Caravan-Serai Tours

Libya Cities and Desert Tour

Departures with a minimum of 2 passengers all year.
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Please Note: Libya has stopped issuing visas to American citizens until further notice.

Day 1: Arrival in Tripoli Upon your arrival in Tripoli, you will be met and assisted by our representative, then transferred to you hotel for check in. Afterward, you will be taken on a short tour of Tripoli before dinner. Overnight in Tripoli.

Day 2: Tripoli- Sabratha -Nalut - Ghadames After breakfast, depart by coach to the ancient city of Sabratha on the Mediterranean Sea (80 kilometers west of Tripoli). The Phoenician merchants selected Sabratha as an Emporium, or trading post because of her position on the Mediterranean. She holds one of the most magnificent and interesting Roman Theatres and one of the most splendid mosaics of the Byzantine period. Sabratha as we see it today is first and foremost a creation of the Roman genius for building cities. The Romans developed the commercial potential of Sabratha by using the port as an outlet for a trade route running through Ghadames to Central Africa. Ivory, slaves and wild animals constituted the bulk of this traffic. Afterward continue on to the city of Nalut to visit the Berber castle where Berbers used to store their grain and oil during their long transfers to new lands looking for water and vegetation. Continue on to Ghadames for dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Ghadames The oasis city of Ghadames is a UNESCO World Heritage site and was a major trading post in the northern Sahara. Visit the old city and the museum, with lunch in a traditional restaurant. In the late afternoon visit the sand dunes to watch the sunset then return to Ghadames for dinner and overnight.

Day 4: Ghadames - Gharyat - Sebha After breakfast depart Ghadames for Sebha, stopping on the way in Gharyat for a short break. Sebha is in the old desert province of Fezzan. This desert region has many oases and cave paintings dating from about 3000 BC. The city is also a garrison outpost and a place to begin a journey into the deep desert. It is also the first settlement that many people arrive at who come from the deep desert. Dinner and overnight in Sebha.

Day 5: Sebha - Aweinat - Ghat Continue on to the city of Ghat, an ancient desert trading town located in a picturesque oasis. It is very well preserved and is also one of the few permanent Tuareg settlements in the Sahara. You will have time to visit the old city before dinner. Overnight in Ghat.

Day 6: Ghat - Akakus Today you will begin you tour in the mountain of Akakus, famous for its striking natural beauty and the prehistoric rock paintings. This will also be the first night of camping in the desert.

Day 7 and 8: Akakus The Jebel Akakus is made up of dark basalt rock formations rising up from the desert sands. You will have plenty of time to explore the natural rock formations as well as view the ancient rock paintings and carvings. Located in some of the sheltered wadis are prehistoric rock paintings and carvings dating back over 12,000 years. The rock formations of Jebel Acacus are very unique and the area is a UNESCO World Heritage listed site.

Day 9: Akakus - Awis - Aweinat - Jerma Continue your tour in Akakus heading toward the city of Aweinat. Aweinat has a castle that was built in the Islamic/Arab period and the Tuareg believed it to be haunted. Continue to Jerma for an evening tour in the ruins of old Jerma and the museum. Overnight in Jerma in either a 3 star hotel or a fixed camp.

Day 10: Jerma - Sahara Lakes - Sebha - Tripoli After breakfast you will travel through the sand dunes to visit the Sahara's desert lakes - unique underground spring fed lakes. The lakes are surrounded by a ring of vegetation, then endless desert. Continue to Sebha airport to catch your short flight to Tripoli. Your will be met and assisted and taken to your hotel for overnight.

Day 11: Tripoli - Leptis Magna - Villa Cillin - Tripoli After breakfast depart for Leptis Magna and the Villa Cillin, today an easy 137 miles. Leptis Magna, one of the best-preserved cities of antiquity, was founded by Phoenician merchants around the beginning of the first millennium BC. Visit the Hadrian Baths, the Column Street, the New Forum, the Punic Market, the Theatre and the Amphitheater. On the way back to Tripoli you will stop to visit the Villa Cillin, a private Roman villa, very well preserved with magnificent gardens and mosaics in every room in the house and in the gardens - a glimpse into how the elite of Roman society lived in North Africa. Dinner and overnight in Tripoli.

Day 12: Tripoli Today enjoy a full day tour of the capitol city of Libya: Tripoli. Visit the national museum, said to rival the British Museum in quantity and quality of artifacts, with the exception that all artifacts in this museum were discovered in Libya, not brought in from somewhere else. Also visit the Castle, Marcus Aurelius Arch, the old Medina and the traditional souk (market). Dinner and overnight in Tripoli.

Day 13: Tripoli - Free time till departure. Transfer to the airport for your flight home. End of services.

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