Tours 4 days / off the beaten track desert Morocco

Summary

Your Driver - Guide will pick you up from the airport at your hotel to start your program as follows ... 1st day: Marrakech - Telouet - Ait ben Haddou - Agdz Departure in the morning at 8 am from your hotel or riad in Marrakech to cross the High Atlas mountains. After the Tichka pass, you leave the main road and take a small road towards the Kasbah of Telouet, which belonged to the lords of the Atlas, the Glaoui family, and which is now partly in ruins and partly in restoration. From there you continue for lunch to Ait Ben Haddou. This is the famous Kasbah classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which we will visit after lunch. Later we continue south to Agdz, where the Draa Valley begins. We spend the night in a guest house with swimming pool. 2nd day: Agdz - The Drâa valley - Zagora- M'hamid - Cheggaga After breakfast, we take the old caravan route between the river and the mountains. On the way we pass a lot of villages and gardens so you can get a better idea of how to live along the oases. We head towards M'hamid, at the gates of the desert, we go to Zagora, then to Tamgroute village of potters (visit of the kilns and workshops). the road to M'hamid crosses desert landscapes. We stop for lunch in our bivouac in the middle of the first dunes. Later, we continue the track towards the large dunes of Erg Chegaga (300m) approximately 60 km from M'hamid. This track crosses the different characteristic landscapes of the desert, "reg", "Hammada", and oasis. These dunes have kept their authentic character and the silence and the immensity of the landscape is imposing. Dinner and one night in our bivouac, Star Camp Lodge. Day 3: Day dedicated to the desert, Erg Chegaga - Oasis Mohet Solah - Chegaga In the morning after a good breakfast, departure in 4x4 through the dunes with picnic in nature to fully appreciate the grandiose landscapes and the immensity of the desert, Then return to the bivouac, rest, camel ride to admire the sunset. sun on the dunes, return and evening at the Star Camp Lodge luxury bivouac. 4th day: Cheggaga- Lac iriki- Foum Zguid - Marrakech After breakfast, we take a 90 km desert track between the parched bed of the draa the dunes near Lake Iriqui and the mountains. Lunch will be in Foum Zguid, the first village after the desert. From there, the way back to Marrakech we find the tarred road via the village of Taznakht, famous for its Berber carpets and the carpet cooperative. we will then cross the High Atlas again to reach Marrakech in the early evening.

Tour info

Duration
4 days
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Why take this tour?

Our local agency in Morocco, excursions and tours in southern Morocco and hiking, Desert and Mountains. ecotourism in Morocco Our team is at your disposal to develop your trip on a 4x4 circuit with driver and Guide.

What’s included?

  • Private transportation

  • Meals

  • Nights, Hotel, Luxury Camp

  • Site visits

  • The drinks

  • - The personal expenses.

  • - Tips

  • Repatriation insurance,

Things to know

Before you book

  • Duration: 4 days

  • Mobile tickets accepted

  • Instant confirmation

Covid Policy

  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas

Cancellation Policy

    All sales are final and incur 100% cancellation penalties.

Operated by:

Bivouac sous les Etoiles

About operator:

Located around 35km from the Algerian border in the extreme south-east corner of Morocco lies M`Hamid, gateway to the desert. " Bivouac sous les Etoiles " organizes visits or touring treks. These treks will familiarize you with an area steeped in local traditions, magnificent landscapes whose beauty is surpassed only by their size, where the people are friendly and open.

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