Djerba & Sahara
1st Day: Arrival
Arrival at Tunis Carthage airport
Take the flight Tunis – Djerba
Installation at the hotel
Dinner & Night in hotel.
2nd Day: Guellala
Departure to Guellala to visit the Heritage Museum (optional extra)
Visit the Synagogue
Continue to Houmt Souk and the famous fish market
Visit the Djerba Explore Park: Crocodile Garden and crocodile feeding assistance (optional extra)
Dinner & Night in hotel.
3rd Day: Matmata
Transfer to Matmata
Visit a Troglodytic house.
Free time
Dinner & Night in the hotel
4th Day: Douz
Transfer to Douz
Sunset on the backs of camels
Dinner & night in a hotel.
5th Day: Tozeur
Transfer to Tozeur.
Break to take pictures at “Chott Jerid”
Installation in hotel
Folk dinner (optional extra)
Return to hotel.
6th Day: Chebika Waterfall
Visit the "CHEBIKA" waterfall
Visit the CHAK-WAK park in the heart of a palm grove which traces the creation of humanity
Transfer to Djerba
Installation at the hotel.
Dinner & night in a hotel.
7th Day : Djerba
Take the flight Djerba – Tunis.
End of service.
Included in the Pack:
♦ All visits and excursions mentioned in the program
♦ Accommodation at the chosen hotel in Half-board
♦ Round up transfer
♦ Flight Tunis – Djerba – Tunis
Explore More About Djerba:
Djerba, an island off the coast of Tunisia, is known for Mediterranean beaches and whitewashed desert towns influenced by Berber, Arab, Jewish and African cultures. Houmt Souk is the main city, known for its handicraft markets, fishing port, and 16th-century fortress, Borj el Kebir. To the south is El Ghriba synagogue, a pilgrimage site for North African Jews.
After being conquered by the Arabs in 655 and made a dependency of Tunis and Kairouan (Al-Qayrawān), it passed back and forth between Sicilian, Norman, and Ḥafṣid control from the 12th to the 15th century. After several unsuccessful attempts by the Spanish to take the island in the 16th century, it passed under Ottoman control until the arrival of the French in the late 19th century. Jerba Island, now a part of Tunisia, is noted for its orchards (especially dates and olives), fishing (sponges and oysters), woolens and blankets, and pottery.
Its fine beaches and international airport have also made it a popular tourist resort. Ḥawmat al-Sūq is the principal town and chief market center, and Ajīm is the main port. The population is mostly Amazigh (Berber) in origin; there also remains a portion of the island’s once significant Jewish community, which was one of the oldest in the world. A small proportion of the population belongs to the Kharijite sect of Islam. Pop. (2004) 139,517.