Having left Tunisia, thought I would post a few details of the country as a taster for anyone thinking of visiting there. More details can be found at
www.magbaztravels.com including others peoples travel logs and details of campsites and other overnight stops.
Logical route from the UK would be to drive down to Marseille and to take a ferry from there to Tunis. No idea of the ferry firm or costs as I got a return ticket, Trapani ( Sicily ) to Tunis, about 9 hours crossing and ticket cost 274 euro return.
No entry requirements for UK passport holders other than fairly laborious admin checks at the other end. My insurers are ' Comfort ' and I needed a Green Card issued by them at a cost of £17.
Be prepared for lots of attention because a European and any vehicle with a foreign plate will be a magnet. Very safe place to visit, I did not feel threatened at all but the attention you get can be overpowering at times. Be prepared for people asking for money, tobacco, souvenirs etc, that includes Police and Army at the frequent road check points as well as the general population !......
Amazing place, countryside ranges from lush green rolling terrain in the north, down through scenic mountain ranges, then over endless salt flats and onto the Sahara. I travelled a roughly circular route round the country and covered about 1800 miles in my 19 days there.
A few supermarkets can be found but mostly small shops everywhere. Prices for food are very low as long as you stick with local products, imported food prices higher. Typical kebab type lunch with chips about 80 pence ( many times better than what passes for a kebab in the UK ) . Diesel at normal filling stations 42 pence a litre. Cash machines frequent and will take UK cards, often displaying screen in English. Most places including filling stations only accept cash. Alcohol available in ' side areas ' of shops and price wise about the same as mainland Europe.
Roads, mostly Tarmac and in better condition than eastern Europe, other roads are either sand or gravel but as you know that before you enter them, it's your choice.
Campsites few and far between, but for a small fee hotels will let you park overnight in their secure car parks, sometimes showers are available at hotels. Campsites very cheap. Free/Wild camping as safe as any other country, which in my experience means safe. I spent a higher ratio of nights in camps or hotel parks here ( 50 % ) simply to get away from the attention I was getting rather than for security. Other nights were spent free camping in towns in places such as Railway station car parks, by municipal offices, near Police or Military offices.
You will not see many other camper vans, think I saw about five in total. You will experience something very different from anything else you may encounter in Europe.
Would I return ?.....Yes, because it's all pretty mind blowing, fantastic countryside, plus almost impossible to spend money due to the low prices.