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7:30 AM: Pickup from your accommodation in Gabès.
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Departure for Matmata.
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In Matmata: Visit a troglodyte house with a local host, and the Sidi Idriss Hotel, a Star Wars filming location.
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Explore the village of Tamezret. Learn about Berber cuisine and have lunch with a local family.
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Departure for Tozeur via Douz and Chott El Jerid, the mirage-filled salt lake.
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Dinner at a restaurant and overnight in guesthouses or 4* hotel in Tozeur.
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Departure for the mountain oases.
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Visit the oases of Chebika, Tamerza, and the canyon of Midès.
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Lunch at a restaurant in Tamerza by the waterfall.
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Visit Ong Jmel and the Star Wars sets at Mos Espa in the desert, followed by a sunset view.
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Visit the Nefta Basket.
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Dinner at a restaurant and overnight in guesthouses or 4* hotel in Tozeur.
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Visit the Medina of Tozeur.
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Visit the Sidi Bouhlel canyon, natural Star Wars filming location (Episode I).
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Departure for Douz, crossing the Chott El Jerid salt lake again.
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Visit the irrigation system and the cooling tower of the Kébili palm grove.
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Lunch at a restaurant in Douz.
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Departure for the Ksar Ghilane oasis via track or road depending on the season.
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Free time at the oasis and optional swim in the hot spring (32°).
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Optional: Quad ride 30€/h per person, camel ride 15€/h per person.
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Departure via track to the Saharan camp, 20 km into the desert, setup and free time, bread baking demonstration in the sand, dinner, and overnight in private tents in the desert.
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Breakfast.
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Free time in the eastern Sahara dunes.
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Departure for the perched village of Chenini.
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Guided tour of Chenini village.
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Lunch at a restaurant in Guermassa.
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Visit Ksar Ouled Soltane, a Star Wars filming location, representing the slave quarters.
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Return and drop-off at your accommodation in Gabès by 5:30 PM.