Djerba Explore (Lalla Hadria Museum & Crocod'île)
جربة إكسبلور
A complex combining a cultural park, an Islamic art museum and a crocodile farm with hundreds of Nile crocodiles.
جربة إكسبلور lies in a tourist area northeast of Midoun and has three parts. The Lalla Hadria Museum holds more than a thousand Islamic artworks, including ceramics, manuscripts, jewellery and costumes. The Djerba Heritage Village recreates traditional houses (menzel), an oil press and workshops. The crocodile farm keeps about 400 Nile crocodiles, and it is liveliest at scheduled feeding times. A combined ticket costs about 30 dinars (check locally), and a full visit takes 2–3 hours. The site has a restaurant and a gift shop, and it is within a 10-minute taxi ride of the hotel zone on the east coast.
Opening hours
Approx. 09:00–18:00 (extended in summer)
Nearby sights
- La Seguia Beach
- Midoun Town & Friday Market
- Fadhloun Mosque
- Sidi Mahrez Beach
- Ras Rmel (Flamingo Island)
- Meninx Archaeological Site
- El Ghriba Synagogue
- Djerba