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The Libyan Fezzan: be prepared to immerse yourself in desert landscapes so stunning, so alien and seemingly extraterrestrial, that you’ll never forget them. Twisted rock towers snake up to the sky from rippling desert, multicolored lakes completely out of context hide among monster sand dunes, and in the background the mysterious Tuaregs and their camels move across the horizon. Libya is also a treasure chest of spectacular Phoenician and Roman ruins that majestically populate the desert sands. Huge amphitheaters that could host today’s largest performances, marble colonnades winding past ancient temples—collectively they are the world’s most intact remains of Roman civilization. UNESCO World Heritage Sites are commonplace in Libya, and we visit at least four. Via 4-wheel drive Toyota Land Cruisers and on foot into wadis that have seen few human footprints, we’ll explore rock art more than 12,000 years old and experience desert panoramas that have no counterpart anywhere in the world. A support team of six experienced local folks will keep us fed, watered and warm as we cover a grand swath of Libya's vast southwestern desert region. Five comfortable camping nights and four hotel nights.
THE CARTOGRAPHY
AFRICA
LIBYA
for 2013...
THE SAHARA'S LIBYAN FEZZAN
Dream-like Landscapes in a Stunning Desert Region
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 The Sahara's Libyan Fezzan
Tripoli,
Libya
9
6-8
$4,241


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THE DAY-BY-DAY BRIEF
THE HIGHLIGHTS

                    
Day 1(Travel & Rendezvous Day): Group members independently arrive Tripoli and rendezvous at Tripoli hotel with other group arrivals for dinner. Night in Tripoli;

Day 2: Make a morning walk through Tripoli's old medina. Drive west to the ancient Phoenician port of Sabratha, a UNESCO WHS, and tour the ruins. Fly to Sebha—center of the Fezzan Region—in the afternoon. Night at resort camp in Sebha;

Day 3: A 500 km 4WD run west of Sebha into the Maghidat area and its vast forest of natural stone monoliths. Tent camping this night;

Day 4: Hikes to overlooks and rock formations in Maghidat. Head overland to the Tadrart Akakus in afternoon. Tent camping this night;

Day 5: Explore the Wadi Adad and Wadi Awiss in the Akakus Mountains.Visit rock art sites and desert panorama viewpoints.Tent camping this night;

Day 6: Explore Wadi Tashuinart in the morning and more rock art sites. Begin drive to Ubari Lakes with stop to tour ancient Germa. Tent camping this night;

Day 7: Continue overland through the Ubari Sand Sea past four of the Ubari Lakes. Fly to Tripoli in afternoon. Night at Tripoli hotel;

Day 8: Drive east of Tripoli to Leptis Magna, a UNESCO WHS. Tour the ancient Roman city and return to Tripoli for the night.

Day 9: Transfer to airport for homeward-bound departures.

 
  • Tripoli's old medina and the colorful souks;

  • The impressive ruins of Sabratha—its great amphitheatre, temples and colonnades;

  • Sebha's huge castle-like Fort Elena, built in the Italian colonial period;

  • The bizarre landforms of the Fezzan's Maghidat area;

  • The remoteness and stark beauty of the Akakus Mountains;

  • The rich trove of prehistoric rock art in the wadis of the Akakus, dating back 12,000 years;

  • Meeting the Sahara's mysterious tribal Touregs;

  • Leptis Magna, another of Libya's UNESCO WHSs
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THE GALLERY: SABRATHA & LEPTIS MAGNA
At the ruins of Sabratha, Libya
The Ampitheatre at Sabratha, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Leptis Magna, aUNESCO World Heritage Site, considered to be the world's best preserved, most complete example of an ancient Roman city
Al-Waddan Hotel, Tripoli, Libya
THE GALLERY: IN LIBYA'S FEZZAN—THE MAGHIDAT, AKAKUS MOUNTAINS & THE UBARI LAKES
Aerial view of the rock towers of the Maghidat Area, Fezzan, Libya
In t he Maghidat Area, Fezzan, Libya
Touareg man on the move, Fezzan, Libya


Eroded land forms & rock art in the Akakus Mountains,
Fezzan Region, Southwestern Libya
Among the Ubari Lakes near Sebha, Fezzan, Libya


COME EXPLORE SOME OF THE MOST DRAMATIC DESERT TERRAIN ON EARTH

Libya's Fezzan Region is a wonderland of strange land forms, mountains rich with UNESCO World Heritage Site rock art dating back 12,000 years, pristine oasis lakes cupped by giant sand dunes, and the Touaregs—mysterious camel-riding desert inhabitants who populate the Sahara. Join an unforgettable adventure to this remote and exciting desert world.

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