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Desert Trips
3 Days
Grade: Moderate
Type: Adventure

Tour Details

Explore the Moroccan Sahara, Berber Kasbahs and beautiful gorges.

A 3-day unforgettable desert adventure with a once-in-a-lifetime experience of spending the night in the Sahara. With the air crisp, clean and clear, the stars so close you can almost touch them and a silence that is almost deafening. You will ride camels, watch a breathtaking sunset and sunrise as well as spend a night in a Berber tent.

On the way to the desert you will pass the spectacular Tizi n’Tichka Pass and visit Valley of the Roses with all the magnificent Kasbahs.

Departure & Return Location

Your hotel in Marrakech center

Meeing Time

7 am

Price Includes

Escorted by an English speaking driver
Meals: dinner and breakfast
Accommodation: 1 night at a desert camp
Transport: 4x4 car
Activity : camel ride

Price Excludes

International Flights
Travel Insurance
Tips
Meals not mentioned
Soft drinks

Why book this trek?

Cross the High Atlas via the spectacular Tizi n’Tichka Pass
Visit the Kasbahs of Ait Benhaddou
Enjoy a camel ride in the dunes of Erg Chigaga

What to Bring

For Atlas Trekking you need to prepare as you would for walking in any mountain region; it can be warm and sunny during the day but the weather in the mountains can quickly change from sunshine to snow and cold winds (autumn through late spring). Please do not leave any rubbish behind you; carry out what you carry in.

Atlas Treks are tailored to match the season and your level of fitness. You have the choice of basing yourself in Berber Guesthouses, from where you can take daily walks, or you can Atlas Mule Trek for 2+ days. On mule treks you usually have the choice of staying in Berber Guesthouse/with families or wild camping in 2-person tents. In addition to regular packing, here is a Check List for Atlas Trekking:

Good walking boots and socks
Comfortable shoes/slippers for camp/guesthouse
Trekking pants
Lightweight waterproof over-trousers / rain-pants

Itinerary

Marrakech – Ait Benhaddou – Draa Valley – MhamidDay 1

Departing early in the morning from your riad/hotel in Marrakech, we drive through the High Atlas Mountains over the Tizin’Tichka Pass (2260 m), the highest road pass in Morocco, offering spectacular panoramic views of mountains, valleys and colorful Berber villages.
Travelling southwards,we stop on the way to visit the kasbahs of Ait Benhaddou. With its UNESCO listed spectacular Kasbah, Ait Benhaddou is a famous site for Hollywood movies shooting such as Gladiator. The trip continues through the palm-lined Draa valley with a stop in Zagora for a tea break before heading towards the village of Mhamid, where you will spend the night.
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Mhamid – Sacred Oasis – Chigaga sand dunesDay 2

After Breakfast, you start your exploration of the old village of M’hamid el Ghizlane, the village called situated at the End of the Civilisation with its 7 kasbahs and between the small surviving palm farms. You come back to the hotel for enjoying your lunch at the restaurant or by the refreshing pool. At 4 p.m you are transported towards the camp with 2 hours 4×4 driving along a deserted way. After getting your tent you go for a sunset experience on camel’s back. Dinner will be served under the open sky full of stars. Night in the tent or outside under the sky at the Nomade Camp Erg Chigaga.
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Chigaga sand dunes – Foum Zguid – Taznakht – MarrakechDay 3

Admire the sunrise over the dunes and enjoy breakfast before departing with 4×4 vehicles to Foum Zguid via the old Paris-Dakar road that crosses Iriqui lake. We then stop in the Berber village of Taznakht for lunch before taking the route back to Marrakech.
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