Trekking in Southern Tunisia

Day 1: Welcome to Tunisia

Arrival, reception at the airport and transfer to the hotel.

Free day

Accommodation: Hotel Touring or similar

Day 2: The Ksours of Beni Khadech and the night in a cottage

The starting day of your trekking tour in Tunisia. Head from Djerba towards Medenine and stop on the mountain of “Kaf El Anba” which dominates the plain of Jeffara. Photo break to admire the panoramic view and start of the hike.

Departure towards Ksar Jouamaa and visit then continuation between the tracks and the villages of Beni Khedache towards the Ksar of Zemmour (about 9 Km). Photo break

After the break we will start the 2nd part to digest and we will go to the famous Ksar Hallouf (about 7 km). On arrival and in the middle of the oasis we will have a good picnic lunch.

Free time to enjoy the landscapes around then we will resume the 4 * 4 and we will head towards Ksar Hallouf, an 18th century attic.

Arrival, dinner and overnight installation.

Accommodation: Dar sana

Day 3: The Berber villages of Tataouine

Wake up gently and breakfast then start walking tours. Your local guide will accompany you through the mountain of Douiret and its Berber village to the neighboring village, that of Chenini. A hike between fields of olive trees, streams and stony tracks (about 15 km). During this journey you will meet goats, sheep, hamsters, you will breathe fresh air and you will visit the famous “Akarit” olive tree, the oldest olive tree in the region (millennium).

After about 4 hours, you will arrive in the village of Chenini, sit at the restaurant and enjoy a good local meal.

After the meal, a second part will be waiting for you to visit the village of Chenini with its different components: The houses dug horizontally in the walls of the mountain, the Ksar, the oil mill, the mosque … etc

Your guide will even take you to the famous Mosque of the 7 Sleepers, show you around and tell you its legend.

Accommodation: Dar sana

Day 4: Between Guermessa and Ksar Hadada

After breakfast, the 4 * 4 will drop you off at Chenini from where you will start your hike. Depart with your guide to the ancient village of Guermessa. Arrival and free time to enjoy a good lunch in the restaurant at the foot of the old village.

After the meal the 4 * 4 will be there to take you to the village of Ghomrassen, the starting point of a shorter hike through the Canyons and streams to the famous Ksar Hadada (one of the best preserved ksours in the region and the location of some Star Wars scenes).

Accommodation: Dar sana

Day 5: Matmata and the homestay visit

Breakfast and departure to Toujane, the ocher-colored Berber village, timidly hidden between two mountains.

Walking tour of the village and its surroundings with a local guide. Around noon we will head to a troglodyte house where we will enjoy a good lunch (it all depends on the number of people, you can be divided over several Berber houses).

100% local midday meal and free afternoon with your host to live a local and Berber experience (nothing is scheduled you will do exactly what the host does for his day: look for the grass, look for the sheep, do some bread, prepare to eat..etc)

Dinner and overnight at the inhabitant

Accommodation: Homestay in Matmata

Day 6: A typical Hammam

Still with the locals, you will enjoy a good organic breakfast: olive oil, honey, goat milk, etc.

Then we will go to El Hamma, this seaside village famous for its thermal springs. Stop at Chenchou and free time to enjoy a good Hammam (possibility of extra massage).

Lunch, then return to Djerba and free afternoon to do some shopping.

Installation at the hotel, dinner and overnight

Accommodation: Hotel Touring or similar

Day 7: End of our services

Free day and transfer to the airport according to flight schedules.