Libya – a country with a great culture, fabulous landscapes and rich heritage. Travellers to this fascinating destination are assured of a friendly welcome and the finest Libyan hospitality, and the chance to learn something about local culture, tradition, and life style.

The marvellous Phoenician, Roman, Greek, Byzantine, Ottoman, Arab-Islamic and Berber ruins along the coast and the country’s stunning natural landscapes are beyond compare.

The most enigmatic and wonderful desert in the world, the great Sahara, with its amazing prehistoric rock art and rock formations, watered by magnificent oases and great sand seas, is a highlight of every journey.

All these have been well preserved by the country's long decades of isolation, and are probably among the most virgin lands on this planet.

The Libyan people enjoy a well-earned reputation of kindness and hospitality toward visitors, and, unlike most North African destinations, the country’s streets and souqs are free of the hassles of touts and their hard sell. Libya is a very safe country to travel in.

Libya - warm sun, warm hearts. A great land with a great history welcomes you!

See this beautiful land with a young, dynamic team who are native to various regions of the country. They present their areas in the most authentic and competent way possible. The desert team - dignified Tuaregs, with incomparable knowledge of the vast lands of the Sahara, will show you the desert as no one else can. Experienced guides, who are also cooks and skilled drivers, will take you to the remotest and most inaccessible regions of Libya in the true desert safari tradition, with modern day comforts and safety.

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Package

7 Day / 6 Nights (Classic & Cultural Tour)

• Day 1 - Arrival in Tripoli. (Meals: Dinner)
  • Arrival at Tripoli airport - meet our representative, and head by bus/minibus to the city for general view/first impression.
  • Transfer for dinner and overnight at a 2- or 3-star hotel.
• Day 2 - Tripoli - Benghazi - Ptolemais - Qasr Libya - Al Bayda.(215 km) (Meals: Breakfast and dinner).
  • Morning transfer (after breakfast) to the airport and departure to Benghazi.
  • Upon arrival, drive by bus/minibus heading north-east to Ptolemais (about 37km) to the east - visit the small museum at the entrance to the site which displays several fantastic mosaics and other finds from the site.
  • Then visit this interesting ancient Greek and Roman city, which was first founded by Greeks in the 4th century BC as one of  five Greek cities (Pentapolis). The city was once the harbour of Barce, another city of the Greek Pentapolis, and was also a thriving Hellenistic city. The city was Romanized in the1st century AD, it is well known for its very large water cisterns (the largest in all north Africa).
  • After viewing these amazing ruins and artefacts, drive towards Al Bayda with a short stop in Qasr Libya to visit its Byzantine church (6th centuryAD) which was covered by 50 mosaic panels, which are now displayed in a little museum at the site. It is the best collection of Byzantine mosaics in the country.
  • Then head to Al Bayda for dinner and over night at a 2- or 3-star hotel.
• Day 3 - Al Bayda - Cyrene - Apollonia - Al Bayda (56 km) (Meals: Breakfast and dinner).
  • After breakfast, we depart for Cyrene (20km.), the largest Greek settlement on the Mediterranean. This huge ancient Greek city, founded by immigrants from the island of Thera in the 7th century B.C. They fled from famine and were led by Battus, following the inspiration of the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi. Visit these superb ruins with the classic Museum, Agora, temples of Zeus, Isis, Capitoleum, Artemis, Aesculapius, Demeter and Kore. We also visit the sanctuary of Apollo, the Necropolis, Odeon, Acropolis, Nymphaeum, Hipodrome, and Roman baths.
  • Then drive to Apollonia (about 18km), an ancient Greek coastal city (7th century BC) that served as a port to Cyrene. It prospered under the Romans, and came to rival Cyrene, and later became the capital of the region. Visit its small museum (next to the site) and its Acropolis and Necropolis, Greek theatres, the Byzantine basilicas, Roman Theatre and baths by the sea, the forum, and other Greek remains.
  • Return to Al Bayda for dinner and overnight at a 2- or 3-star hotel.
• Day 4 - Al Bayda - Ras Al Hillal - Athroun - Green Mountains - Benghazi (265 Km) (Meals: Breakfast and dinner).
  • After breakfast load luggage and head to Ras Al Hillal and Athroun to see the remains of their two Basilicas of the 6th century A.D.
  • In Ras Al Hillal, apart from its church, you are also confronted with its beautiful arc of bay, with a backdrop of towering mountains and a canyon-like valley running into the green mountain.
  • Proceed to Athroun with its western church that stands on a bluff above the Mediterranean, a spectacular place for worship. The walls of the church are still intact and the sanctuaries are strewn with marble pillars, some of which are marked with a carved Byzantine cross. Outside the sanctuary walls, abandoned grave covers, with carved cross, snake and other motifs re to be found.
  • We then proceed towards Benghazi enjoying the scenery of the Green Mountains and the sea along the way.
  • Upon arrival, dinner and overnight at a 2- or 3-star hotel.
• Day 5 - Benghazi - Tripoli - Sabratha - Tripoli (70 x 2 km) (Meals: Breakfast and dinner).
  • Morning flight to Tripoli, then a bus/minibus trip westwards to the Roman ruins at Sabratha.
    Founded by the Phoenicians in the 6th/5th century B.C, then dominated by the Carthaginians, Sabratha later prospered under the Romans during the 1st century B.C. (after the 3rd Punic war) and was finally occupied by the Byzantines in the 6th century A.D. Sabratha boasts one of the finest theatres of antiquity. Its glory days were during the reigns of the Roman emperors Antoninus Pius (AD 138-61), Marcus Aurelius Commodus (AD 180-92) and Septimus Severus (AD193-211).We start a guided excursion to visit its fantastic Roman theatres, its Judicial Basilica or Forum (Basilica of Apuleius of Madora), temples of Capitoleum, Isis (a superb temple, to the north-east of the Baths of Oceanus, and arguably the finest of Sabratha’s temples), Hercules, Serapis, the Justinian Basilica with its amazing floor mosaic, Curia, etc….We will also see its wonderful classic museum full of fantastic mosaics and frescoes and numerous other finds.
  • Drive back to Tripoli for dinner and overnight at at 2- or 3-star hotel.
• Day 6 -Tripoli - Leptis Magna - Villa Sillin - Tripoli.(125 km x 2) (Meals: Breakfast and dinner)
  • After breakfast, drive eastwards to Leptis Magna, for an amazing, full day visit to one of the most outstanding and well preserved ancient Roman cities. This city was founded by Phoenicians in the 5th/4th century B.C, and flourished under the Romans (1st century BC to the 5th century AD) and was then occupied by Byzantines in the 6th century A.D. It is also famous as the home of Emperor Septimius Severus. This city is named Leptis Magna (the Larger Leptis) to distinguish it from Leptis Roman in the neighborhood of Susa in Tunisia. We start a guided excursion by visiting its beautiful museum; then we go on to the triumphal arches of Septimius Severus, Trajan, and Tiberius; its wonderful theatre; the Severan Basilica and the arcaded Severan forum, decorated with Medusan heads; the hunting baths with their fantastic frescoes; the temples of Jupiter, Roma and Augustus, Liber Pater and Serapis; the Punic market; the Chalcidicum; its old harbour and other highlights. The we transfer to visit the Circus and the huge amphitheatre and the Villa Sillin, where we shall view some wonderful mosaics which are still intact.
  • Drive back to Tripoli for dinner and overnight at a 2- or 3-star hotel.
• Day 7 - Half day in Tripoli - Departure. (Meals: Breakfast)
  • After breakfast and loading the bus/minibus with luggage, we drive to the old city (Medina) for a short special shopping excursion in the bustling and lively Souq bazaars, such as the jewellery markets, perfume market, spice market, handicrafts market, and other traditional markets.
  • Proceed by bus/minibus to airport, and departure.

