I am still in Tunisia.
No problems
The border people only offered a week, when I told them where I wanted to go
they sent me further up the ladder and they gave me 3 months

I was here for 3 months before covid (2019) no problems then either.

fwiw I booked the first week in Hammamet.

Mark

Just a quick update about the situation.

Hotel voucher is still required to board on GNV ferry from Italy to Tunisia.

This info is not on the italian government website (https://www.viaggiaresicuri.it/country/TUN) nor on the GNV website (or, if it is, it is very difficult to find)

If you are planning to go to Tunisia, do yourself a favour and contact GNV call center before booking.

Thanks for the info! I’ve reached out to Pavel of Far & Further and he said the same thing about vouchers. I guess we’ll just have to plan out our trip more in depth than our normal routine of showing up and finding accommodations each evening.

As a local i can confirm that all the news on some journals and on tv are completely false and no rallies or protests around the country and everything operates as normal.

You are most welcome anytime in case you need any help planning your trip or while in Tunisia.

Not surprising about the news. Thank you. We’ll let you know if we need any assistance.

Fyi TravisGill: Moroccan vehicle ferries from Spain are said to resume on Monday.
Less aggro and more interest all round, unless you are dead set on Tun.

I've ridden extensively in both Morocco and Tunisia recently, and I agree 100% with Chris's comment - you will have a much, much better time in Morocco than you would in Tunisia.

To me, the choice is a no-brainer, and that's not because of the bad experience I had there last year, it's because Morocco is much more "dense" than Tunisia, and has far better infrastructure all around. It is also geographically far more varied and interesting than Tunisia.

Michael

PS to Travis: Be aware that the holy month of Ramadan takes place from April 1 to May 1 this year. Ramadan is not a good time to travel in Islamic countries. Everything slows down, especially in the afternoons, due to the fasting, and although non-Muslim visitors are not expected to fast, it is impolite to eat, drink, or smoke in front of those who are fasting.

We’ll see… Ferries have been expected to resume for months so I’m not holding my breath. I was hopeful in March but lost most of that after having three ferries be canceled on us.

As for Tunisia… We just want to experience the country - The history, culture, and sites. We want to do the same for Morocco as well. However, based on recent events in Tunisia with political climate and food shortages, we are having second thoughts.

We reached out to GNV and even they could not find their information about vouchers. What a mess.

Thank you Mark for the current information. We’ll continue to watch closely, with hopes of entering Tunisia from Sicily at the end of April.

Hi Mark, Did the hotel in Hammamet provide a stamped voucher to allow you in the country from Italy?

No, I only had phone confirmation by one of the internet hotel booking companies but I came with Grimaldi ferries. Booking and return ticket was all I had. Many euro bikes are here, none seem to be having any problems with people or food.

Internet bookers should be able to supply a voucher you can print out, some hotels want a voucher via email.

Mark

We’ve got a ferry scheduled from Palermo to Tunis with Grimaldi Lines for tomorrow.
Documentation printed:
- COVID certificates
- Receipts and vouchers for all accommodations
- Return ferry to Palermo receipt
- Tunisia “Health Monitoring Form”

We’ve got a bunch of stuff we are excited to see in Tunisia - especially the history, Berber towns, the Sahara, and STAR WARS sites. Thanks to all for answering our questions.

Wish us luck! We’ll be boarding the ferry in about 9 hours…

Cheers,
Travis and Chantil
www.viajarMOTO.com

You two will have an awesome trip to Tunisia, Travis and Chantil!
There isn’t much motorcyclists over here at the moment. I’ve seen adventure bikers twice in the last week + 2 two large groups of GSs (seemed like paid tours). There’s alao a desert- Rally going on in the south, started in Djerba. But I haven’t crossed path with them.
There’s historical sites all over the country. The best riding experienses by far was in the area of Tozeur-Deuz-Ksar Ghilane-Tataouine. The great salt lake and the desert with camels everywhere were brilliant. I couldn’t find nice routes from the internet, so I’ll throw some tips that I found out on the road. If you’re not gonna go desert riding (I mean like dakar rally -style), you should go and ride the gravel and sand -roads (easy with dual sport bikes with fairluy novice offroad skills). To see desert, ride to Cafe La Port Du Desert, from there you can take the extremier route to Ksar Ghilane via ”Cafe du Park”, or easier straight north back to the paved road and down via the pipeline -road. Ksar Ghilane has a natural oasis and is right in the dunes, spending a night seeing the sunset is a good idea. But mind that there is no gas station between Douz and Tataouine, and don’t buy gas from bottles, even the locals said it’s crap (diluted). And take a ride on the salt lake, slippery but awesome! Best knee scratcher and scenic -roads were the roads east and west of Matmata (where you’ll find troglodyte holes where Luke lived). Also the town and road to Chenini (where you’ll also find peculiar berber -housing) was nice (coming from Khar Gilane). there is also lots of gravel roads into different directions, that I didn’t explore, but i bet would be worth exploring.
I’m now at the coast. It’s rather cool here (low 20s centigrade), and it was warm (but not overly hot, low to mid 30s) in the desert. And as it gets warmer by the day, it could be a good idea to start south and then go coast/north, if you’re staying for a longer time.
Have a great one here! I’m on my way back tomorrow, maybe we’ll bumb into each other in the port of Tunis.

Thanks DonkeyKong for the insight to great places. We’re looking forward to our time in Tunisia even more now!