Top Douz Overnight Tours

Go for 2 days in the Sahara in complete independence, with your two guides cook , drivers, musicians. That the Great Desert for two days. Calm and serenity. Nature lovers and silence this outing is dedicated to you. The nights around the fire are sublime, the Milky Way and the stars watch you. Talk around campfires , listen to hi told by your companions nomads , learn how they negotiate with the desert. 3 hours transfer in 4x4 in one direction between tracks and navigation in the dunes make this trip exceptional. Camp with professionals in the Sahara, choose the evening menu,

Discover the magic of the Tunisian Sahara on an unforgettable overnight bivouac experience departing from Dunes Insolites camp. In the afternoon, meet your local desert guide and set off on a camel ride across the golden dunes of Sabria. As the sun begins to set, stop in the heart of the desert to enjoy the peaceful surroundings and spectacular views. At the bivouac, share a traditional evening around the fire and discover how “Mella,” the traditional sand bread, is prepared. Enjoy a freshly cooked dinner before settling into your desert tent for a night beneath the stars. Wake up to the calm of the Sahara, enjoy breakfast in the desert, and then begin the return journey to Dunes Insolites camp. A unique experience combining camel trekking, desert traditions, sunset, campfire, stargazing, and an authentic overnight stay in the Tunisian Sahara.

Trek through the Sahara desert atop a camel like an early explorer on this 2-day guided trek. With a guide in the lead to show you the ropes of camel-wrangling and provide insightful information on the sights, this ambitious overnight trek will go off without a hitch. Learn about the Bedouin and Berber ways that have kept people alive in the desert for centuries, combined with the modern conveniences of included meals and lodging.

Go beyond a day trip with this Ksar Ghilane overnight tour from Douz. Depart at 13:30 and arrive around 16:00 to visit the historic castle and oasis, then check in to a hotel in the oasis. Swim in the thermal hot spring, walk among the palms and watch the sunset over the dunes. Dinner is followed by an overnight stay. After breakfast, leave around 10:00 and return to Douz around 12:00. Includes Douz pickup and drop off, 4x4 transport, dinner, breakfast and a local driver guide. Lunch is not included.

Leave the noise of Douz behind and let a camel carry you into the silence of the Sahara, at the slow rhythm travellers have crossed these dunes for centuries. In the late afternoon, set off on a two-hour sunset trek across the sand, arriving at a traditional camp just as the sky turns gold. Watch bread being baked the old way, buried in the hot sand, then share a traditional Saharan dinner around the campfire. As night falls, the city light is gone and only stars remain over the dunes. Sleep in your own private desert tent, and at dawn climb back onto your camel for the two-hour ride to Douz, watching the Sahara wake in the sunrise light.

Trade the town for the deep Sahara on an overnight 4x4 expedition from Douz to Tembaine, the mountain the Berber call "the mountain seen from afar". Two and a half hours across the dunes of the Grand Erg Oriental bring you to Tiniri Camp, where you can sandboard the soft slopes before the sun drops. Watch sunset turn the whole erg gold from the top of the dunes, then gather around a large campfire for bread baked in the hot sand, a mixed traditional dinner and a sky thick with stars. Sleep in a comfortable desert tent and wake for sunrise over the dunes before breakfast and the drive back to Douz.

Feel the dunes move beneath you as your professional driver carves a track through the towering sands of the Sahara. This is no straight transfer to camp: it is a proper dune safari, cresting and dropping through Douz's golden dune fields as the sky turns orange. Departing Douz in the late afternoon, the two-hour ride carries you deep into the desert, arriving at camp around sunset. Settle in for an authentic Saharan dinner cooked over the campfire, watch traditional bread being baked under the hot sand, then sleep under a sky full of stars in your own private desert tent. In the morning, watch the sunrise over the dunes before the two-hour drive back to Douz.

THE SAHARA WITH NOMADS Arriving in Douz, it is better to immerse yourself in the great Desert, to live a wonderful adventure with nomads. A great transfer of 70km deep into the Desert to meet the caravan of dromedaries, your guide and the camel drivers, and the journey begins. A unique outing to completely cut off from the world. A real cure, a change of scenery, living to the rhythm of nature... walking alongside the dromedaries... Once tired, each one has a mount... Learn from your companions the nomads, sing, dance and especially taste local dishes.