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The permission is given by Mr.Bechir Ali in Tataouine. The office is on same street with hotel LaPalmeria. You can ask in reception.
There is bussines card: http://www.weber.cz/bebaweb/Tunis/TR...i_povoleni.jpg
There is permit request:
http://www.weber.cz/bebaweb/Download...try_permit.doc
In 2004year I got permit without I send request before.
In this time I send request by fax one week ago and I dont have any response.
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info thx
Thank you Beba,
I wish you a great trip.
When are you back?
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FYI I met a French couple on the boat last week who told me that permission was granted from the Syndicat at Tataouine to travel south as long as you had a sat phone and supplied an exact itinerary.
But I am not sure if this allows you to go all the way to El Borma which I believe was always restricted.

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I just back from Tunesia.
It was not problem to get the permission to the south area. The permisson issue Touristic Syndicate in Tataouine. You must send request by fax two weeks before.
Fax: 0021675862028.
There is the form: http://www.weber.cz/bebaweb/Download...try_permit.doc
We payed only aprox 1€/person like present for Mr.Bechir Ali....
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We are leaving for Tunis at the end of April and the informations above from Beba are just wath we need. Thanks.

I need some more information. Firs of all, I've got some mixed information about a guide for the south of Tunis. We want to visit ElBorma and BjorElKhadra, so do we need a tunisian guide or is enough to have the permission for the south?

Do you recomend crossing from ElBorma to BjorELKhadra through the dunes? I've got some information that they are not difficoult to cross, or it is better to go through the pipeline?

I've also got some mixed information about fuel, so is it possible to get fuel in ElBorma and BjorElKhadra?

Thanks for the answers and exchuse me for my english.
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You don't need a guide for the restricted zone. Get the permission, make 10 to 15 copies of it. You need to check with every military post you pass and give them one of the copies. If you don't have copies, they are obliged to copy your papers by hand (which will take some time and patience).

With a group of friends I've been there and I wrote a ride report.

The english version is here: What I did last Xmas (A noob in Tunisia) - ADVrider It takes some time to load because of the pictures, so be patient. If you are on a slow line, I suggest deactivating the display of pictures in your browser.

The german version is separated into report and pictures, so it loads faster. I can be found here: Tunesien 2007

El Borma has a petrol station, in Borj El Khadra petrol can be bought (as long as supplies last) from canisters at the Café 7 Novembre. You should not rely on getting petrol in Borj El Khadra. Next chance following the border to Libya would be Tiaret and then again in Remada. Expect prices to double in the south.

The area between El Borma and Borj El Khadra can be crossed within two or three days. We did it starting in the south because this way we could climb the larger dunes from the not so steep side. But it should not be too difficult to go the opposite direction.
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Thanks for the reply. I've read your ride report, it is full of informations and well written.
Our plans are to go from ElBorma through the tracks to BjorElKhadra, and the next day through the dunes back to ElBorma. Do you think is possible to cross the dunes in one day? We ride AfricaTwins and KTMLC950, do you think that it is better to stay out of the dunes with this motorbikes and just go on the tracks?
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