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.

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.

Flights to Libya

Direct flights to Benghazi from Europe, one-stop routes, and when to book.

Discover Libya

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

Our team

Who is behind this guide, and the licensed operator who handles entry.

Never sold out

Other trips may be full. Libya isn’t. In Libya there is always time: we keep coordinating right up to the last moment. Only the visa needs an early start.

Questions are free

Visas, safety, where to stand, what to pack: ask a Libyan before you decide anything.

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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 39 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 come. No sets, no stock footage: this is Libya as it is.

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

Severan Forum, Leptis Magna

Why ask here

You can read about Libya anywhere. You understand it through Libyans: which road to take, whom to ask, where to stand when the light goes, and how a guest is welcomed into a Libyan home. Ask before you decide anything.

The right ground

Viewing sites on the line of totality, away from crowds.

Direct, and Libyan

Your questions are answered by a Libyan, not a call centre abroad.

Libya as it is

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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