2023
• Arrive at Tripoli airport.
• Transfer to the hotel, where we have a pre-trip briefing before dinner.
• Travel seventy kilometres southwest to visit Jebel Nefusa—the heartland of the Berber people.
• In Jebel Nefusa, we visit the 12th-century granary of Qasr-al-Haj, the ancient stone village of Tarmeisa and the valleys of Sahel Al Jefra.
• Later we descend the mountains and head further south into the Sahara towards Ghadames, an ancient desert town. We stay here overnight.
• Full day in Ghadames.
• Explore the unique Saharan architecture of Ghadames old town, traditional houses and mosques.
• Later, we take an excursion to some desert dunes to watch the sunset over the mountains at the Algerian border.
• After breakfast, we leave for Gharyan, located at the foot of the Nafusa Mountains. Gharyan was a famous trading post and then later known for being the centre of Libya's resistance against the Italian invasion in the early 20th century. It is now a centre of flour milling, carpet weaving and pottery making and is famous for its troglodyte caves.
• Return to Tripoli.
• Visit the two thousand five-hundred-year-old UNESCO World Heritage Site of Sabratha. Formerly a Phoenician seaport and trading post, it was later used by the Romans before being badly damaged by an earthquake in the 4th Century.
• Return to Tripoli and visit the Gurgi mosque, Al-Nakah mosque, Karamanli house, the former British Consulate, the Ottoman clock tower, the arch of Marcus Aurelius and Martyrs square.
• Drive east to visit the incredible UNESCO site of Leptis Magna. After the tour, you will return to Tripoli, visiting Villa Selene en route—a private villa that a wealthy Roman family owned full of paintings and mosaics.
• In Tripoli, we can go shopping in the old town bazaars.
• Transfer to the airport for departure.