hearty dinner will be made. Then singing, music and dancing around the fire.

What's included

  • A dromedary to show for each participant
  • The Guide for 7 days
  • Mattresses, sleeping bags, blankets and tents
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Breakfast
  • Vegetarian menus
  • Mineral water for 7 days
  • Gratuities
  • Your personal purchases

What to expect

Day 1: Djerba Douz Bir Abdallah
  1. Medenine
    2h
    You will have a passage to Medenine, a lively city and just after crossing the Daher mountain where there are many Berber granaries.
  2. 1h
    Passage to Toujan
  3. Douz
    1h
    Meal in Douz before continuing
  4. Jebil National Park
    2h
    Meeting with the chamiliers, guide. Start of the hike
Day 2: Bir Abdallah Tensouan
  1. Jebil National Park
    6h
    Start your day with a morning walk, on the dunes you will go along the fence of the Djebil National Park, sometimes you can see gazelles at the bottom of the mountain.
    You will admire all the tracks that you will see on the dunes, small rangers, hares, gazelles..
Day 3: Lake Houidat
  1. Sahara Desert
    6h · Admission ticket included
    On the road, you will pass next to the mountain of TENESOUAN, a rocky massif surrounded by large dunes towards the end of the day you will see in the middle of a desert of red ochre sand a small green dot on the horizon, you have arrived at Lake Houidat
Day 4: Lake Houidat
  1. Sahara Desert
    6h · Admission ticket included
    As in the previous days, you start your day with a morning walk. Once tired, you mount a dromedary. At 11am, you have a small biscuit and rest in the shade of a shrub. Then the caravan continues on its way.
Day 5: Grand Erg Oriental
  1. Sahara Desert
    6h · Admission ticket included
    At noon a 2 hour stop to rest and prepare food, a big fire to make the pancake and cook it in the embers.
Day 6: Grand Erg Oriental - Jouerih
  1. Sahara Desert
    6h · Admission ticket included
    In the afternoon, the time reserved for hiking is 2 hours. An hour before sunset, the camp is set up. It is the big feast, singing and dancing, everyone is happy with the beautiful day spent.
Day 7: Bir Abdallah Matmata Djerba
  1. Douz
    3h
    You have arrived in Douz, a break in Douz, lunch on site in an authentic restaurant serving local dishes.
  2. Matmata
    1h
    Visit of Matmata
  3. Ksar Hallouf
    1h · Admission ticket included
    After crossing Matmata and Toujan, we head south, where you will discover the Berber granary Ksar Hallouf and its ghorfas.
  4. Mosquee des 7 Dormants
    3h · Admission ticket included
    You will have a passage to Chenini Tataouine, the Berber village perched on the top of the mountain, also the famous mosque of 7 sleepers.
  5. Djerba Island
    2h
    Finally you arrive in Djerba, depending on your flight schedule, we take care of you. Some leave directly to the airport, while others will possibly spend a night in a hotel (a caravan seraglio) in Houmt Souk.

Meeting and pickup

Pickup details

The 4x4 will pick you up at your home or at the airport. Then a transfer will be organized to meet the camels and dromedaries in the middle of Erg Oriental to begin your camel trek.

Additional information

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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