4 Days Desert Tour From Marrakech to Erg Chigaga

The first day of your 4-day desert tour from Marrakech to Erg Chigaga begins at 08:30 am with a pick-up from your hotel in Marrakech. After a briefing about the tour, you are ready to go. The Berber villages you see as you cross the Tizi N Tichka pass at 2260 meters are among the most beautiful in the world. Our first stop will be the UNESCO World Heritage site of Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah, an ancient fortified village built in the 16th century. Here you will walk through the tangled network of the streets and study its history and architecture.

Then, we proceed to our next destination, the city of Ouarzazate, famous for its prominent film studios, and briefly stop for photos at Kasbah Taourirte. We then move through the beautiful Drâa Valley, where you’ll take a walk and interact with the locals in Tamnougalte Village, where we spend the night.

On the second day of your 4-day desert tour from Marrakech to Erg Chigaga, after a special breakfast in the middle of the palmarie, the journey will start with a drive through Morocco’s largest valley, the Draa Valley, toward Zagora. From here, a brief stop will be made in Zagora, then continue to the original Saadian dynasty town of Tamgrout, dating from the 16th Century. Here,e cultural and historical sites include the ancient Koran library and the famous local ceramics.

We then proceed to a Saharan village known as Mhamid and then head off-road to Erg Chegaga. Near Erg Chegaga, we will take a camel ride deep into the desert to watch the sunset on the top of the dunes. A delicious tagine dinner is prepared for you, mint tea is served, and traditional Berber music entertains us as we gaze at the stars and the rising moon in the powerful Sahara. As for the night accommodation, it will be in a tent in the sand – which is more representative of the Sahrawian hospitality.

Wake early in the morning with the sunrise over the dunes, have breakfast, and then get ready for a very interesting part of your Sahara Desert trip. From Marrakech, drive to Foum Zguid following the Paris-Dakar track. Cross Iriqui pre-desert and stop at the dry salt lake through which runs the Iriqui National Park and turns to marshland during the rainy season. It is a one-of-a-kind park where you can see, for instance, lizards, snakes, gazelles, and, if you are lucky, even hyenas.

Stop for lunch in Taznakht, a Berber’s village famous for its genuine handmade carpets’ production. Finally, get across the Atlas Mountains and arrive at Tislday; submerge yourself in an amazing village and spend a night in the mountains that you will remember for a long time.

On the last day of your 4-day desert tour from Marrakech to Erg Chigaga, you may enjoy a sumptuous Moroccan breakfast before embarking on an exciting hike and climb in the Atlas Mountains. Have lunch with a Berber family to witness that side of Moroccan culture up close and personal. Later, proceed back to Marrakech through the striking Tizi N’tichka pass. You will be transferred to your hotel in Marrakech, bringing this rewarding Atlas Mountains tour to an end in the colorful tapestry that is Morocco.

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• 2 Days to Zagora from Marrakesh.
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