Sahara Escape 2 days · Tataouine, Ksar Ghilane & Matmata from Djerba
2 days / 1 night in southern Tunisia. Tataouine, perched Chenini, Ksar Ghilane oasis (thermal spring 29 °C), troglodyte Matmata. Comfortable modern tents at Ksar Ghilane campsite (LUX Zmela option). All meals and entrance fees included (drinks extra). Price: 124 €/person in shared 4×4. Departure from Djerba or Zarzis.
Highlights
- ✓Night under canvas in the desert (Ksar Ghilane)
- ✓Ksours of Tataouine & the village of Chenini
- ✓Dunes and starry sky
- ✓Troglodyte Matmata (Star Wars sets)
- ✓Ksar Ghilane hot spring
- ✓Accommodation + transport + meals included
📸 Gallery
Included
✅ Included
- ✓1 night at a camp (tent)
- ✓Pickup from your hotel + air-conditioned transport
- ✓Experienced guide / driver-escort
- ✓Lunch on days 1 and 2, dinner and breakfast
- ✓Flexible cancellation
❌ Not included
- ✕Drinks
- ✕Tips
- ✕Camel or quad ride (optional, on site)
Day-by-day programme
- Day 1 · morning
Djerba → Tataouine & Chenini
Fortified ksours and a perched troglodyte village.
- Day 1 · afternoon
Ksar Ghilane
Oasis, first dunes and hot spring.
- Day 1 · evening
Night under canvas
Traditional dinner and night at the camp under a starry sky.
- Day 2 · morning
Wake-up at the camp & breakfast
Breakfast at the camp; camel or quad ride optional, on site.
- Day 2 · daytime
Matmata & return
Troglodyte houses (Star Wars), then the drive back to Djerba.
🗺️ Stops on this tour
Everything about each village and destination visited: history, highlights, practical tips.
Tataouine: the capital of the ksour, between the Dahar and the Sahara
The town of Tataouine lent its name to Luke Skywalker's planet, but its real treasure lies around it: dozens of ksour, the fortified Berber granaries, and the hilltop villages of Chenini, Douiret and Guermessa.
Ksar Ghilane: the oasis and its hot spring at the gates of the Grand Erg
A palm grove set on the edge of an ocean of dunes, a pool of hot water where you swim in the middle of the sand, a forgotten Roman fort on a hillock: Ksar Ghilane is the first real encounter with the Sahara from Djerba.
Matmata: the troglodyte houses and Luke Skywalker's home
Seen from the sky, Matmata looks like a field of craters: each crater is a house, dug into the earth by the Berbers to shelter from the heat. One of them became Luke Skywalker's home.
Chenini: the hilltop Berber village and the Seven Sleepers mosque
Clinging to a limestone ridge more than 600 metres above sea level, Chenini is the most beautiful Berber village in southern Tunisia: houses carved into the rock, terraced granaries, a white mosque and a thousand-year-old legend.
