Arrival to Tripoli International airport; dinner at a fine restaurant located at the airport. Then connecting flight to Sebha, capital of the Libyan Fezzan, where you will spend the night in a selected camp.

Taking advantage of the early rays of the sunrise we will be heading to discover the exceptional Gaberoun lakes in the middle of the gigantic sand dunes, you will spend the day between Um-alma, Mandara and Mafou, and you will have the privilege to swim in one of these virgin lakes between the untouched oasis. There are approximately 21 lakes spread out over this region. The most famous lakes are found in the south with Um el Hassan being the biggest lake found here.

Your lunch and dinner will be specially prepared by your Tuareg chef who will be taking care of you during this adventure. You will spend the night in our tents.

After observing the sunrise, we will drive to Germa for a visit of the former capital of Garamantes. The Garamentes, a legendary and mysterious population of the Libyan Sahara, founded the oasis–town of Germa (known at that time as Garama). They were famous for 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 enemies of the Romans and probably 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.

From here we will head to Al Awainat where you will have dinner and sleep in the tents.

At one time it is thought that Awinat was an ancient qasr left to ruin, the French explorer Duveyrier attributed its construction to the Garamentes. A lost oasis with a great tree in the middle where a spring of considerable volume rises, from the surprisingly, if somewhat salty, fertile ground. The smaller water canals flowed to irrigate the crops of cereals grown at that time, hence the reason why the Arabs called this place Al Awinat (the springs).

After breakfast we will drive to Akakus where we will spend the whole day in this wonderful area with a brief visit to Ghat, the Tuareg’s Capital.

Ghat is known as the "last oasis". After Ghat you enter the desert region of the Akakus - miles and miles of sand and rock formations. The old town of Ghat is more or less uninhabited today with only a few families remaining within the ruins. The old houses were built of terracotta bricks (dried under the scorching sun) and painted white using the limestone abundantly found in this region. Its passageways and narrow streets resemble those of Ghadames; however, here one breathes in the Sahara of a much stronger atmosphere. It is dominated by Mount Koukemen which overlooks the historic fortress of Ghat. The three mosques here are still all used by the locals, with a small and curious building acting as a museum.

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 plateaux of various heights covered with grey-black breccia. On the east and southeast side, the Tadrat, is a steep slope formed of scattered rocks, headlands, pathways and turrets which barely rise from the rubble and debris.

Then we will put our tents together, have dinner and spend the night surrounded by these unique mountains.

Early in the morning, we will take the rough road to Matkhendoush known for its rupestral engravings, on the way you can gaze at the engravings on the rocks. We also include an experience of camel riding in the middle of the gold sand dunes with the Tuaregs.

A deep rocky valley, the Wadi Makthandush seems as if it has been carved with a giant hoe, it’s a frontier between the barren plateaux of the Messak Settafet and the stretch of land towards the sand dunes of Edhan Murzuk. Once a region of rivers and streams where hippopotamus and crocodile reigned and where elephants and giraffes roamed; now it is an arid and barren land where everything and everyone has left to escape the advancement of the desert. What remains are the unique Rupestre paintings that tell us that this ancient fertile world really existed.

Lunch and dinner by the Tuareg chef, sleep in tents in Matkhandoush.

Early in the morning we will head to Sebha, through the unique views and sites of the area. Sebha is the gateway to the great desert plains of the south, to the wadi al-Hayah (valley of life) leading all the way to the great Akakus. The ancient town of Sebha – all but disappeared today – was divided into two districts: one side was lived in by white noble people and the other, by the black descendents of the slaves. To the latter it was illegal to frequent the 'white’ side of the town, they were subject to a real “apartheid” until the European colonization.

The old Italian fort (Fort Margherita), was taken in 1943 by General Leclerc and his infantry from Chad and was renamed Fort Leclerc, the fort was eventually reclaimed by the Libyans in December 1956. In the south is the camel market which brings in Saharan caravans from many other Saharan states to negotiate for the best camel bargains!

After dinner in Sebha, flight to Tripoli, overnight in an hotel in the city.

Extra time in Tripoli recommended if your schedule allows. A visit to the City Museum is an excellent suggestion with some time in the souks for some last minute and pretty much hassle-free shopping, then transfer to Tripoli International Airport.