Name: Total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027 in Benghazi, Libya
Start: 2027-08-02T10:10:46+02:00
End: 2027-08-02T12:53:26+02:00
Location: Benghazi

The guide

Everything you need for 2 August 2027

Six minutes of totality over Benghazi, and a country few travellers have seen. Start with the eclipse, then plan the journey around it.

Eclipse times

Contact times for Benghazi, how long totality lasts, and how to watch safely.

Photo to add

Where to watch

Benghazi, the Jebel Akhdar coast, and why Tripoli sees only a partial eclipse.

Visiting Libya

Visa and entry, how daily life works, and answers to the questions visitors ask.

Photography & equipment

What to pack, what we can provide on request, and how to shoot totality.

Discover Libya

Cyrene, Apollonia, Leptis Magna, Athrun and the Sahara.

Our team

Meet the Libyans who will host you, from first message to totality.

Watch

Libya, in under five minutes

Before you read another word, see the country through the eyes of someone who grew up here.

A film by Hussein Eddeb · 4 min 45 s

Libya

Every scene in this film was shot in Libya by Hussein Eddeb. The streets, the coast, the ancient cities and the people you see are the places and the welcome you will find when you travel with us. No sets, no stock footage: this is the real experience we offer.

The Severan Forum at Leptis Magna, with fallen marble and a carved Medusa head in the foreground

Severan Forum, Leptis Magna

The experience

You can read about Libya anywhere. You can only understand it through Libyans. We know which road to take, whom to ask, where to stand when the light goes, and how to walk into a Libyan home as a guest, not a tourist. That is our promise: an experience you will not find anywhere else.

The right ground

Chosen viewing sites on the line of totality, away from crowds.

Direct, and Libyan

You deal with us directly. No middlemen, no mark-up from abroad.

Real hospitality

Libyan tables and homes, and ancient cities you will often have to yourself.

Built for the lens

Dedicated support for photographers, filmmakers and journalists.

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