Unicorn is delighted to offer this superb horse riding holiday in Tunisia. It is a faster than average trail ride giving the opportunity for varied and challenging riding in the Big Erg region of Tunisia, famous for its sand dunes. Riders have the opportunity to ride through the arid mountain landscape that was the backdrop to the movie Star Wars, bathe in a natural hot spring and have long canters along the dried river beds. Camp beside your horse in the desert each night. Enjoy the magnificant sunsets while the camp staff prepare delicious meals each day. The horses are Barb and Arab Barb crosses, sure-footed and used to the terrain and pace of riding.
Day 1 Arrival at Djerba Airport, transfer to the first camp at Tatouine (about 120km from Djerba). Meet the other guests, the Tunisian guide, the kitchen team and the horses. Dinner in Beduin tent.
Day 2 Beginning in the mountain village of Toujane, with a break in a cave cafe. We ride through the 'Djebel' arid mountains which are the last buttress of the Atlas mountains. We continue through the mountains, where the movie "Star Wars" was filmed.
Day 3 In the morning we are still in the mountains, lunch at the Bir Zaoui well. Leaving the mountains, we ride on through the Wadis (dried river beds), where we find sand and the first canters are possible.
Day 4 We enter the "Big Eastern Erg" through the dunes of the sand desert. At the end of the day we arrive at the oasis "Ksar Ghilane", where hot springs have made a green paradise from the yellow sand in the middle of the desert. There is the opportunity to bathe in this natural bathtub, and to have a warm shower after. Then we join the camp in the oasis for dinner and a well-earned rest.
Day 5 Early start, up before sunrise for a camel-ride into the desert and watch the sunrise over the infinity of the dunes of the Big Erg. After breakfast we make our way through the vast desert planes to lunch in the sahara. In the afternoon we cross the stone desert and have long stretches of canter through the dry channels. Camp overnight in the sand dunes, and bake bread in the hot sand.
Day 6 We leave the desert of sand dunes and again enter the rocky region of mountains. Our camp tonight will be at a small oasis, near Chenini.
Day 7 Our horses are already on holiday so we take a bus to go to visit Chenini. This former Ksar, eight hundred years old is still inhabited by some families and it's traditional olive oil plant still works. We visit the Ksar and the tombs of the 7 giants as well as the small tilting mosque outside the village. After lunch back at the last camp, the horse and kitchen team leave us. We go back to Djerba island, where we visit the market, the Souk and the Medina before dinner in a restaurant. Last night in the Hotel El Maschrak.
Day 8 After breakfast we bid farewell to Tunisia. Transfer to the airport and departure.
Please note: This itinerary is given for your guidance only and it may be altered in accordance with the prevailing conditions by the organising team.
NOTES - MAGIC OF THE DESERT
Single tents when camping are available free of charge, any supplement paid guarantees a single room on hotel nights.
The weight limit for this ride is 14 st/198 lb/90 kg, please enquire if you are an experienced rider exceeding this weight.
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WHAT IS INCLUDED
Transfers, accommodation, meals, luggage transfers, drinks (water, tea, coffee and wine), all riding, horses, tack and English speaking guiding.
WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED
Drinks in the restaurant in Djerba and at the bar at the hot springs of Ksar Ghilane and items of a personal nature.
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