Day 1 - March 24 Arrive Tripoli from your international flight. After you clear customs and immigration, our group will be met by our local representative and transferred to our Tripoli Hotel where we will be their guests for the next 2 nights. This evening you meet your fellow guests (included Mr. Eclipse - Fred Espenak) at a welcome dinner.

Day 2 - March 25 After breakfast, we'll travel west of Tripoli to the roman ruins of Sabratha. A world Heritage Site, Sabratha was founded by the Canaanites in the 6th-century B.C., and ruled by the Carthage, Phoenicia, Nomadic and then by Rome in 46 B.C. The most spectacular site here is the Theater, built during the reign of the Emperor Commodes (161-192 A.D), with its three-story backdrop of columns. Other monuments and areas of interest include the Temple of Libber Peter, the Basilica of Justine, the Capitalism, the Temple of Serapes, the Temple of Hercules and the Temple of Isis. After our site seeing adventures we will return to Tripoli for dinner and an evening to just lounge around.

Day 3 - March 26 Today we pack up and transfer to Tripoli's domestic airport where we will board a jet and fly to the Benghazi Region. Upon arrival we will board our buses and drive to Cyrene. Cyrene is a spectacular setting of Greek occupations from the early 7th century B.C. From there we will travel another 20km down the Green Mountain to another wonderful ancient Greek city (Appolonia). Tonight we will have dinner at our hotel.
Day 4 - March 27 After breakfast we will continue our touring with a short walk to the entrance of the Greek ruins of Appolonia. We will take a nice morning leisurely stroll with a magnificent backdrop of the Mediterranean Sea. From there we will drive back to Benghazi with a stop along the way in Ptolimais which was founded in the 4th century B.C. Tonight will be the night that we join Fred Espenak as he tells us more about the upcoming eclipse experience we are anxious to view. Fred's talks are always a highlight of our trip!

Day 5- March 28 Today we'll take the long drive southwest to Jalu crossing Libya along the coastline and down through the Libyan Sahara desert. We are moving towards our Private Eclipse Camp for two nights. The Private Camp will include a fully staffed kitchen preparing regional foods, solar showers and outdoor toilet facilities. Tents will include mattresses, sleeping bags and pillows. Tonight is a perfect time to setup and align your telescopes or just enjoy a Libyan Desert sunset or do some star gazing!
Day 6- March 29 - ECLIPSE DAY
First Contact - 11:08:04 AM (Local Time)
Second Contact - 12:26:49 PM
Third Contact - 12:30:53 PM
Forth Contact - 1:50:09 PM
Total Totality Duration - 4 Minutes, 4 Seconds
Day 7- March 30 This day will be taking a drive to a nearby airport for our chartered flight back to Tripoli. The remainder of the day will be free to explore this Ancient City of Tripoli. With our hotel centrally located, you can do some shopping in the shopping area of Medina.
 
Day 8- March 31 After breakfast, we'll drive East of Tripoli to Leptis Magna, another World Heritage Site, acknowledged as the best-preserved and most extensive Roman ruins in the Mediterranean. One of Leptis signature monuments is the Arch of Septimus Severus, built in the 203 AD to commemorate the emperor and to mark his visit to his native city.

One of the social hubs of the city were the Hadrian Baths, which gives us a glimpse of the utmost luxury in which Romans lived at that time. Originally a Berber settlement, then made into a trading port by the Phoenicains, Leptis was conquered in the 6th Century B.C. under the Auspices of Carthage. Leptis Magna later became a great metropolis under the Romans before faking decline, never to regain its former glory.

By the 11th century the city was abandoned to the encroaching sand dunes. In the 20th century, when excavation began, archaeologists found that the sand dunes had preserved the ruins extremely well. After the great sightseeing of Leptis Magna we'll return to Tripoli for a farewell dinner and to recount our Libya eclipse experiences!
Day 9- April 01 Today will be transferred to the Tripoli airport for our flight back home. Another great adventure to add to our memories!