The Sahara Desert is not only made up of sand dunes, but the Sahara Desert also has different forms of relief:

In the south-west of Tunisia, in the south, near the island of Djerba (less than 2 hours by 4×4), you can learn more about the history and culture of the Berbers and their people.

Matmata is an ancient Berber settlement, an amazing place located at an altitude of 600 metres on top of a hill. 

In Matmata you can sleep in its troglodyte houses, which are dwellings carved into the mountainside, and which served as a refuge from the sweltering heat and cold of these lands, as well as from the warlike incursions of their enemies.

Chenini is another Berber village of history and natural beauty set in a surprising and fascinating location in southern Tunisia. Chenini is perched high on a rocky mountain and has cave houses and a fortified granary. Some people still live in the caves. The village of Chenini offers a spectacular view of the landscape. 

There you will have the opportunity to learn more about the culture and history of the Berbers of Tunisia.

Ksar Ouled Soltane, located in the Tataouine district, was built by the Ouled Soltane Berber tribe in the 15th century. The Berbers used the ksour as fortresses and granaries to store food and protect themselves from enemy attacks.

In the Dahar, you will visit a type of stony desert landscape, characterized by its arid and hard surface that forms the Dahar Mountains. It is a totally different form of the Sahara Desert from the eastern erg and its sandy desert landscape, made up of dunes that move with the wind that you will visit on your next stage.

Guermassa is one of the famous Berber villages (now in ruins) of this Dahar region. It is situated on the top of a hill. It was a fortified granary or Ksar, built to protect against attacks.

In this region of the Dahar, which represents the Sahara Desert of arid rocky mountains, you will be able to do some hiking, take wonderful pictures and explore the sky and its stars at night in the company of our team of experts.

In the blink of an eye, next to the Dahar, is the great erg (erg comes from the Arabic word `arq` (عرق), dunes, dune fields) which lies between Algeria and Tunisia. It is an immense area of dunes covering some 190,000 km², 35,000 km² of which constitute the Tunisian Sahara Desert and whose nearest and most geographically important city is Douz.

In this unique landscape of the dunes, you can enjoy the nature and the silence of the desert, watching the changing colors of the dunes at sunrise and sunset, as well as hiking and/or camel trekking in the dunes, following the old caravan routes and spending an unforgettable night(s) in the desert in the company of your guides, your music and also the sky and its magnificent stars.

The Chotts (inland salt lakes) and in particular the Djerid (in Arabic الجريد) has a saline surface of 7,000 km² (20 km wide at its narrowest part and reaching up to 250 km from end to end) and is also located in the Sahara desert of Tunisia.

The Chotts are another form of desert, and you will be lucky enough to visit the largest in the Sahara.

Chott el Djerid is at an altitude of between 10 and 25 meters above sea level and is dry because the very little water that does reach the lake evaporates quickly due to the extreme climate of the region, with an annual rainfall of only 100 mm and maximum temperatures of 50 °C. Millions of years ago it was connected to the Mediterranean Sea, but seismic movements of the tectonic plates isolated Chott el Djerid.

Visiting Chott el Djerid you will be able to appreciate the Fata Morgana, which is an optical illusion created by the alterations of the temperature and in which it seems that there really are lakes in front of your eyes, and you can enjoy this unique landscape and see how it changes color in the sunlight.

You can’t go to the Sahara Desert without visiting the oasis and palm groves.

It is in the region (governorate) of Tozeur that you will find the 3 most spectacular mountain oases with palm groves, waterfalls and traditional architecture in Tunisia: Tamaghza and Chebika and Midés (they are located about 1h by 4*4 from Tozeur).

These oases, which are very close to the Algerian border, are known for their waterfalls, which flow between stone canyons, and offer a unique image in the middle of the desert. 

In this region of Tozeur you will have the possibility to enjoy the incredible landscapes, made up of oasis and large palm groves, eat its delicious dates and taste its other culinary specialities in a well-deserved comfortable hotel and restaurant of Tozeur.