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STAR WARS TUNISIA TOUR DEPARTING FROM DJERBA

FULL STAR WARS CIRCUIT: MATMATA - MOS ESPA - MOS ESLEY - KSAR HADADA - KSAR OULED SOLTANE - AJIM - SIDI BOUHLEL...

Circuit Star Wars Tunisie : découvrez le site des décors réels de Mos Espa à Nefta, en Tunisie.

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4 DAY STAR WARS TOUR ON TATOOINE DEPARTING FROM DJERBA

Do you want to relive scenes from the Star Wars films in real life, then this tour is for you!

Tataouine and the surrounding ksour were a major inspiration for George Lucas' films. Even the name of the city, Tataouine, served as an inspiration for the name of the Star Wars desert planet, the planet Tatooine.

Tataouine was not used as a filming location for the first trilogy and was used very little for the 2000s trilogy.

The filming of the films was spread across different locations in the south of Tunisia. Around Tozeur, around Tataouine and even on the island of Djerba.

Ksar Ommarsia and Ksar Ouled Soltane were authentic settings for the filming of the "Star Wars" movies.

Ksar Ommarsia is located in the city, and like Ksar Hadada , it served as the setting for the Mos Espa slave quarters.

Two scenes were filmed there: Anakin's arrival at the storm and Anakin's departure with Qui-Gon and his farewell to Shmi.

Ksar Ouled Soltane
This fortified Berber village was transformed by George Lucas into the slave quarters of Tatooine . This ksar is one of the best preserved in the country and still remains little touristy.

Ksar Hadada
This ksar also served as a setting for the slave quarters, it is here that the scene was filmed where Qui-Gon Jinn contacts Obi-Wan to ask him to analyze the midichlorian level in the blood taken from Anakin , as well as the scene where Shmi talks about her son, admitting that he has no father.

Matmata: Uncle Owen's house.
Matmata is a village renowned for its troglodyte dwellings.
These are extremely rudimentary and at the same time particularly magnificent dwellings.
These can be underground dwellings or dwellings dug into the side of a mountain.
This type of construction on the rock itself allows you to live in a cool space despite the extreme heat in summer.

In Matmata , the Sidi Driss Hotel served as a backdrop for Uncle Owen's house in 1976 and 2000. The hotel, Sidi Driss welcomes fans for a simple visit. The hotel is divided into 5 courtyards, the fifth bearing the evocative name of "Star Wars courtyard":
This is where the Lars' dining room and the main courtyard of the house were filmed.

The painted ceiling in the dining room was restored for the filming of Episode II (14 years after the filming of Episode IV!)
and is still in perfect condition: It really feels like you're in the movie!

Sidi Bouhlel

This canyon mainly served as a setting for the Jundland Desert .

 

This is where Luke and C3PO find R2D2 before being attacked by the sand people, the Tuskens , and rescued by Uncle Ben.

 

In Episode I, it is from the cliffs of this canyon that the Tuskens, lying in wait during the pod race , fire.

The Canyon is truly beautiful, just as a natural landscape, it is well worth the detour.

 

Chott El-Gharsa

Chott el-Gharsa, with this entire district of Mos Espa , a village on Tatooine where Anakin works in Episode I.

 

The setting was entirely created for the saga, in the middle of the sandy desert. In Episode I, we see Qui-Gon Jinn , Padme and Jar Jar Binks walking through the streets and Jar Jar letting himself be tempted by the tip of his tongue by food stalls in the Mos Espa market. In Episode II, we find these same settings during Anakin's visit to Watoo.

The main Star Wars filming sites in Tunisia:

  • Ajim (Mos Eisley - Episode IV).
     

  • Ajim (Ben's House - Episode IV).
     

  • Sidi Jemour (Anchorhead, Mos Eisley - Episode IV).
     

  • Ksar Hadada (Mos Espa - Episode I).
     

  • Ksar Ommarsia (Mos Espa - Episode I).
     