Included in the tour

• Assistance: Meet and assist on arrival and departure, with transfers (Airport - Hotel - Airport).
• Domestic flight tickets: TIP-BEN-TIP.
• Meal plan: half board basis for the entire trip, except on the last day - breakfast only included.
• Accommodation: 3 hotel nights at a 2/3* hotel in Tripoli and 2 hotel nights at 2/3* hotel in Al Bayda and 1 hotel night at a 2/3* hotel in Benghazi (with A/C, W/C and private shower).
• Transportation: transfer by private bus/minibus for the entire trip.
• Guidance: guiding on each spot in English or German language.
• Escort: by tour assistant “courier” who speaks either English or German language when available.
• Taxes: all taxes related to the tour.
• Entrance and excursion fees: The sightseeing fees and all excursions stated in the program.

Not included

• Any expenses of personal nature.
• Any other meals not stated in agreement.
• Tips for drivers and trip crew.
• Photographing fees in the museums and sites, which is about 3 € for the camera, and 6 € for video camera in each site (this is only if you take photos in the sites), but no charge for photographs of nature, oases, people.
• Visa fees.

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More information for the tourist...

• New hotels have been constructed in the last few years and a good number of hotels are currently under construction.
• Transportation in the latest model cars, minibuses and buses is available, and transportation has improved considerably.
• The government has shown a positive approach to the tourism sector by introducing new regulations - tourists can now be granted visas at any official entry point to the country (airport, harbour or border), and in a shorter period than in previous years.
• The number of guides and tour assistants entering the tourism field is increasing all the time, and this has put local travel agencies in a far better position to be able to assign suitable guides and tour assistants to their trips.
• Many international tour operators have decided to, or are on the verge of, operating tours to Libya.
• Translation of one's passport to the Arabic language is no longer required.

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