South-West · Tunisia
Kebili
Douz, gateway to the great Eastern Sand Sea and Tunisia's camel-festival town.
Kebili stretches south across Chott el Jerid into the true Sahara. Its capital town is small, but the real draw is Douz — "the gateway to the Sahara" — where the dunes of the Grand Erg Oriental begin.
Douz hosts the International Sahara Festival every December: camel races, traditional Bedouin music, falconry and weddings.
From Douz, 4×4 and camel expeditions head south into the Erg, with bivouac nights under the stars at Ksar Ghilane oasis and beyond.