  • Ksar Ouled Soltane (Mos Espa - Episode I).
     

  • Sidi Driss Hotel, Matmata (Lars Homestead - Episodes II and IV).
     

  • Nefta, Chott el-Jerid (Lars Farm - Episodes II, III and IV).
     

  • Great Dune (Sea of Sands - Episode IV).
     

  • Chott el-Gharsa (Various locations - Episodes I and II).
     

  • Sidi Bouhlel ("Star Wars Canyon" - Episodes I and IV).

THE GALLERY

STAR WARS TUNISIA CIRCUIT PROGRAM

  Day 1:

  • Pick-up at 6:30 a.m. in front of your place of stay in Djerba.
     

  • Departure by ferry towards Tozeur.
     

  • Crossing the Chott El Jerid, the salt lake.
     

  • Many photo stops on the way.
     

  • Lunch in a restaurant in Tozeur.
     

  • Departure for visits to the oases of Tamerza, Chebika and Midès canyon, (Natural scenery from Star Wars).
     

  • Visit of Ong Jmal, and Mos Espa (Star Wars sets).
     

  • Departure for Chott El Jerid, (Lars Homestead - Episodes II, III and IV).
     

  • Return to Tozeur.
     

  • Dinner and night in 4* hotel or bed and breakfast.

 
Day 2:

  • Visit of the Sidi-Bouhel canyon (Star Wars Episode I and IV).
     

  • Road to Douz.
     

  • Visit of the petrified dunes and the irrigation system of the palm grove.
     

  • Lunch in a restaurant at Douz.
     

  • One-hour camel ride in the white dunes.
     

  • Departure for Matmata.
     

  • Visit of the troglodyte houses, and the hotel Sidi Idriss, (Lars Farm, Episodes II and IV).
     

  • Dinner and night in the troglodyte lodging of Star Wars the ksar Hadada.​

 Day 3:​

  • Visit of Ksar Hadada,(Mos Espa - Episode I).
     

  • Visit Chenini. (Star Wars Exterior Scenery Scenes).
     

  • Lunch in a restaurant in Guermassa.
     

  • Visit of Ksar Ouled Soltane, (Mos Espa - Episode I).
     

  • Visit Ksar Ommarsia (Mos Espa - Episode I).
     

  • Return to Djerba by the Roman road.
     

  • Drop off at your place of stay in Djerba

 
Day 4: 1/2 day

  • Pick-up at 7:30 a.m. from your place of stay in Djerba.
     

  • Departure for Ajim, (Mos Eisley - Episode IV, House of Ben Kenobi.
     

  • Visit of Sidi Jmour, (Anchorhead, Mos Eisley - Episode IV) Mos Eisley, Ajim on the island of Djerba, where Luke and Obi-Wan meet Han Solo and Chewbacca. The exterior of Obi-Wan's house, is a mosque, and Chalmun's Cantina, its domed roof can still be seen. It is in the latter that we find Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes, the group of musicians.
     

  • Visit of the pottery village of Guellala  and lunch in a fish restaurant.
     

  • Drop Off to your place of stay in the early afternoon.

STAR WARS TOUR PRICES

3 1/2 DAY STAR WARS TOUR

For 5 people, price per person
€360
For 4 people, price per person
€415
For 3 people, price per person
€490
For 2 people, price per person
€705

3-DAY STAR WARS TOUR

WITHOUT THE SITES OF DJERBA

For 5 people, price per person
€310
For 4 people, price per person
€380
For 3 people, price per person
€430
For 2 people, price per person
€600

The price includes:

Transportation by private vehicle.

The services of an ONTT approved guide.

Accommodation, camel ride.

Full board from lunch on the first day to lunch on the last day.

Except accommodation and dinner on the third day and breakfast on the fourth day.
 

Excluded from the price:

National or international flights.

Beverages other than water and all drinks consumed in the accommodation.
 

Optional extra activities - Tips and personal purchases.


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