For most visitors on the standard routes — the coast, the capital, the Roman sites and the main desert circuits — the everyday risks are the ordinary ones: petty theft, road traffic, heat, and pushy selling in the medinas. Some border regions carry government travel warnings, and advice changes, so check your own government’s current guidance for the specific places on your route before you book. This page cannot replace it, and it is not written to.
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Governments publish travel advice for Tunisia, and it is specific about areas: broadly, some regions along the borders with Libya and Algeria and some military zones carry stronger warnings than the coast and the capital. A few of the places visitors do go are close to a border — the mountain oases of Chebika, Tamerza and Mides, for example, sit near the Algerian frontier — so it matters which stops your route includes.
Advice is dated, and it changes. The sensible sequence: read your own government’s current travel advice for Tunisia, note any areas it names, and compare them with the itinerary you are considering. If a stop concerns you, ask the operator, in writing, whether it is on the route, and ask for it to be replaced. That is a normal request and a good operator will answer it directly.
If you drive yourself, police checkpoints are routine on main roads: keep your licence, passport and the rental papers within reach. Avoid driving after dark outside the cities. A private car with a driver removes the navigation, the parking and most of the night driving, which is a large part of why visitors use one; more in hiring a private driver in Tunisia and Tunisia without renting a car.
Many people travel Tunisia alone without difficulty. The usual precautions apply, and a few things are particular to the country: dress more conservatively away from the resorts, expect more unwanted attention in the medinas than on the beach, and prefer a booked transfer to a kerbside taxi on arrival at night. Being clear and unhurried in refusing an approach works better than arguing.
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For most visitors on the standard routes, the everyday risks are petty theft, traffic, heat and pushy selling. Governments publish current advice, including warnings for some border regions, so check your own government’s guidance for the places on your route before you book.
Many women travel Tunisia alone without difficulty. Dress conservatively away from the resorts, expect more attention in the medinas than at the beach, and arrange a fixed-fare transfer instead of a kerbside taxi when arriving at night.
It is legal and many visitors do it, but driving standards are looser than in most of Europe, rural roads are shared with animals and pedestrians, and night driving carries most of the risk. A private car with a driver removes most of it.
Visitors are generally advised to drink bottled water, which is sold everywhere and cheap.
Distances are straight-line, measured between the coordinates on our map of the sites; road distances are longer. Prices are per vehicle and come from the same database the 34 tours and 1,392 transfer fares.
