Ksar Ghilane
Ksar Ghilane is a remote desert encampment, reached by desert tracks once the paved road ends south of Douz. The ten and eleven day journeys spend a night in a desert camp, at Pansy Camp or similar, and the eleven day sheet has a camel trek out to the Roman fort for the sunset.
- Time on our journeys
- One night
- On our journeys
- Two of our six private journeys
Visiting Ksar Ghilane
From Douz the road continues south, leaves the pavement and becomes a desert track through semi-arid desert, arriving in the afternoon at the remote desert encampment. Late in the day, a couple of hours before sunset, you might take a camel trek, an optional excursion that your guide helps arrange with one of the camel owners. On the eleven day sheet the trek goes out to the Roman fort to watch the sunset and returns to the encampment by moonlight.
The sheets name Pansy Camp as the desert camp on the ten and eleven day journeys, and the eleven day sheet gives the place as Ksar Ghilane, or Zmila. The Students Fun Tour also sleeps here, at the Sahara Lounge.
What to see
- The camel trek, arranged by your guide with one of the camel owners
- The Roman fort at sunset
- The return to the encampment by moonlight
- A night in the desert camp
Journeys that include Ksar Ghilane
Three of our seven journeys visit Ksar Ghilane. The day by day, the hotels and the price are on each journey's own page.
- Tunisia's Marvels10 days, 9 nights. Reached on day 7, with a night here.$2,550 a person, double occupancy
- The Wonders of Tunisia11 days, 10 nights. Reached on day 7, with a night here.$3,150 a person, double occupancy
- Students Fun Tour7 days, 6 nights. Reached on day 4, with a night here.Group programme
Along the way in the Deep South and the Ksour
Troglodyte dwellings, fortified granaries, and the dunes beyond the end of the tarmac.
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