Roof of Africa - Overland Trip

Accommodation

Camping or simple hotels/hostels

Kitty Notes

£240 local payment

Itineraries (Cairo - Tunis)

Egypt
Cairo - visit the Pyramids and Sphinx and the Egyptian History Museum - Egyptologist Guide and entrance fees included.

Alexandria - visit the Catacombs in the eerie subterranean Roman Necropolis or dive to wrecks of Roman Galleys, WW2 vessels and Cleopatra\'s Palace.
El Alamein - site of the turning point of WW2. Visit war cemeteries and the War Museum with abandoned tanks and armour.

Libya
Tobruk - fortified trenches and battle remains from WW2. Visit the Commonwealth troops war memorials & cemeteries.
Cyrene - an ancient Greek city established in the 7th Century BC, it has been ruled by both Alexander the Great and Emperor Hadrian.
Leptis Magna - one of the finest preserved Roman Cities with colonnaded streets, a huge triumphal arch, a well preserved Roman harbour with quay side and warehouses.
Tripoli - the capital
Ghadames - UNESCO World Heritage oasis town, situated on an ancient caravan route from West Africa.
Nalut - explore the fortified granary clinging to a steep hillside, reached through an underground tunnel.

Tunisia
Matmata - well known for its troglodyte villages and where we stay overnight in a cave hotel.
Nefta and Tozeur - small oasis towns, closely linked with the mystical brotherhood of Sufism.
Haidra Roman Ruins - one of the oldest Roman cities in Tunisia.
Le Kef - a mountainous village dominated by its fortified Kasbah.
Dougga - the largest and most dramatic Roman site in Tunisia.
Tunis - a fascinating city with its old walled Medina. The legendary city of Carthage is nearby with its Greek and Roman past infused with power, cruelty, romance and decline.