Journey to the lost lake

Dear Nils. Thank you for the won­derful moments in the desert. This was my fourth time in the Saha­ra with NPL. And it won’t be the last time. Like every time, it was an inde­scri­ba­ble expe­ri­ence. The beau­tiful dunes and dri­ving in the sand are sim­ply some­thing spe­cial. A big thank you to Nils and Walid for the super orga­niza­ti­on and the gre­at food. A tip from me! If anyo­ne is unsu­re whe­ther this tour is for them: just book and enjoy👍 See you again Nils. Gree­tings from Switz­er­land San­dro

Breath­ta­king — Chal­len­ging — Inge­nious

Dear peo­p­le, ima­gi­ne someone riding as a pas­sen­ger on the jour­ney to the lost lake, then buy­ing an off-roa­der so that he and his wife can be the­re as dri­vers at the next oppor­tu­ni­ty. Eit­her this per­son is stu­pid or the trip is gre­at from A to Z. Both are true 😊

Arri­ved home safe­ly, but heart and soul are still in the desert. An inde­scri­ba­ble expe­ri­ence and gre­at adven­ture … and very well orga­ni­zed.

Dear Nils, we very much hope that you have made it home safe­ly and that you are doing well. We still can’t quite belie­ve that this won­derful trip has real­ly come to an end. We enjoy­ed it to the full! It was one of the most beau­tiful Tuni­sia and desert trips we have been on. The tour gui­des you cho­se are very spe­cial peo­p­le! We would have been sur­pri­sed if any­thing else had hap­pen­ed, as all our trips with you were won­derful. Best regards Rena­te and Hel­muth

I was allo­wed to take part in this tour as a pas­sen­ger with my nephew — and I have not reg­ret­ted it! It is a uni­que expe­ri­ence to get to know the desert this way. Big prai­se for the enti­re orga­niza­ti­on to Nils. It was real­ly ama­zing what the Tuni­si­an gui­des ser­ved for din­ner in the evening. The­re was not­hing to com­plain about! Sim­ply per­fect and you always felt safe and in good hands with the group. It’s an expe­ri­ence you’ll remem­ber for a long time! Thank you for that!

Dear off­road fri­ends. It was alre­a­dy the third time that I was in the Saha­ra with NPL-Over­land and Nils. And YES.…it cer­tain­ly won’t be the last time. The­re is some­thing magi­cal about the desert that is hard to put into words. My tip: Sim­ply book NPL and expe­ri­ence the breath­ta­king beau­ty of the Tuni­si­an desert with your own eyes (by car). I wat­ched the sun­ri­se every mor­ning and let my mind wan­der. One of the high­lights was the fresh­ly baked bort that the Tuni­si­an gui­des lovin­g­ly and proud­ly pre­pared in the sand oven every mor­ning. A big com­pli­ment for that. The deli­cious din­ner was also fresh­ly pre­pared over the fire every evening. After­wards, we all sat tog­e­ther around the camp­fi­re and loo­ked up at the end­less star­ry sky. Dear Nils, many thanks for the gre­at orga­niza­ti­on and the won­derful time with you and the Tuni­si­an gui­des. It was a gre­at group. I will remem­ber and dream about this trip for a long time to come. See you soon.…Sandro

I was a pas­sen­ger in the Lan­dy with Gün­ter and had no desert expe­ri­ence. My impres­si­ons of the pre­pa­ra­ti­on, orga­niza­ti­on, plan­ning, pro­ce­du­re, exe­cu­ti­on, fri­end­li­ne­ss and team spi­rit far excee­ded my expec­ta­ti­ons. Fur­ther­mo­re, I can only ful­ly agree with Wer­ner’s expe­ri­ence report. But I would like to add one more thing. Vere­na and her son Lucas put up a bra­ve fight. Not every fami­ly does that. It was a gre­at time with you all. THANK YOU FOR THAT

