5 Days Desert Tour From MARRAKECH To The Magical ERG CHIGAGA

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Marrakech- Ait Benhaddou - Dades valley
1 stop
1
Marrakech
Pick up from Marrakech and drive via the superb views of the High Atlas Mountains, offering some exhilarating driving via lush valleys and traditional Berber villages, to the Unesco World Heritage site of the fortified village of Ait Benhaddou, as essentially a living museum, comprising a Ksar and has been used as the backdrop in many international movies. After lunch, drive to the Hollywood of Africa named Ouarzazate. Before you reach it, the Dades River winds its way through a lush valley, dotted with ruined Kasbahs, on vantage points, and surrounded by the most unusual rock formations and cliffs. Overnight in a hotel, dinner, and breakfast.
6 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Dades valley - Zagora - Mhamid
1 stop
2
Erg Chigaga
south to the lovely Draa Valley, which is home to many historic villages and a large array of palm trees. There will be a lunch stop along the way. The real village of Tamegroute, with its famous library, pottery businesses, and underground Kasbah, is where your adventure will next take you. Continue on to M'hamid El Ghizlane, the last stop on the paved road, to reach your Moroccan desert camping location, and take in the view of the sunset over the sand dunes. After dinner, spend the night in a  tent in Morocco's Sahara desert, and private.
Admission ticket included
Day 3
Mhamid - Erg Chigaga
1 stop
3
Erg Chigaga
After seeing the sunrise over the dunes, you will enjoy breakfast in the camp. Then we will travel two hours off-road to reach the magnificent desert of Erg Chigaga. This route passes different “erg” (dunes), “Hamada” (stony desert) oases, and through the rocky desert to the magnificent desert of Erg Chigaga. These dunes are far away from civilization, in the desert proper. You will stop to enjoy the sacred Oases and you will have to enjoy lunch in the palm shade. And then continue the best desert tour from Marrakech to Erg Chigaga, where you will enjoy riding camels for approximately 1 hour. You will be able to enjoy the sunset and the tranquility of the Sahara desert. After a wonderful dinner, we gather around the fire and enjoy the desert night with traditional Berber drums. You will then spend the night in the tent, with a private at a camp at Erg Chegaga.
Admission ticket free
Day 4
Erg Chigaga - Ouarzazate
1 stop
4
Ouarzazate
Ouarzazate is famous for studio movies
Admission ticket free
Day 5
Ouarzazate - Telouat - Marrakech
1 stop
5
Telouet
After breakfast, we drive along the beautiful and awe-inspiring Ounila Valley, full of bends in the roads, surprises at the hues of the rock and soil, Berber villages and gardens, as well as smaller Kasbahs. Almost at the end of the Ounila River, you reach Telouet Kasbah, which belonged to the lords of the atlas, the Glaoui family. Each addition to the building is now in ruins, exposed to the elements, having been abandoned and plundered after the last Pasha fled the country after the French left in 1956. Wait to be pleasantly surprised by the traditional interior decoration as we reach the farthest end of the Kasbah. At the end of the afternoon, having crossed the Tichka pass, we arrive in Marrakech to end our 5-day desert tour from Marrakech.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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