From Djerba: 7 Days Star Wars Tours

From Djerba: 7 Days Star Wars Tours

A tour where you visit a large part of southern Tunisia
A tour where you visit the film locations of Star Wars in Djerba
A tour where you visit the film locations of Star Wars in Medenine
A tour where you visit the film locations of Star Wars in Matmata
A tour where you visit the filming locations of Star Wars in Tataouine
A tour where you visit the film locations of Star Wars in Tozeur
You spend a night in a hotel that testified the shooting of the first episode of Star Wars and where you will still find the sets
Diversified accommodations

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Djerba

Stop At: Djerba-Zarzis International Airport, Djerba, Mellita, Tunisia
Airport reception and transfer to hotel.
Free day according to the flight schedule
Duration: 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Accommodation in a human-sized hotel "Dar Bhar" or similar

Day 2: Beginning of the adventure

Stop At: Djerbahood, Hara Sghira Er Riadh, Tunisia
Visit of the artistic district of DjerbaHood
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: El Ghriba Synagogue, Er-Riadh, Djerba Island 4146 Tunisia
Ghriba tour: oldest Jewish synagogue in northern Africa
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Guellala, Tunisia
Visit Guellala the pottery village: entrance to the museum and visit a workshop to attend a pottery work demonstration
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Mos Eisley Cantina, Star Wars, Jarbah Ajim, Tunisia
Visit the Cantina and all the other places where the movie Star Wars was shot in Djerba
Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Ksar of Mednine, Medinine, Tunisia
Visit Ksar of Medenine or some scenes of Star Wars were shot
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Escale de Toujane, 1 Toujane, Route de Matmata, Km Toujane, Matmata 6070 Tunisia
Stop photos at the Berber village of Toujane
Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Hotel Sidi Idriss, Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia
Visit of the troglodyte hotel of Sidi Idriss or some scenes of Star Wars were shot and night on the spot
Duration: 12 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch: excluding drinks
• Dinner: excluding drinks
Accommodation included: Hotel Sidi Idriss Matmata (location of Star Wars filming)

Day 3: The Canyons of Star Wars and Tozeur

Stop At: Tamezret, Tunisia
Photo stop at the Berber village of Tamazret
Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Maison troglodyte, Tunisia
Visit a cave house homestay in Matmata where we will be welcomed with a good Rosemary tea, olive oil and honey
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Douz, Douz, Kebili Governorate
Visit the city of Douz and free time to walk in the market.
Possibility of a ride camel or quad in the dunes (extra and paid locally)
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Sidi Bouhlel Canyon, Route Touristique, Tozeur 2200 Tunisia
Free time to visit the famous canyons of Sidi Bouhlel who witnessed the shooting of some scenes not only of Star Wars but also of Indiana Jones and the Adventurers of the Lost Ark (1981)
- The English Patient (1996)
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch: excluding drinks
• Dinner: excluding drinks
Accommodation included: 4 * Hotel in Tozeur

Day 4: Mountain oasis and Mos Espa village

Stop At: Chebika, Tunisia
Visit the mountainous oasis of Chebika and free time to visit with a local guide and discover the oasis and the source of water that springs from the side of the mountain
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Tamerza, Tamerza, Tozeur Governorate
Visit the village of Tamerza and free time to see its great waterfall
Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Ong Jmal, Nafta, Tunisia
Called like this for its shape giving the illusion of the silhouette of a camel ("Oung Jmel" translating roughly into "neck of the camel").

Star Wars Episode I made a stop there to face the Dark Maul landing site on Tatooine, and a short sequence of the pod race also passes right in front of the rock.
Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Mos Espa, Tunisia
The most easily visible and certainly the most attractive site is the recreation of buildings in the middle of the desert, creating an entire district of Mos Espa. The sets were created by Lucasfilm for the filming of Episode I, in July 1997 (including the strolls of Qui-Gon and his gang in the streets and market of Mos Espa), and reused for Episode II ( Ani's visit to Watoo). And at the request of the Tunisian tourist office, they were left as is in the state, for tourist purposes
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Corbeille De Nefta, Nefta, Tunisia
A photo stop at the famous basket of Nefta
Duration: 15 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch: Excluding drinks
• Dinner: Excluding drinks
Accommodation included: 4 * Hotel in Tozeur

Day 5: The night under the tent in the desert

Stop At: Medina of Tozeur, Avenue de Kairouan, Tozeur, Tunisia
Visit of the old medina of Tozeur
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Tozeur, Tozeur, Tozeur Governorate
Free time to walk in the wonderful palm grove of Tozeur and possibility to do it in a carriage (extra)
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Chott El Jerid, Entre Tozeur y Blidet, Tozeur 2200 Tunisia
Photo stop at the salt lake of Chott Djerid (largest salt lake in northern Africa and celebrated for the phenomenon of mirages)
Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Debebcha, Fatnassa, Tunisia
Photo stop at the petrified sand site of Debebcha
Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Ksar Ghilane, Ksar Ghilane, Kebili Governorate
Enjoy a swim in Ksar Ghilane's hot spring and spend the night under tent in a camp.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch: Excluding drinks
• Dinner: Excluding drinks
Accommodation included: Under tent in a camp

Day 6: Tatooine, Ksours and Star Wars sets

Stop At: Chenini, Tataouine Tunisia
Visit the Berber village of Chenini and free time to visit with a local guide and discover its various components (oil mill - mosque - houses dug in the walls of the mountains - Attic ... etc)
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Ksar Hadada, Ksar Hadada, Kebili Governorate
Ksar Hadada like the Ksar of Medenine and that of Ouled Soltane was used to film, on August 10, 1997, the sets of Mos Espa, in this case the quarters of the slaves, in the Episode I (scene where Qui-Gon contacts Obi-Wan by comlink, and scene with Shmi "He has no father ...").
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Ksar Ouled Soltane, Tataouine Tunisia
Ksar Ouled Soltane is located southeast of Tataouine, and is one of the best preserved, renovated and most frequented ksour of Tunisia. It is a mountain ksar, which has 2 separate courses, and has more than 400 ghorfas (storage cells), on 4 or 5 levels.

It served, as the other 2 ksour above, scenery for Mos Espa in Episode I, in August 1997, for slaves quarters
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch: Excluding drinks
• Dinner: Excluding drinks
Accommodation included: Human size hotel in Djerba

Day 7: Free day and end of our services

Stop At: Hammam, Houmt Souk, Tunisia
Free day and possibility of doing a Hammam and a massage
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Djerba-Zarzis International Airport, Djerba, Mellita, Tunisia
According to the flight schedule, transfer to the airport and end of our services
Duration: 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.