8 days / 7 nights

Day 1 : Arrival Tripoli (flight) Sebha - Ubari

Arrival to Tripoli International Airport. with the visa formalities. Connecting flight to Sebha (approx 1 hour 20 minutes). Arrival in Sebha airport. Meeting and assistance by our staff. Boarding the 4x4 Jeeps and direct transfer to Ubari (approx 2 hours drive). Dinner at the airport depending on the flight timings & overnight in the Ubari Magic Lodge.

Day 2 : Ubari - Germa - Akakus

Breakfast in the lodge. Departure by 4x4 Jeeps to the site of Germa and visit of the site. The Garamentes, legendary and mysterious population of the Libyan Sahara founded the oasis – town of Germa ( known at that time as Garama ). They were famous for their travelling through the Fezzan Wadi on their horse drawn carts, for the ploughing of the land and for riding oxen with giant horns. One thing we know for sure is that the Garamentes were Roman enemies and probably the allies of the Carthaginians. They controlled the desert caravan trade from Ghadames south to the Niger River, eastward to Egypt and west to Mauritania. Their wealth and technical skill are also attested to by the remains of their towns, which were built of stone and more than 50,000 of their pyramidal tombs. Picnic lunch en route. Drive to the south west. Our drive will take us through mountainous landscapes alternated with sand and stones, announcing slowly the arrival at the Akakus. Arrival at the Magic Lodge. Dinner and overnight in the lodge.

Days 3 & 4: Akakus

Breakfast in the lodge. 2 full days will be spent in the magical Akakus desert. The Akakus is a vast Rupestre Museum situated in the mountainous region east of Ghat. It is ploughed with a great number of wadi ( dried beds of the prehistoric waterways ). The valleys ( whose rocks are formed by ancient sands ), divide themselves into various plateaus of various heights covered with grey - black breccia. On the east and south - east side – the Tadrat – a steep slope formed of scattered rocks, headlands pathways and turrets which barely rise from the rubble and debris. The biggest wadi on the exit of the Tadrat is named Takhisset, the mass of sand dunes forces its path north between the Erg and the Akakus where it consequently takes on the names of Ouan Eillel, Ouan Kassa and Taita. Pic nic lunches will be served en route. 3 course dinners will be served the evening in the Magic Lodge’ restaurant before overnight.

Day 5 : Akakus - al Aweinat - Ubari

Breakfast in the lodge. Departure to the Northern oasis of Al Aweinat. At one time it is thought that Al Aweinat was an ancient qasr left to ruin, the French explorer Duveyrier attributed its construction to the Garamentes. A lost oasis with an only great tree in the middle where a water spring of considerable volume rises (from a basin of approx 4 mtrs long x 1.5 mtrs wide), from the surprisingly (if somewhat salty), fertile ground. The then smaller water canals flowed to irrigate the crops of cereals grown at that time. Hence the reason why the Arabs called this place Al Aweinat (the springs). Lunch en route. Continued drive towards the Magic Lodge Ubari for dinner and overnight.

Day 6 : Ubari - lakes - Sebha (flight) Tripoli

Breakfast in the lodge. Full day dedicated to the visit of the salt lakes. South-east of the Ubari Erg, north of the valley of Wadi Adjal is Dauada, the region which contains a series of lakes situated in the middle of sand dunes surrounded by palm trees. There are approximately 21 lakes spread out over this region. The most famous lakes are found in the south Mandara, Um el ma, Gaberon and Mafo with Um el Hassan being the biggest lake found here. Ummelma Lake is the most suggestive, due to the iridescent colour of its water. This lake is small and narrow. One can partially walk near the coast till reaching a small beach surrounded by vegetation. The lake and the ancient village of Gaberoun are situated at an altitude of 400m. The Gaberoun lake originally known as`Bahr ed Doud’ ( sea of worms ), is found north of the village of Bendbeiya at approx 41km into the Erg. A small abandonded village of a Libyan black community lived there until the early eighties until modern life obliged the authorities to move the village to a new modern village built exclusively for them. This population used the worms living in the lake as their main source of food. Mafo lake is located approximately 400 m below sea level. It has a circular shape and is small and very suggestive. Its water, which never exceeds 7m depth, has the same characteristics of Gabron: a high level of various kinds of salt, probably due to its natural position and location.

Day 7 : Tripoli - Leptis Magna - Tripoli

Day 7 : Tripoli - Leptis Magna - Tripoli Breakfast in the hotel. Full day dedicated to the visit of Leptis Magna. Leptis Magna, one of the best-preserved cities of antiquity. It was founded by Phoenician merchants around the beginning of the first millennium B.C. The great Emperor Severus born in Leptis in 145 AD turned his attention to his native city making substantial changes which every visitor could witness. The Arch of Septimius Severus standing at the beginning of the main north-south street the the Cardo Maximus, where this intersects the east west street the Decumanus Maximus, dedicated to the Severus built in 203 A.D to celebrate the arrival of the great Emperor. The Palestra a place for sports and games which is parallel to the Baths of Hadrian built in 126-127, remodeled in the time of the Emperor Commodus 180-192. The Nymphaeum and the Street of Colonnades, built under Severus and dedicated to the nymphs, it is a semicircular construction containing a pool and fountain, and surrounded by walls, to the Severus Forum and the adjoining Basilica which are the major extant large-scale buildings in Leptis, to the Harbour which was originally the natural mouth of the Leptis vally, sheltered from the sea by rocks to the north and east, continue with the Old Forum which dated to the beginning of the imperial era . In the northern corner of the forum are the remains of tiles from the time of the Emperor Augustus 30 B.C – 14 A.D during the governorship of Calpurnius. Stop for The Amphitheatre built in the period of Nero around the year 56 A.D on a natural slope of soft sandstone. It was renovated and enlarged in the 2nd century A.D and again under the Severus. Near the Amphitheater was a small temple of the famous Artimes, or Diana, of Ephesus in Western Asia. Free lunch en route. Late afternoon return to Tripoli for free dinner and overnight.

Day 8 : Departure from Tripoli

Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer to the International Airport. Assistance by the Magic Libya team with the departure formalities. End of our services.