What is the situation with vehicle insurance for touring Tunisia for a couple weeks? Are there stalls near the port as in Morocco?

Hello Tembo,

Check 'Tomek' reply on a similar topic:
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...-iv-18-a-94959

Let me know if you need guide or more details for your trip to Tunisia.

Have a great trip.

tunisia is safe?

Have a look at the British government site:

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/tunisia

Hello:

Does anyone know what the cost of one month of motorcycle insurance ("Green Card" equivalent minimum liability coverage) for Tunisia is?

I presume it would be available for purchase when getting off the ferry, is this correct?

Michael

Hi All:

I'm still seeking an answer to my question above (cost of a month of motorcycle insurance for Tunisia). If all goes as planned and I don't get held up by a coronavirus quarantine, I will be arriving in Tunisia next weekend, so I would really appreciate any and all advice about getting insurance when I get off the ferry at Tunis.

Thanks, Michael

Hello All:

I arrived in Tunis late last night (Saturday night) on the ferry from Palermo.

I could not find an insurance booth at the port, perhaps they were closed because of the late arrival of the ferry.

I am now in downtown Tunis and would like to purchase the obligatory minimum liability insurance (Tunisian equivalent of a green card) before I go any further on my journey.

Can anyone advise me where to go to buy this insurance?

Many thanks,

Michael

Did you ask at the port on the way through?
That's where it used to be sold, but not been there for years.
Maybe go back there and ask.
Otherwise, try any assurance office in town.

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Thanks Chris - I'll look for an insurance office downtown tomorrow (Monday).

Michael

I was there earlier this year for a few weeks. I arrived on the late ferry and never did find any despite my efforts.

As to the earlier “safe” comment I toured the full loop of Tunisia solo and never felt or saw anything amiss. Just friendly warm people.

Dan

OK Everyone, I finally got Tunisian insurance for my moto. For the benefit of anyone else who needs to do this in the future, here is the process I followed:

1) Insurance for foreign tourist vehicles is not offered by "regular" insurance agents, of which there are many in Tunis. After visiting several agents, I was directed to go to the head office of "Star Insurance", which is located at Devant Galerie 7, Avenue de Paris. This is right in the heart of downtown Tunis. It is a very big office building, impossible to miss.

2) You must bring the following with you: Your passport, the green "Authorization de Circulation pour un Vehicule Automobile" that you get from Tunisian Customs control when you enter the country, and the ownership (registration) document from your home country for the vehicle.

3) In addition to the usual questions, the insurance company will want to know the horsepower of the vehicle. Google this ahead of time so you can answer the question.

The insurance company will only issue insurance that is valid for the duration of the time period permitted on the "Authorization de Circulation pour un Vehicule Automobile". Typically, this will be 3 months.

The "basic insurance" that they provide includes, in addition to liability, some coverage for fire and explosion and coverage for injuries to passengers (not to the driver). The cost of the fire and explosion and injuries to passengers coverage is peanuts (total about $4 USD), so there is no point in trying to get it removed. But, be careful to not over-declare the value of your vehicle. I declared my 2001 Honda ST 1100 as being worth 1,000 Tunisian Dinars (about USD $400) - if I had declared a higher value, that additional coverage probably would have been more expensive.

4) The actual cost of the liability insurance coverage is quite low, about USD $15 for 3 months. But there are a whole bunch of other charges applied - most of which I think are taxes of some kind - and that brought the total cost of 3 months insurance to TND 104 (about USD $40). You have to pay in cash (TND). There are lots of ATMs around where you can get cash.

The process is not fast - it appears that the Tunisians are not as experienced as the Moroccans when it comes to processing tourist vehicles.

In a perfect world, one would be able to buy insurance at the port where the ferry arrives. It is possible that there are insurance vendors at the port - but my ferry arrived very late at night, there were only about 25 cars on the ferry (coronavirus worries, off-season for tourism), and I could not find an insurance office at the port that was open for business.

Hope this information helps someone else in the future.

Michael