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Sahara!
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Very commercial
In a nutshell
WORLD AWAY FROM REALITY!
madeinbelfast Says: Riding a camel on the Sahara was the highlight of our trip to tunisia. When we got there we were all given robes to wear. They looked a bit silly but it was fun and it protected us from the sun. The we went out to the sand dunes and got on the camels. The ride lasted about...
DAO Says: The Sahara Desert starts just outside the Al Mouradi Hotel. And so the Camel rides begin. The local Bedouin have hundreds of camels for you to ride - or not. The smell is overpowering. For a few dollars you can enjoy a quick journey into the desert before retiring to your...
Quartzy Says: OK, so it's cliché, and you could probably call it a tourist trap. Still, how could you possibly say no to a camel ride?Douz is a good base to explore the desert, and a good place to book a ride.We were part of a group, and they splitted us amongst the guides (because of...
Horsebackriding through the Tunisian Sahara
sahara12 Says: This coming December I will go for a horseridingcircuit in the Tunisian Sahara, all luggage packed on dromedaries.I am very delighted because most of such trips are guided by jeeps and this one is assured to be more romantic like in the old days when the bedouins where...
euzkadi Says: After wandering a couple of hours in the Dous Zouk, and with a weather of 48 degrees (was the hottest day of all our trip), we found a very nice cafe in the second floor of a building surrounding the Main Plaza. We enjoyed a very hot mint tea and some dates, and as we were...
euzkadi Says: The best time to visit the city is at the end of the year, during the Annual Festival of the Sahara, A four day celebration that showcases the desert culture with camel and horse racings, poetry reading and traditional dances.
euzkadi Says: A small but interesting museum located south of Douz market. Is the newest of all Tunisian museums (founded in 1997) and contains good information about the local plants, animals and human customs. Also shows an interesting series of weavings, jewelry, a nomad tent and some...
sandysmith Says: Its much more fun to get dressed in in traditional desert clothes too for your dromedary jaunt - these were provided free of charge for the duration of the ride. Photographs will be taken too for you to purchase on your return - but I was not impressed with them - bear in...
Café Bir Soltane.: A Café in the middle of nowhere.
euzkadi Says: We made a stop for refreshments in this Café, the place is covered with stickers of all the tour operators that make a stop in this spot, and because of the hundreds of stickers they have, i assume that is a very popular place.
Restaurant Ali Baba: Douz's Friendliest Restaurant
barryg23 Says: Almost every independent traveller in Douz ends up in Restaurant Ali Baba, run by a very friendly man called Ali. The food is typical Tunisian fare value. You have the usual choice of Brik a l'Oeuf or Salade Tunisien for starters and then dishes like Merguez or Couscous a...
barryg23 Says: Douz was quiet in the evenings and after we had finished our dinner there was little left to do in the town. We couldn't find any place serving alcohol in the old town, while all the cafes were the typical men-only type of Tunisian cafes which you see all over the country....
miman Says: One of Tunisia's big draws is the Sahara desert and the chance to experience it on camel hump. Actually you won't be able to since one hump creatures are dromedaries, two hump animals are camels - and the Sahara version has one hump. Double-humps plod around Asia, not North...
International Sahara Festival of Douz
travelthrough Says: Douz is a carrefour for many Arabians who gather anually for the International Sahara Festival. Competitions such as camel rides and local dances are presented to a bigaudience from all Arabian countries. Prominents come from Europe and Saudi Arabiaeven.The festival has been...
croisbeauty Says: This is, undoubtely, my best shot in all of the Douz adventure. There was a gruop of locals standing or sitting nearby the camel's resting post and among them I saw this remarkable old man. I've shot this first picture without asking him for permition, actually he wasn't...
barryg23 Says: During our camel trek we were joined by a man on a horse who travelled with us for a short time and then, after we stopped, asked us if we wanted to have our picture taken on his horse. He was obviously only after money and as we were here to ride on camels, not horses, we...
MariaK Says: The camel ridding. Of course the tour guide said it was an optional. Then they took everybody there. Everybody dressed with gelebijahs and head covers. Everybody climbed on a camels back praying no to fall. And everybody went for this ride where small children were "guiding"...
JLBG Says: This picture, with one of us walking in the (ex)covered way shows the size of the structure. Once home, I made some research and finally found that this wall was what limited the Roman Empire towards the South and was designed to prevent looters to ruin the wealthy Roman...
JLBG Says: Not far from the "limes", on the northern side of the mountain, a small "bordj" (a fort) stands at a certain distance of the trail. We did not see how we could go and visit it, so there will not be any other picture of this amazing place than must be relatively modern.
barryg23 Says: On our first night in Douz we went to the great Dune to try catch the sunset. We had been travelling all day and it was very tempting to go to our hotel and sleep but in the end we decided to make the effort and go to the Dune.It was well worth it. We were approached by...
barryg23 Says: We had little time to prepare for the experience, as, no sooner had I handed over the money we were up on the camels. I expected mounting to be difficult but it was very easy. There is a sudden jerk forward but as long as you hold on tight it's ok. And so we were off. It...
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Horseriding Douz Tunisia - Horseriding in a bedouin culture is amazing. The horses are dressed very nice and they are very calm but sensitive. At an earlier trip I had met a bedouin cavalier and had been invited to the families...
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Q: I have tried everywhere to find out the dates for the 2007 Sahara Festival, without success. It is always after Ramadan, which is...
A: If memory serves me right, the festival is in December, I believe it lasts for 4 days. I can't remember the exact date it starts but I seem to remember it started on the...
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Douz is a charming little oasis, on the northern most tip of the Great Eastern Erg (Grand Erg Oriental). It controls the entrance to the Nefzaoua region. Any car can reach it easily by a paved road....
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If I am ever going to revisit Tunisia, the town of Douz will be my only destination. It is a place situated In the northern edge of Sahara where the daily temperature rises up to a 50 and more C...
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Douz is known as the Gateway to the Sahara. It's one of the last towns you see before the desert stretches south for thousands of miles. In the last few years tourism has grown in Douz, and it now has...
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Douz is a gateway town to the Sahara and the largest of the oases in western Tunisia - a stopping off point on Desert Safari tours and where dromedary sunsets rides in the Sahara are a popular...
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If you wait for a caravan passing by, Douz is the ideal spot. It is "the gate to the desert" represented by a huge key at the town entrance. Douz seems to be a sleepy town, which awakens at the...
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