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sand dunes
4x4 Cars
Self-driving across the desert requires 4x4 vehicles. All four wheels of any 4x4 car receive torque from the engine and hence the name: four by four. The first number refers to the number of wheels and the second is the number of powered wheels. 4x4 cars are also known as 4WD, and all-wheel drive (AWD). These cars were further modified to make them ideal for offroad conditions such as driving across rough terrains, sand beaches, and unpaved roads. By using large or additional tires and tall suspension gear off-road vehicles can maintain low ground pressure and traction in order not to sink in the soft as
: Organize your tou
If you intend to organize your self-drive 4x4 desert tours across the Libyan Sahara for yourself or for your group, then we can help you with everything you need, from visa on arrival and vehicle paper permits and formalities, to specialist desert experts and required guides. You can design your own route and choose your own sites; or choose the route and decide on the sites as you go after arrival, or just let us know what sites or routes you would like to drive through and we will design a suitable itinerary. Among the most popular off-road destinations in Kufra area cars among the rocks and the endless sand dunes of the saharathe magical sand dunes of the Ubari Sand Sea, Wan Case, and Idhan Murzuq; the Red Hamada desert; the valleys of Acacus and Metkhandoush; and the Tazirbu the Libyan Sahara are
hummer in the Sahara
landrover
Fixed Vehicle Charges:
There is a fixed vehicle charge payable on every vehicle brought into Libya, regardless of how many times you visit Libya in one year. They were introduced in 2009, and further updated in September 2010 as follows:
$Motorbikes:30
$Car (ordinary): 45
4WD vehicle: 50$
Saloon cars & 4WD with tinted back windows (privacy glass): 55$ *
Double & Single Cabin cars (with a box at the back): 50$
Minibus: 80$
Lorries, trucks, and other large cargo vehicles: 65$
car with tinted glass
This is what we mean by a car with tinted back windows or privacy glass.
License Plate:
15 Libyan Dinars, plus a 100 $ refundable deposit, which you will get back when you leave the country. Please make sure you keep the receipt in a safe place.
:Car Insurance
Usually between 10 and 30 $ per vehicle, for 15 days, depending on the insurance company, duration, and vehicle type.
cars before the Big Arch of Afodzjar in Acacus4x4
driving down a sand dune in the Sahara
Carnet de Passages:
Free if you have an international carnet, otherwise the following amounts apply. Please note that this charge is best paid in US Dollars because the amount to pay is the same in Euro or Dollars: for example, you can pay either 30 Dollars or 30 Euro for your bike:1 Motorbike: US$50 (US Dollars)
Quad: US$50 (US Dollars)
Trailer: US$75
Car: US$75
4x4: US$75
Campervan: US 50
Lorry: US$350?
group of desert cars in the Sahara
Off-Road Sahara Routes
If you are thinking of a self-drive tour through the Sahara using your four-by-four, four-wheel drive, all-wheel drive, quad, buggy, or desert bike, then Libya offers some of the best sand deserts in the world: namely the Ubari Sand Sea and Idhan Murzuk (or Ethan Murzuq). You can design your own route to include all the desert sites you would like to travel through, or we can design a route for you to cover all the areas you specify. Generally speaking, the main routes for desert off-road adventure driving include the following routes. You can start from Ras Ajdir or Tripoli and head for the oasis of Ghadames right at the edge of the Libyan Sahara
Ghadames - Darj - Adiri: there are two routes you can take from Darj to Adiri:
Daraj - Wadi Meghrgher (about an hour's drive) - Wadi Mana'ah - Wadi Tanarut (half an hour's drive) - Bir Al-Ghuzayyil. This is the first stop on the route where it diverges into three routes. Then after half an hour's drive, you will reach Gara'et Saga'ohah - then after three hour's drive you will reach Hamadat Wadi Mritayyin, then Awaynat Wanin, then all the way to Adiri, mostly through the rocky desert, with some occasional sand tracks.
The second track from Daraj goes through Wadi Awal and then across to Wadi Didban (Daydaban: rocky desert), where it meets with the second dotted track diverging from Bir Al-Ghuzayyil; then to Wan Henked - Keddalah - Bir (or Ayn) Nahiyah - Bir Dambaba - Wadi Syayil - Gerbaja - Adiri.
Ghadames - Ghat: you enter the Red Hamada and continue until you reach Tijida Iqennin, after which you continue through the sand all the way down to Tafilalt. After Tafilalt you reach the tarmac road coming from Germa and through this road, you will continue towards Ghat. The route covers the following sites:
Ghadames - Taneshri
Nazrah - Wan n Tfaskiween
Kerbt Wadad - Wan Fijajan
Imermaz - Ighar Mellen
In Azar - Bin Delish
Tijida Iqennin (end of Hamada)
Then through the sand all the way to Timnukaleen
Azirigh - Awyetten
Timenloulen - Tachiumet
Tafilalt
Then you enter the tarmac road towards Ghat, or head east towards Germa and Tkerkiba, or continue south towards Wan Casa and then to the great sand dunes of Murzuq
Fezzan - Waw An Namus:
Sabha - Ubari Lakes
Ubari Sand Dunes
Away at
Wan Casa
Wadi Metkhandoush
Edhan Murzuq (Murzuk Sand Dunes)
Tmessah
Waw Al Kabeer
Waw An-Namous, and then either continue to Tazerbu and then Kufra, or return to Sabha and then Tripoli or Ras Ajdir
Waw Na-Namous - Kufra - Uweinat:
Waw Annamous - Tazerbo - (about 5 hours driving)
Tazerbo - Bezima - (about 6 hours driving)
Benzema - al-Kufra - (about 8 hours driving)
Al-Kufra - Arekno (Arkno) - (about 8 hours driving)
Al Uweinat (about 8 hours driving)
Al Uweinat - Kufra (about 8 hours driving)
Kufra - Awjla - (about 10 hours driving)
Awjla - Ajdabya - (about 8 hours driving)
Then from Ajdabiya either return to Tripoli or head east towards the Egyptian border via the tarmac road to Tobruk or via the coastal road.
Design your own driving route: you can modify any of the above routes, combine some f the sites from the above routes, or send us your own route map and the list of sites you would like to see