6-Day Tunisia Trekking Xpedition
Six days walking into the Sahara with a camel caravan — dunes, dry lakes and camp wherever the day ends.
6-Day Tunisia Trekking Xpedition Details
A proper desert trek: you walk, the camels carry the camp, and there is no road for most of it.
Setting out from Douz, the route crosses the sand sea south of the Chott el Jerid — dune fields, gravel plains, scattered wells and the odd nomad encampment. Days run five to seven hours of walking, starting early and breaking through the heat of the afternoon.
Camp is made wherever the day ends, cooked over a fire, with nothing on the horizon in any direction. Nights in the open Sahara are colder and far brighter than people expect.
Physically demanding but not technical — no climbing, just distance, sand and heat, with a cameleer and guide who have crossed it many times.
Highlights
- A genuine desert crossing — no road for most of it
- Camels carry the camp; you walk
- Nights camped in the open with nothing on the horizon
- Dune fields, gravel plains, wells and nomad camps
- Demanding but not technical — distance, sand and heat