Country
Tunisia
Duration
14 Days/13 Nights
Travel Type
Escorted Tours
 

Enjoy a one-week tour of Tunisia’s main highlights with a private English speaking guide, a private driver and a 4×4 vehicle including a night in a Bedouin camp in the Sahara desert (possibility to stay at a hotel as well). Then relax for 6 nights in a seaside 4* resort in Port El Kantaoui. A perfect combination of discovery, adventure and relaxation.

Inclusions

Group transportation from day 1 to day 8 on 4×4 and individual transfer back to airport
Services of a local guide for the duration of the tour
13 night accommodation (7 nights tour + 6 nights sea side stay) at 4 * and 5* hotels * including one night under a tent (hotels based on local standard classification)
Visits as per itinerary
3 meals daily from the dinner during the 7-night Tour
2 meals daily (breakfast and dinner ) during the 6-night beach stay

Exclusions

Flights, gratuities to the guides, drivers and hotel staff – Beverages – Stay tax of approx 39 Dinar to pay at destination, other optional excursions: folklore evening (approx. CAD $40), lunches during the beach stay , one hour ride on a camel in the dunes (approx. CAD $20)

1

DAY 1 TUNIS

Arrival at Tunis airport and transfer to your hotel in Tunis. Today, visit the National Museum of Bardo.

Meals : Dinner

Accommodation : Tunis for 1 night

2

DAY 2 TUNIS – CARTHAGE – SIDI BOU SAID – KAIROUAN (approx. 155 km)

Departure to Carthage and visit of the Antonin thermal baths. Continue to Sidi Bou Said. Leisurely stroll in this picturesque town. Later proceed to Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, and explore its medina, the souks. Departure for Kairouan.

Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation : Kairouan for 1 night

3

DAY 3 KAIROUAN – SBEITLA – GAFSA – TOZEUR (approx. 300 km)

Visit the holy city of Tunisia including the Grand Mosque. Admire the pond of Aghablides, a 7th century relic, as well as the city’s souks. Continue on to Sbeitla to visit the imposing ruins and temples. Proceed to Gafsa and visit the city centre and then we head to Tozer for the night.

Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation : Tozeur for 2 nights

4

DAY 4 TOZEUR – CHEBIKA – ONG DJEMAL – TOZEUR (approx. 200 km)

Full day to discover the Mountain Oasis of Chebika, where you will be surprised to a small village, canyons and waterfalls in the middle of the desert. We will also visit Onk Jemel, the famous Star Wars set before we make our way back to Tozeur, the city known as the “Door of the Desert”.

Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

5

DAY 5 TOZEUR – CHOTT EL JERID – DOUZ – KSAR GHILANE /SAHARA (approx. 280 km)

Today we cross the Chott El Jerid, the immaculate white salt desert where mirages are not uncommon. Continue on to Douz where you will make a stop at the sand dunes of the Sahara desert for an optional camel ride ($).Tonight, we have the opportunity to stay in a charming accommodation, a Berber Camp for a night under the tent.

Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation : Sahara for 1 night

6

DAY 6 KSAR GHILANE – MATMATA – CHENINI – TATAOUINE (approx. 300 km)

This morning we will visit the troglodyte’s houses, built in the rock like holes in the desert. We then continue through Chenini and on to Tataouine, one of the most scenic cities in the South East.

Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation : Tataouine for 1 night

7

DAY 7 TATATOUINE – GABES – SFAX (approx. 260 km)

Today we visit Gabes renowned for its spice Market and Sfax, Tunisia’s second largest city.

Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation : Sfax for 1 night

8

DAY 8 SFAX – EL JEM – MONASTIR – PORT EL KANTAOUI OR HAMMAMET (approx. 150 to 200 km)

This morning, we stop at El Jem for a visit to the ancient Roman Coliseum. We then continue to your chosen hotel in Port El Kantaoui, Sousse or Yasmine-Hammamet for your beach stay.

Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation : Your choice of hotel for the next 6 nights

9 - 13

DAYS 9 – 13 PORT EL KANTAOUI OR HAMMAMET (BEACH STAY)

Days at leisure at the resort of your choice with daily breakfast and dinner. Optional tours available ($).

Meals : Breakfast, Dinner

Accommodation : The 6-night stay hotel at the end of the tour can be replaced by any hotel of your choice in Tunisia, with supplement.

14

DAY 14 BEACH STAY HOTEL – TUNIS

Transfer to Tunis airport.

Meals : Breakfast

Choices of hotels or similar

Tunis :El Mouradi Palace Gammarth 4* or Royal Victoria 4*

Kairouan: Golden Yasmine Kasbah 5*

Tozeur: Tozeur Ras el Ain 4* or Ksar Rouge Tozeur 4*

Sahara desert: Camp-Mars or Zmela site

Tataouine: Sangho Privilege Tataouine 3*

Sfax: Golden Yasmin Les Oliviers Palace 5*

Beach stay x 6: El Mouradi Palace 4* in Port El Kantaoui or
El Mouradi Hammamet

Rates in CA$, per person, starting from, in double occupancy 

Land Package

Based on a minimum of 4 participants travelling together
Daily departures 2022 – 2023  
 
August 21 – October 24, 2022 2095
October 25, 2022 – April 18, 2023 2195
April 19 – June 20, 2023 2095
June 21 – August 21, 2023 1695
Supplement to make this tour based on only 2 participants + 495

**Prices in this document are for information only; they were issued at press time, for the current year. Please note that due to exchange rates and temporary promotions, they can increase or decrease at any time. Contact your travel agent for the price and promotion of the moment The prices indicated exclude the contribution to the Customer Compensation Fund of $3.50 per $1,000 of tourism product or service purchased from a travel agent in Quebec