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Sahara Desert Trip 4 days - Erg Chegaga
Sahara Desert Tour 4 days from and back to Marrakech is one of the most private tours from Marrakech to Erg Chegaga
Morocco Sahara desert trip to Erg Chigaga from Marrakech via Zagora, Mhamid, and Foum Zguid is for serious desert amateurs, who admire the silence and the majesty of the desert to forget about the hectic city lives!
Marrakech to Erg Chigaga desert tour can be tailored into a 4days desert tour if you have time.
BELOW IS MARRAKECH TO ERG CHIGAGA TOUR ITINERARY
Itinerary Day per Day
Day 1 :
Day 2 :
Day 3 :
Day 4 :
Day 1 :
MARRAKECH – OUARZAZATE – ZAGORA
Your Marrakech to Erg Chigaga Morocco desert tour will start at 08h00 AM with a pick up from your Marrakech stay
Depart Marrakech, winding up through the Atlas Mountains over the Tichka Pass where the views are quite splendid. A few stops are made for taking in the scenery and photography.
We arrive Ouarzazate for lunch before we Continue to Zagora crossing the Draa river which has given life to a huge oasis spreading for about 200 Km at the foothill of the anti Atlas mountains. Along the way, several palmeraies will bring their shades between Kasbahs and fortified villages dotted with fields of corn, barley, Vegetables and henna plantations.
Dinner and Overnight at your Zagora hotel.
Day 2 :
ZAGORA – MHAMID – ERG CHIGAGA
After breakfast, we drive to M’hamid (where the paved road ends) passing by the village of Tamagroute where we will have the opportunity to visit one of the oldest Quranic libraries in Morocco, then the nearby kasbah famous for its potters’ factory.
Lunch will be served in M’hamid at leisure. Early afternoon, we depart for Erg Chigaga dunes crossing different features of the desert; ‘Erg’, ‘Reg’, ‘Hammadas and oases.
Erg Chegaga dunes are far away from civilization and the silence of the sand is overwhelming.
Ride your camels across the dunes and enjoy one of the most dramatic sunsets over the color changing sands dunes.
Enjoy a splendid dinner under the stars next to the campfire, while entertained by the local nomads playing local music.
Overnight at berber camp.
Day 3 :
Erg Chegaga – FOUM ZGUID – OUARZAZATE
After breakfast, the road takes us through another 90km of the desert with varying scenery: we first cross the flat dried salt lake of Iriqui and the Anti Atlas mountains, following the old track of “Rally Paris Dakar”.
Then to Foum Zguid the first village after the desert, where the paved road begins.
After lunch, continue to the Berber village of Taznakht, famous for its Berber carpets and rugs.
We arrive Ouarzazate late in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Ouarzazate.
Day 4 :
OUARZAZATE – KASBAH AIT BEN HADOU – MARRAKECH
After breakfast, we can enjoy a visit of the film studios located just outside Ouarzazate, which is known as Hollywood of Africa.
We then continue to visit the world heritage site of Kasah Ait Ben Hadou, previously used as a set for more than 20 Hollywood blockbusters including “Gladiator” “Indiana Jones” and “Lawrence of Arabia”.
Enjoy a walk to explore the traditional Moroccan style of architecture in which the Kasbahs are built.
We continue our way to Marrakesh through the High Atlas Mountains and Tizin’Tichka pass.
Depending on time, lunch can be served in Ait Ben Hadou or in the Atlas Mountains on the way to Marrakech.
Arrival at Marrakech by 16h00 PM.
Your Marrakech to Erg Chigaga 4 days desert tour will end with a drop off at your Marrakech.
Includes
- English Speaking Driver
- Accommodation
- Camel ride and Berber Camp
- Comfortable Van/4×4