🏜️ Desert & Sahara from Djerba
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Sahara Full Day · Ksar Ghilane via Tataouine, Chenini & Ksours from Djerba
Sahara 1 day · Ksar Ghilane via Matmata & Star Wars from Djerba
Tataouine, Chenini & Berber Ksours 1 day from Djerba
Magical day at Ksar Ghilane
Matmata & Douz — gateway to the Sahara
Sahara Escape 2 days · Tataouine, Ksar Ghilane & Matmata from Djerba
Sahara Bivouac — 2 days / 1 night
Matmata & starlit dunes — desert adventure
Desert bivouac — authentic local experience
Tozeur — mountain oasis
A night at Ksar Jouamaa
3 days — Djerba → Tozeur, oasis, desert & Star Wars
Tunisian-Saharan Adventure — 10 days
Desert Sunset, Matmata, Tataouine & Star Wars by 4x4 from Djerba
Star Wars — 3-day circuit
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Desert excursion from Djerba: which destination to choose?
Three regions, three atmospheres: the Berber Dahar and its ksour, the Sahara of Ksar Ghilane and Douz, the oases of the Jerid around Tozeur. Here is how to choose your excursion according to the time you have.
Douz, gateway to the Sahara: dunes, camels and the Thursday market
Douz is where the palm grove ends and the sand begins. Nicknamed the "gateway to the Sahara", it is the starting point for camel rides and desert treks towards the Grand Erg.
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.
Mides: the dizzying canyon and the oasis on the Algerian border
The old village of Mides is perched on a rocky spur ringed by a canyon dozens of metres deep. It is the most spectacular of the mountain oases, a stone's throw from Algeria.
Tamerza: the great waterfall, the canyon and the ghost village
The largest of Tunisia's mountain oases: a palm grove in a canyon, a waterfall that flows all year round and, on the other side of the wadi, the ochre ruins of old Tamerza, abandoned after the floods of 1969.
Chebika: the mountain oasis, its waterfall and its old village
At the foot of the djebel, a spring gushes from the rock, tumbles down as a waterfall and brings a palm grove to life, squeezed into a gorge of red stone. Chebika is the first of the Jerid's three mountain oases, and the most photogenic.
Nefta, Mos Espa and Ong Jemel: the Star Wars sets in the desert
West of Tozeur, the holy city of Nefta watches over its "basket" of springs. A little further on, among the dunes, the village of Mos Espa is still waiting for Anakin: the set of The Phantom Menace is still standing.
The Chott el Jerid: crossing the great salt lake of the Tunisian Sahara
More than 5,000 km² of salt as far as the eye can see, a straight road laid across it, mirages dancing at noon and pink reflections at sunset: the Chott el Jerid is one of the strangest landscapes in Tunisia.
Tozeur: the great oasis of the Jerid, its ochre bricks and its palm grove
Capital of the Jerid, Tozeur is Tunisia's most beautiful oasis town: a vast palm grove fed by dozens of springs, an old town with ochre brick façades and, all around, the salt lake and the mountain oases.
Ksar Jouamaa: sleeping in a restored Berber ksar in the heart of the Dahar
On a ridge of the Dahar, a 17th-century ksar has been restored to welcome travellers: you sleep in a ghorfa, dine Berber-style under the stars and wake up facing the Jeffara plain.
Ksar Hadada: the Mos Espa slave quarter, a ksar turned film set
In this ksar converted into a hotel, George Lucas filmed the alleys of Mos Espa's slave quarter in 1997, where Anakin and his mother live. The ghorfas remain, and the place draws fans from all over the world.
Ksar Ouled Soltane: the best-preserved fortified granary in southern Tunisia
Two closed courtyards, hundreds of vaulted cells stacked over four levels, outer staircases climbing in zigzags: Ksar Ouled Soltane is the most impressive ksar in the Dahar, and a setting from The Phantom Menace.