Morocco desert trek (8 days)

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8 days (approximately)
Offered in: German and 2 more

- Group size: min. 2 / max. 12
- Duration: 8 days / 4 days hiking
- Difficulty: Easy
HIGHLIGHTS:
* High and Anti Atlas
* 4 days hiking with dromedaries
* Dry plains, sand dunes and oases
* Draa oases and Zagora
* Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou

What's Included

Tour organization
Lunch (Optional[8])
Lunch
Dinner (Optional[7])
Dinner
Trekking cook and escort team with his dromedaries
Breakfast (Optional[7])
Breakfast
Tents, mats, kitchen utensils, water filters
Flight to Marrakech Riad in Marrakech Cancellation and travel insurance
Sleeping bag (comfort temperature 0°C) Tips for guide, escort team, driver (110 Euro)
Entrances main meals in Marrakech

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point
Hôtel Restaurant Café de France

Meeting point: In front of Café de France, Place Jemaa el Fna, 40000 Marrakech, Morocco. Please look for your guide / driver with the sign "Walking Morocco".

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 8 days (approximately)
    Day 1

    Marrakech – Ouarzazat

    1 stop
  • 1

    In the morning at 8 o'clock you leave Marrakech in a minibus and drive through the green foothills of the High Atlas on a winding pass road over the Tizi n'Tichka towards the south. In Telouet visit of the Kasbah El Glaoui and picnic. Continue through the Ounila valley to Aït Ben Haddou. Visit of the ancient Ksar and overnight in an inn in Ouarzazat. Travel time: 4 hours

    1 hour Admission ticket free
  • Day 2

    Ouarzazat – M’hamid

    1 stop
  • 2
    M'Hamid

    The minibus will take you further south through the beautiful Drâa Valley, through old villages and past palm groves to the edge of the desert at M'hamid, the meeting point with the dromedaries and the escort team. After loading the dromedaries, hike another hour or so to Rass Enakhl, the camp for the first night. Travel time: 5 hours │ Hiking time: 1 hour.

    5 hours Admission ticket free
  • Day 3

    Rass Ennakhl – Sidi Naji

    1 stop
  • 3

    You will hike first over sand dunes and through a small oasis, later over a dry plain and again through dunes to the camp at an old caravanserai near Marabout Sidi Naji. Lunch at the camp. Afternoon at leisure. Hiking time: 5 hrs.

    5 hours Admission ticket free
  • Day 4

    Sidi Naji – Erg Zeher

    1 stop
  • 4

    This beautiful and long stage begins with a hike over dunes. Later, the trail takes you across a vast dry plain and past the ruins of an ancient souk. Lunch on the way. Continue the hike to camp next to the large Erg Zeher dune. Hiking time: 6.5 hrs

    6 hours Admission ticket free
  • Day 5

    Erg Zeher – Erg Smer

    1 stop
  • 5

    Across the large dune Erg Zeher, a dry plain and more dunes you will reach the Drâa riverbed. Along the riverbed you will hike to the camp at Erg Smer. Lunch at camp, afternoon at leisure. Hiking time: 4.5 hrs.

    5 hours Admission ticket free
  • Day 6

    Erg Smer – Chegaga

    1 stop
  • 6

    In the morning you will cross the Drâa riverbed and walk through a seemingly endless dry plain. Lunch on the way. In the afternoon, continue over sand dunes to camp at Chegaga. Hiking time: 4.5 hrs

    5 hours Admission ticket free
  • Day 7

    Chegaga – Foum Zguit – Aït Ben Haddou

    1 stop
  • 7
    Ait Ben Haddou

    A jeep will take us to Foum Zguid. From there we continue by minibus to Ouarzazat (or Ait Ben Haddou), where we spend the night in a hostel Travel time: 6 hrs

    7 hours Admission ticket free
  • Day 8

    Aït Ben Haddou – Marrakech

    1 stop
  • 8
    Marrakech

    The minibus will take us back to Marrakech through the Ounila Valley via Telouet. Travel time: 4 hrs Overnight stay: not included.

    4 hours Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Supplied by Wandern Marokko Fahim

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Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 3 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

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