Marrakech - Erg Chegaga in 4x4

Landing in Marrakech, you will pass, to join us, by the splendid road Marrakech - Ouarzazate, through the High Atlas. Between mountains, palm groves, Kasbahs and traditional ancestral villages, this is the most beautiful road in Morocco! To fully enjoy this route, you can do it in several stages, as proposed in this circuit (D1 to D2). But if your wish is to stay as long as possible in the desert, it is possible to do this route in one go (+/- 7h30). All our tours are adaptable according to your desires!

D1 Marrakech – Agdz

From Marrakech, direction Ouarzazate and the road to the south in the High Atlas Mountains, via the Tizi-n-Tichka pass and the Ounila valley (old caravan route).

Possible visit of the famous film studios "Atlas Studio".

Continuation of the road towards the magnificent Drâa Valley, the largest palm grove in Morocco, and lunch in one of the small villages in the valley.

Night and dinner in Agdz, in the beautiful village of Asslim.

D2 Agdz - M'Hamid El Ghizlane

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We take the road along the Oued Drâa, towards M'Hamid El Ghizlane, the last village before the Sahara desert.

Visit of the Kasbak Oulad Othman and lunch in Zagora.

Discovery of the pretty village of Tamegroute, famous for its pottery.

Dinner and overnight in M'Hamid.

D3 M'Hamid – Erg Chegaga desert

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Departure for the desert adventure ! We leave M'Hamid in 4x4* for a two hours desert track to the Erg Chegaga camp.

Installation and welcome tea.

Typical lunch and dinner prepared by a Moroccan chef.

Berber musical evening around a wood fire. Night in tents or under the stars.

*It is also possible to leave M'Hamid by camel trek on foot with equipment carried by the dromadaires and / or spend the night in a wild bivouac (see D 3 to 5 of circuit 2), or to combine the two formulas.

D4 Desert Erg Chegaga

Discovery at your own pace of the Sahara desert and its immense sand dunes as far as the eye can see.

Activities :

- Departure on foot or by 4x4 to the sacred oasis.

- Visit of a nomadic camp. Sharing tea and bread baked in the sand with the nomads.

- At the end of the day camel trek to the highest dune in Morocco to enjoy the sunset at the top of Erg Lâabidlya (300m high). Return by camel trek to the camp at nightfall.

- Typical meals prepared by a Moroccan chef.

- Berber musical evening around a wood fire. Night under tent or under the stars.

- Let yourself live and enjoy the calm and serenity of the desert...

D5 Erg Chegaga – Aït Benhaddou

Departure from Erg Chegaga camp after breakfast, passing by the track that runs along the Jbel Madouer via the dry lake of Iriqui, to discover another face of the Sahara desert.

Short break in the very beautiful oasis of Foum Zguid.

Back to civilization and up to the Draa Valley to reach Aït Benhaddou, a fortified village classified as a Unesco World Heritage Site and which has been used as a film set for many movies (Lawrence of Arabia, Gladiator, Games of Thrones, Babel, etc.).

Dinner and night in Aït Benhaddou

D6 D7 Aït Benhaddou – Marrakech

D6 : Aït Benhaddou - Marrakech

Return to Marrakech by going up the Draa and Ounila valleys.

Visit of the Ksar of Telouet and its Kasbah, and lunch in the pretty village of Taddart.

Dinner and overnight in Marrakech.

D7 : Marrakech

Visit of the medina and night in Marrakech or direction airport.