Mediterranean, Gaddames and Endless Sahara

Eleven Days:

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

Day two: - Full day at Sabratha (Roman city), Dinner at restaurant.

Day three: - Full day at Tripoli old town-National museum-Arch of Marcus, dinner at Rest.

Day Four: - Drive to Nafosa mountains, Evening to Gaddames, overnight in town.

Day Five: - Gaddames old town, national museum, sunset in sand dunes.

Day Six: - Drive to Barber villages –Lunch- back to Tripoli to fly to Sabaha.

Day seven: - Drive to the lakes of Awbary –Back to Tweeha camp.

Day Eight: - Drive to valley Matkandosh- valley Bargoog, Back to camp.

Day Nine: - Drive to Germa, visit the old city, national museum, and back to Airport to Tripoli.

Day Ten: - Full day at Marble city of Leptis Magna-Dinner at Restaurant.

Day Eleven: - Transfer to Airport for your departure.

Sabrata
Location: 40 miles west of Tripoli, 140 miles south-east of Djerba (Tunisia)

Settled in the late 5th/early 6th century BC by the Phoenicians, Sabrata's development as a Roman city began in the latter half of the 1st century AD. It reached its zenith in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, particularly during the reign of Septimus Severus, who was born in nearby Leptis Magna. Much of the city was destroyed by earthquakes during the 4th century, particularly that which took place in 365 AD. A rebuilding programme followed but the city was now to occupy a much smaller area. The Vandals ruled in the 5th century but they were expelled under the Emperor Justinian and further building projects took place in the Byzantine era. Sabrata was to survive for a hundred years following the Arab invasion of the mid 7th century AD.

The most spectacular site in Sabrata is the Theatre, probably built during the reign of the Emperor Commodus (161-192 AD), with its three-storey backdrop of columns. Other monuments and areas of interest include the Temple of Liber Pater, the Basilica of Justinian, the Mosaics of the House of Jason Magnus, the Capitolium, the Temple of Serapis, the Temple of Hercules and the Temple of Isis.