If you thought you knew Tunisia, Let yourself be surprised by a more unexpected, more vibrant, infinitely more alive face. Long confined to a seaside image, it is revealing itself today as an outdoor destination of unsuspected richness, where escape takes on a thousand forms and where every horizon seems to invite movement. Golf at dawn, diving in crystal-clear waters, hiking on steep ridges, a Saharan escape under a star-studded sky... In Tunisia, experiences follow one another with surprising fluidity, like so many chapters of a journey composed according to your desires. Between the shimmering Mediterranean, wild reliefs, secret oases, and endless dunes, the country offers a fabulous playground where the only real limit is imagination.
What sets Tunisia apart is this rare density of emotions and contrasts: experience multiple journeys in one, moving from a palm-lined fairway to a wild cove, from a Berber village frozen in time to the desert's infinite horizons. All of this is enhanced by warm hospitality, sunny gastronomy, and an ancient culture that surfaces everywhere, discreetly, like a common thread between past and present.
Photo Eric Vancleynenbreugel
As it reinvents itself, the destination is investing in its infrastructure, developing eco-responsible accommodations, and promoting its natural territories. An invitation to rediscover Tunisia in a different way: a land of light and movement, ideal for travelers seeking gentle adventure, authenticity, culture, and deeply contrasting landscapes.
Mediterranean: Escape on the Water
With more than 1,300 km of coastline, In Tunisia, the Mediterranean offers a multifaceted face, sometimes wild, sometimes peaceful, always inspiring. Here, the sea is not just scenery: it becomes a space of freedom, a breath of fresh air, a life-sized playground.
Visit snorkeling and takes on the air of an enchanted parenthesis: one glides into crystalline waters where colorful fish dance, seagrass meadows, and small rocky coves bathed in silence, with the delicious impression of being alone in the world. For lovers of Scuba diving, The seabed of Tabarka, Djerba, or Hammamet reveals caves, shipwrecks, and reefs accessible to all experience levels. And when the urge for speed strikes, it's time for everything Water sportsPaddleboarding at sunrise, light sailing along endless beaches, jet skiing or kitesurfing powered by steady winds—especially around Djerba. Always with that Tunisian way of life, where each moment seems suspended between light and horizon.
Golf: playing between the sea, light, and palm groves
Within a three-hour flight of Belgium, Tunisia stands out as a golf destination that is both accessible and exotic. Here, the sun accompanies the courses almost all year long, caressing fairways bathed in soft light, even in the heart of winter.
Imagined by big names like Ronald Fream or Robert Trent Jones Jr., ; Tunisian golf combines technical skill with beautiful landscapes. Hammamet, the paths of Golf Citrus and from Yasmine Golf winding between peaceful lakes, fragrant pine forests, and citrus groves. At Port El Kantaoui, the sea accompanies almost every swing, offering a spectacular backdrop. And on the island of Djerba, The 27 holes of Djerba Golf Club alternate between golden dunes and palm groves in a soothing atmosphere.
And because a golf trip to Tunisia goes far beyond the greens, each game also becomes an invitation to explore lively medinas, sun-drenched beaches, sublime oases, and a way of life where time suddenly seems to be in suspension.
Bicycle: Traveling at the Speed of Culture
Discovering Tunisia by bike means choosing a more balanced, more sensitive pace, one that allows you to embrace the landscapes and fully feel their soul. On the roads of Cap Bon, the paths wind between vineyards, jasmine fields, and artisan villages. We stop at Nabeul, potters field, at Korba, the cliffs plunge majestically into the sea, or even at El Haouaria, where Roman caves tell another Mediterranean story. Further south, the landscapes of Dahar, recently inscribed on the UNESCO Global Geoparks list, unfold their ochre reliefs and mineral trails, amidst perched Berber villages, troglodyte mosques, and lunar ridges. Here, the journey becomes as much cultural as it is inner, punctuated by sincere encounters and horizons that invite you to slow down.
Hiking: Exploring Secret Tunisia, Step by Step
There is a more discreet, wilder Tunisia, which one only discovers by taking the time to walk. Nothing like a Hiking to on foot (or on horseback or by bike) to discover a Tunisia of mountains, silent forests, remote villages, and paths that seem to lead out of time.
To the northeast, the Djebel Zaghouan reveals its majestic reliefs, its vertiginous panoramas, and the remains of the Temple of Waters, a Roman memory suspended in the heart of the mountains. Further north, the Ichkeul National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is a sanctuary for migratory birds and a haven for hikers seeking unspoiled nature. In the south, the treks of Dahar lead to Chenini, Douiret, or Guermessa, stone villages clinging to hillsides where serenity seems to tell centuries of history. Hiking thus allows for a true immersion into the heart of Tunisia's regions and lands, as well as the traditions and stories that shape the soul of the country.
Sahara: Feeling the Emotion of the Infinite
Then comes the desert. Immense. Magnetic. An expanse where silence takes on an almost palpable texture and where the gaze gets lost in endless horizons. The Tunisian Sahara reveals itself on foot, at the slow pace of the shifting dunes, on horseback or on a camel's back, like in the past, the great caravans crossing the immensities. Thrill-seekers can choose to speed between the desert's reliefs in quad or in 4×4, explore the mountain oases of Chebika and Tamerza, slide on the dunes in sandboard, or follow in the footsteps of the mythical film locations of Matmata and Ong Jmel. For those who dream of gaining altitude, the desert also offers ULM baptisms or in hot air balloon, moments suspended above an ocean of sand rippling as far as the eye can see. And when night finally falls, enveloping the dunes in an almost unreal atmosphere, the sky fills with stars of rare intensity. It is at this precise moment that one understands why so many travelers speak of a «before» and an «after» the Sahara. Here, escape becomes emotion. And the journey, an indelible memory.
