Endless Sahara Adventure

Endless Sahara Adventure

Eleven Days

Day one: - Arrival in Tripoli, meet assistance, transfer to hotel, dinner at Restaurant.

Tripoli (Trablos), 85 kilometers north of Beirut, has a special character all its own. Thanks to its historical wealth, relaxed lifestyle and thriving business climate, this is a city where modern and medieval blend easily into a lively and hospitable metropolis. Known as the capital of the North, Tripoli is Lebanon’s second largest city.

Day two: - Drive to Sabratha (Roman city) fly to Sabah, night in Tweeha camp (desert).

Day three: - Visit Germa old town – museum drive towards Alawinat- night in a camp.

Site of the ruins of the Garamantian cities Garama and Zinchecra which are still under excavation. The Garamantes were a warrior nation who originated in the Tibesti region of the Sahara and here may be seen the remnants of this two-thousand-year-old civilisation that once ruled the Fezzan.

Day four: - Irwan valley- Adad valley – Akakus mountains-sunset in Owiss.

Day five: - Full day at Owiss to valley mellen (Akakus).

Day six: - Valley Telahan-Akakus, valley Tashwint, camp near by.

It is here that the Sahara desert offers up its most glorious gift. An officially designated natural museum, the Acacus region offers spectacular desert and mountain scenery. Rock paintings that extend back 10,000 years depict the development of human societies and the animal life that was once abundant in the Sahara, such as giraffe and elephant. A visit to the Akakus is a never-to-be-forgotten experience.

Day seven: - Leave Akakus to Inramass, camp near by.

Day eight: - Entering Valley Matkandosh (Roch arch) Lunch in open air, back to camp.

Day nine: - Visit the Lakes of Gaber Awon- back to Tripoli.-night in hotel.

Day ten: - Full day at the marble city of Leptis Magna, dinner at Restaurant.

While the setting of Leptis Magna cannot compete with what is found in eastern Libya, the harbour area is still very nice, together with Wadi Labna, even if it is almost filled with sand now. It is much because of the sand that Leptis Magna is so well preserved, for 800 years the site was entirely protected by it.

At the most Leptis Magna can have had as much as 80,000 inhabitants, and its splendor profited from the love the emperor Septimus Severus (193-211) felt for his native town. Much of the best at the present site dates back to this period. The town had a steady base of income from slave trade, gold, ivory, metals, plus agriculture which was richer in those days.

Day eleven: - Tripoli Airport for your departure.