Join this private marrakech desert trip to the amazing dunes of Chegaga and come to learn more about the largest dunes in Morocco.
Travel through breathtaking landscapes, charming berber villages, ancient citadels, and enjoy the desert landscapes as far as the eye can see!
This impressive tour will offer you the chance to live a real adventure in the beautiful Sahara dunes of Chegaga desert.
Tour Highlights
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Travel through the famous Tizi-N-Tichka Pass and enjoy the panoramic views of High Atlas
Visit the famous old Kasbah of Ait Benhaddou
Discover the charming Moroccan Hollywood ‘Ouarzazate’
Appreciate the beautiful palm trees, berber villages and oases of Draa Valley
Experience the nomadic lifestyle of Sahraouis
Enjoy a camel ride tour in Zagora dunes at the sunset
Dinner around the campfire in the desert camp with traditional music
Tour Itinerary
Day 1 : Marrakech – Ait Ben Haddou – Agdez – Zagora
This wonderful tour will be organised using a very comfortable 4×4. We will start by an early pick up from your hotel in Marrakech, then we will take the direction of Sahara, you will spend an ejoyable day and you will have the chance to discover amazing places, such as the Tizi N’Tichka pass and the famous Kasbah of Telouet before driving you to the beautiful Ounila valley where you will have enough time to visit the famous Kasbah of ait ben haddou. After, we will head to Draa valley where you will be impressed by the extreme beauty of desert landscapes, oasis and palm trees, before getting to Zagora, a great place to experience traditional Moroccan life in outstanding scenery among some incredibly unique sites.
Day 2 : Zagora – M’hamid – Erg Chegaga
In the second day of this tour we are going to leave Zagora city towards a small town named Tamegroute where you will discover a religious heritage symbilsed by the famous coranic library which contains thousand of priceless and historical manuscripts, you will be guided later to observe how the pottery workshop produce artworks. After that we will continue our way to M’hamid el Ghizlane through its spacious palm oases and desert landscape. Now, it’s time to see something completely different, the fascinating Erg Chegaga dunes: a desert panorama of landscapes that looks like absolutely nothing!
You will be comfortably installed in a relaxing bivouac camp in the middle of nowhere. The last attractive activity for this day will be a camel ride tour over the Sahara dunes. Then , we will retun back to our camp to have dinner and spend the second night under the vast starry sky of the desert.
Day 3 : Erg Chegaga- Foum Zguid – Marrakech
This is the last day of our tour, after taking your breakfast we are going to leave the desert and its unforgetable pleasant moments, we will drive through different routes, starting by the immense plateau of lake Iriki, Foum Zguid then Taznakht, before arriving at the capital of Saffron and the berber carpets “Wawzguit”. We will continue our way back to Marrakech.
What is included?
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Hotel Pick-up and Drop-off
Air-conditionned and comfortable 4×4 or minibus
Half Board Accommodation:
1st night: Riad Lamane or Similar
2nd night: Night in Bivouac
Camel ride tour in open dunes
Insurance & Taxes
What is not included?
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Lunch
Local Guide
Tips