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DAY TRIPS - TREKS AND TOURS IN TUNISIA
CAMEL RIDE IN THE DESERT DEPARTURE FROM ZARZIS
DAY TOUR CAMEL RIDE IN THE DESERT FROM ZARZIS
Go for a camel trek through the Tunisian desert. Enjoy two hours of walking in the soothing silence of the desert. Savor a lunch in bivouac prepared by your camel driver. Organized transfer from Zarzis to Douz
Who has never dreamed of living like a Tuareg, crossing the desert on the back of a dromedary?
We offer you the opportunity to live a day in the shoes of a Bedouin nomad, with a camel ride in the Tunisian desert.
We will leave early in the morning from your hotel in Zarzis, to reach Douz, the gateway to the desert. Our camel drivers will be there to prepare everything you will need for lunch in the desert.
After an introduction to camel riding, you will leave for your ride through the silence of the desert.
Your camel drivers will prepare a delicious lunch for you.
Then you will leisurely return to Douz, where your 4x4 will be ready for the return trip to Zarzis.
We also offer this camel trek over two days, with all meals and a night in a bivouac in a tent in the desert.
Douz
Located 250 km from Zarzis, Douz, a famous oasis known forits palm grove but above all to be the Gateway to the Sahara.
In antiquity it was the most important oasis in the region.
Its inhabitants are essentially Mrazig who would be,Arab immigrants who arrived in Tunisia in the 13th century.
Recently, Douz was still an important stopover for
caravans during their journeys between the Algerian Sahara and Tunisia.
The Mrazigues, inhabitants of Douz, remain very attached to their Sahara.
Sand rules most of the streets in Douz.
In these dunes is there, their history and the memory of their ancestors.
History they relive every year for 4 days
from Douz Sahara International Festival.
Douz is changing the city comes alive, folk dances, craft fair, poetry contest, entertainment on every street corner.
Once a week, the most important markets in the region take place, spices, clothing, flour. We come here from everywhere.
Set back, the animal market, hundreds of men, negotiate, sell, goats, sheep or camels.
Direction the great dune of Ofra, the white sands…
The desert stretches as far as the eye can see, in summer it is not less than 50°.
The best time to go there is between October and March, the weather is very nice but much less hot!
EXCURSION DROMADAIRE DANS LE DESERT
PROGRAM
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Zarzis, picked up early in the morning at 6 a.m., then drive to Douz.
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Coffee break and photos in Médenine.
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Arrival in Douz around 10 a.m. We will meet our camel drivers and their dromedaries there.
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Departure for the two-hour camel trek
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The camel driver will prepare lunch for you in the desert, Tunisian salad, grilled meats, bread baked in the sand.
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Departure for return to Zarzis by 4X4 and drop-off at your hotel or the airport.
EXCURSION PRICES
For 5 people, price per person | €90 |
For 4 people, price per person | €105 |
For 3 people, price per person | €125 |
For 2 people, price per person | €170 |