Program details
Day 1 - Tripoli
Morning arrival into Tripoli. Airport transfer to our central city hotel.
Tripoli city tour – Visit the 19th century Ottoman Clock tower
Explore the bustling souks of the old Medina
See the Arch of Marcus Aurelius – built in 163 AD, the triumphal arch of Marcus Aurelius is Tripoli’s most iconic monument. It was the centre point of the old Roman city.
Visit Martyrs’ Square – formally known as Independence Square under Colonel Gaddafi. It’s the centre of the newer Italian built area of the city.
Day 2 :Palace of the pilgrim
You will start driving in a south-westerly direction to the Nafusa mountain range to visit the Hajj Palace: it is an unusual round fortified granary. Early in the evening , you will make your way uphill from a cliff to a sprawling Berber village called yifrin to spend the night
Day 3 the Berber culture in Mount Nafusa
You will leave early in the morning and travel through Mount Nafusa, a landscape of barren mountains and rocky cliffs, home to the Libyan Berber community (also known as Amazigh). The first stop will be tormisa-an abandoned stone village located on a rocky outcrop overlooking the jufara plain. , As well as a mosque. You will then drive to Kabaw ; a charming Berber community located on a hillside with a magnificent granary that is the focal point of the village. Lunch will be eaten nearby and the journey south will continue in the afternoon as the mountainous terrain begins to give way to the harshness of the desert when you arrive in cabao in the early evening ،
Day 4
You will return to Tripoli along a different route through Nafusa mountain stopping at nalut. Nalut is the largest Berber community and houses an exceptional Berber granary that swings on the edge of a mountain with great views overlooking the plains below. The palace is the focal point of the village , the houses, the oil press and the mosque fell empty only in 1960 when the new nalut was built around it
The flight is long and you will arrive in Tripoli early in the evening for dinner at a local restaurant or at your hotel
Day 5 - Leptis Magna
Today we will visit Leptis Magna, one of the greatest ancient sites in the world. In its heyday during the reign of Libyan Emperor Septimius Severus, it was second only to Rome and housed over 100,000 people. This vast city remained buried for some 1300 years, and it was not until the 1920s that a major excavation by Italian and Libyan archaeologists revealed the limestone and marble wonders that
we explore today.
Lunch nearby.
After extensively exploring the site, we return to Tripoli.
Dinner and overnight in Tripoli.
Day 6 - Sabratha
Early drive northwest to Sabratha – one of the most important historical sites in Libya. The city dates back to 500BC and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Phoenicians and Romans previously used it as a seaport.
Visit the Sabratha Theatre – dating back to 175CE.
Explore the amphitheatre where duals took place in front of a crowd of up to 10,000 spectators.
Drive back to Tripoli
Day 7
Hotel breakfast
Transfer to the airport
End of Libya tour.