At this point we would like to take the oppor­tu­ni­ty to wri­te a report about our trip with NPL. Short ver­si­on — for all tho­se who don’t want to read so much — we would go on a trip with Nils again at any time. Honest, open and pro­fes­sio­nal from A to Z. For all tho­se who want to know more… Befo­re boo­king: Very pro­fes­sio­nal, indi­vi­du­al, com­pre­hen­si­ve advice on all trips. The most important thing here is hones­ty in rela­ti­on to expec­ta­ti­ons. We don’t sell what cos­ts a lot, but what you want to do! Pre­pa­ra­ti­on for the trip: Even after boo­king, always available and pro­fes­sio­nal in terms of the neces­sa­ry pre­pa­ra­ti­ons for the trip. Even when faced with the chall­enge that your own insu­rance com­pa­ny sim­ply does not want to insu­re the coun­try. Tra­vel arran­ge­ments: Mee­ting point at the fer­ry, get­ting to know each other… then the crossing to Tuni­sia and through cus­toms. Ever­y­thing went wit­hout a hitch. Of cour­se, it’s an exci­ting expe­ri­ence with such packed vehic­les. Once we arri­ved in the coun­try, after a gre­at night in the hotel with a hear­ty break­fast, we went to the gas sta­ti­on to set off in the direc­tion of the desert camp. As we were able to expe­ri­ence the tour with our 4‑year-old son, we would like to take this oppor­tu­ni­ty to say a spe­cial thank you to the who­le group for under­stan­ding the one or other break and the time he was allo­wed to do some­thing with you! Here is a clear note about tra­ve­ling with child­ren. This is not a recrea­tio­nal tour with sight­see­ing. Your kids need to have some tra­vel expe­ri­ence and be sadd­le fit. This should­n’t be the first adven­ture you go on. For us, it was a com­ple­te suc­cess with hap­py child­ren and par­ents. Saha­ra: Rea­ching the camp on the evening of arri­val is alre­a­dy the first chall­enge. Next time we’ll take the air out of the tires… :-) The first evening in the desert is spent get­ting to know the very nice Tuni­si­an gui­des, eating deli­cious food and going to bed ear­ly. The next few days begin with won­derful sun­ri­ses and end with some long days of dri­ving… But always with lots of new impres­si­ons and gre­at expe­ri­en­ces. We had a lot of fun in the tour group. Even the return jour­ney tog­e­ther to cus­toms and by fer­ry to Ita­ly main­tai­ned the posi­ti­ve mood. All in all, we had a very nice time. Now I would like to give you some very spe­cial details, which can be dif­fe­rent for ever­yo­ne: — Some very long dri­ving days, we were awa­re of that, but it must be clear. — Food: we had enough food for 10 days… But the food was so good that my wife and child hard­ly nee­ded any­thing extra — Water: We nee­ded about 80 liters. We could also have used the drin­king water from our sup­port vehic­le… Then 60 liters would have been enough for us — Fuel: We used up almost all of the 160 liters. As a petrol­head, you should defi­ni­te­ly take that into account. Now it only remains for me to say thank you once again. Thank you Nils, Artur and Walid for orga­ni­zing and accom­pany­ing us. Thanks to the par­ti­ci­pan­ts for the time tog­e­ther and not for­get­ting a thank you to our Tuni­si­an accom­pany­ing team. We look for­ward to the next trip.

The tour to the lost lake was exact­ly how I ima­gi­ne a trip into the vast­ness of the desert to be. The team around Nils is first class and pro­vi­des sound sup­port in every situa­ti­on. The vast­ness and tran­quil­li­ty of the desert did me a world of good. In the evening we had a real­ly out­stan­ding din­ner with 4 cour­ses by cand­le­light! Over an after-work beer around the camp­fi­re, we tal­ked about the day’s expe­ri­en­ces until we all fell blissful­ly into our tents. This is exact­ly how a vaca­ti­on in the desert should be. If I have any­thing to com­plain about the tour, it’s that I’ve put on 2 kilos. Thanks Nils, Artur and Vual­id, I’ll be back!