Tunisia's outdoor range is wider than most visitors expect. The Saharan erg around Douz and Ksar Ghilane offers camel trekking, dune hiking, and desert camping with star density that is hard to find closer to Europe. The Ichkeul National Park in the north — a UNESCO World Heritage site — is one of the most important wetland bird habitats in Africa, drawing tens of thousands of migratory waterfowl in winter. The Dorsale mountain range running through the centre offers cool hiking through cork oak forests above the summer heat. The coastline from Tabarka in the northwest carries a very different energy — pine-backed beaches, rock formations, and diving in relatively uncrowded water. The best part is often the hidden gems you were not even looking for. Take it all in.