2 Days Private Tour from Ouarzazate to Erg Chegaga Desert

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Ouarzazate – Anti Atlas – Draa Valley – Agdz – Zagora – Tamegroute – Erg Chegaga
6 stops
1
After pick up in your accommodation in Ouarzazate, you can choose your desired activity in the movie city: the Kasbah of Taourirt awaits the photographers, the film studios and the film museum are interesting for adults as well as for your kids.
45 minutes • Admission ticket not included
2
After crossing the vast Anti-Atlas mountains, you arrive at the green and peaceful Draa Valley which is famous for its huge date groves and henna fields.
Admission ticket free
3
After, we’ll continue our way through the Draa valley in direction desert.
Admission ticket free
4
Zagora
We’ll have enough time to visit Zagora and its surroundings like the Jewish quarter in Amzerou and have a look at the huge palm groves. Afterwards, we’ll continue our trip towards the desert to Mhamid.
45 minutes • Admission ticket free
5
Along the way, we stop at a Saadian town of the 16th century which is called Tamegroute. There, we are able to visit an old coran library and a subterranean Kasbah.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
6
Mhamid is the end of the Draa valley as well as the end of civilization. We’ll have our Pic Nic-lunch in the desert and continue in direction Erg Chegaga, passing through Ouled Driss with its old Kasbah and then taking the 4x4 piste through the desert. We’ll arrive in your desert camp before sunset. Hop on a camel and walk at the desert pace along the dunes with its diverse colors. We’ll arrive at the desert camp where you’ll pass the night in a nomad tent or under the shining stars in the middle of impressive sand dunes. A traditional dinner is served and you can spend the night watching for shooting stars or dance around the camp fire to the beat of the desert drums.
12 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Erg Chegaga Dunes – Iriki – Foum Zguid – Taznakht – Ait Ben Haddou – Ouarzazate
5 stops
7
After enjoying the sunrise at the top of the sand dunes, you’ll have your breakfast in the desert camp before the journey with the 4x4 car starts.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
8
Discover the the old Paris-Dakar road to Foum Zguid and cross the Iriki lake, which is a temporary wet land during rain periods. In this national park you’ll have the chance to spot some wild animals like lizards, snakes, gazelles and even hyenas with a little luck.
Admission ticket free
9
Tazenakht
Lunch will be served in the berber village Taznakht. This small town is famous for its berber carpet cooperations. You are welcome to attend a detailed demonstration of how the women of the area are producing the colorfully masterpieces which can also bring some oriental flair to your house.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
10
Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
After, we continue to Aït-Ben-Haddou, the fortified clay city with its numerous Ksars and Kasbahs, where several famous movies such as Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven and Prince of Persia have been shot. Enjoy a guided tour with a local guide and learn about the life in the Ksars and Kasbahs.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
11
Ouarzazate
Return travel to Ouarzazate with arrival in your Hotel/Riad at about 19:00 h.
Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Specialized infant seats are available
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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