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Ever thought of taking a guided motorbike tour across the dunes of Africa as the original Dakar Rally riders? Ever desired to embark on the adventure of your life, on an off-road motorcycle holiday before you get too old and your active life will have passed? This guided dirt bike tour in Tunisia takes you to the vast Sahara desert far from the beaten tracks where you can improve your off-road riding skills, push your limits and those of your bike on a vast array of different desert terrains, have a lot of fun searching for the best passages across the dunes and experience the Dakar spirit pushing through the sand sea. Take part in a Desert Soul Adventures motorcycle dirt bike tour in the desert of Tunisia.
Tents and sleeping mats rental for all nights which are not spent in the hotel are included, as well as all costs related to sleeping in campsites. You will have 5 overnights in 4 and 5-star hotels in twin rooms.
A valid driver's license is required to take part in this adventure on the motorbike as you'll be also riding on public roads. do not check your license, but prior to the first driving stage, you will have to sign a declaration that you possess one and that you will ride according to your experience and capabilities and entirely on your responsibility. In case of an emergency, the insurance company might require you to present your valid driver's license.
Please arrive at the designated 5-star hotel in Tunis by dinner time on day 1 of your motorcycle tour. From there on, Desert Soul Adventures will take care of your tour. Dinner and overnight in the hotel.
On this day, you will be already riding in the desert. But first, you will take a morning flight from Tunis to Djerba (not included in the tour price, but can be arranged by Desert Soul Adventures) where you will be greeted by your Desert Soul guide and taken to the assistance truck where the bikes will be waiting for you. You'll gear up and quickly get off the asphalt. The 130 km ridden on this day will take you across gravel roads, dry river beds, open spaces, and through the mountains to a village of Matmata, famous for its troglodyte dwellings. Only the last 10 km will be ridden on asphalt.
After checking into your troglodyte 4-star hotel, you'll have a drink and discuss today's riding experience with the other tour participants. Dinner and overnight in the hotel.
You will leave the hotel in the morning and get off the asphalt straight away. After getting over the mountains surrounding Matmata, the open desert space will open in front of you. Fast tracks, sandy river beds, and some low dunes will characterize today's riding experience that will bring you to the oasis of Douz, also known as "the gate to the Sahara". Dinner and overnight in a 4-star hotel in Douz.
Rest day in Douz. You'll head for the centre with the assistance vehicles or by motorbikes in the morning and enjoy the colours of this cheerful town. In the afternoon, you'll take your bike to the nearby dunes and take part in a short workshop on sand- and dune-driving where you'll get some feeling for riding on different types of dunes, learn recovery techniques, and get advice on how to spend your energy in the most effective way when dune-driving and recovering your motorcycle. Dinner and overnight in a 4-star hotel in Douz.
You'll leave Douz on this day and take your motorbikes into the sand sea. The exact route and difficulty level will be chosen by the guide based on the proficiency level of the participants. A couple of nights will be spent deep in the desert without light pollution or cell-phone coverage. Dinner and overnight on an attractive location in the Desert Soul Mobile Camp.
After the breakfast, your bikes' heading will be south and later south-east, reaching the table mountain Tembaine in the afternoon after crossing an a bit challenging sand sea. You'll be learning the importance of correctly deflated dirt bike tyres today.
An alternative easier route following the support truck can be taken by whoever doesn't feel fit for the higher dunes you'll be riding on this day. When reaching the the table mountain, you'll of course park the motorbikes and climb to its top on foot. You will feel the soft breeze and enjoy perfect silence with a sight of endless dunes, stretching to the east, south and west as far as the horizon. On this day, your bivouac is planned to be in the vicinity of the mountain.
A pretty challenging day for the advanced riders: you will make an unsupported ride 30 km to the south across some pretty high sand dunes to reach Ain Houdette, a lake lost in a vast sand sea. The way there and back will take a full day and the whole fuel tank, so it's going to be a true deep desert experience.
Desert beginners will have the chance to relax on this day, walk and enjoy the sand dunes, or ride (in couples!) at a safe distance around the bivouac and gain dune-riding proficiency.
This half-day stage will lead you directly across the sand sea, without support, to the famous tourist oasis of Ksar Ghilane, known for its thermal pool surrounded by beer-selling bars. Spending some time in the warm water will be much welcomed after the long desert stage. Dinner and overnight at the oasis camp site.
Rest day around the oasis pool. Desert Soul Adventures suggests a trip to the Roman fort, playing with your motorbikes in the dunes, or taking an excursion with camels or on horse back. Dinner and overnight in the oasis camp.
A completely different desert stage will be experienced on this day to reach the Berber settlement of Matmata, known for its underground troglodyte dwellings. Desert gravel roads and open tracks, frequently crossing dry flash flood channels in the first part, will give way to impressive bare mountains surrounding us when already approaching Matmata. Farewell dinner and overnight in a 4-star hotel.
Early in the morning, you will be transferred to the Djerba airport where you'll take the morning flight to Tunis (air ticket not included in the tour price, but can be arranged by Desert Soul Adventures).
If you have been using your own motorbike, it will be delivered to you on an agreed date in Ljubljana (or transported on your expense to any other destination of your desire). End of services.
Thanks to the assistance vehicles on all stages, it will be possible to cover part of the stage on a seat in the assistance vehicle in case of technical failure that can't be overcome, injury or fatigue.
Possible motorcycle rental includes an SWM RS300R or SWM RS500R with a set of tyres suitable for the tour, engine oil and filters as per the servicing interval, and motorbike maintenance during the tour (oil changes, air-filter cleaning). All bikes are equipped with TUbliss, so any possible puncture is sorted out quickly by your tour guide.
Desert Soul founder and professional tourist guide since 1996 with profound knowledge about Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Jordan, Libya, Croatia, and Slovenia; Tilen's fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian, English, and Slovenian. After having extensively hitch-hiked in Spain, Portugal, and Morocco between 1995 and 1998, he rushed into south Moroccan sands that had attracted him since long time ago with a brand new Peugeot Partner in 2001. A decade of learning Arabic proved very useful in desert countries he visited afterward. The following years brought him fulfillment of his teenage dreams.
Included in your package is all breakfasts from day 2 through 10; all dinners from day 1 through 10; 7 mid-day snacks on days when off-roading.
Tunis–Carthage International Airport
6 km
Transfer not provided
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