3 Day Desert Trip - Erg Chigaga

3 Day Desert Trip – Erg Chigaga

Prices are per person based on:

2-3 people US$ 615
4-5 people US$ 525
6-12 people US$ 465

per person

3 Day Desert Trip – Erg Chigaga

Overview

On this trip, you can explore the Moroccan Sahara, Berber Kasbahs and beautiful gorges.

This 3-day long unforgettable desert adventure includes the once-in-a-lifetime experience of spending the night in the Sahara. The air is crisp, clean and clear, and the stars are so close that you can almost touch them. The silence is nearly deafening. You will ride on camels, watch a breathtaking sunset and sunrise, and spend a night in a Berber tent.

On the way to the desert, you will drive through the magnificent Tizi n’Tichka pass and visit the Valley of the Roses with all of its beautiful Kasbahs.

Day to day itinerary

After departing from your riad/hotel in Marrakech early in the morning, you’ll drive across the High Atlas Mountains through the Tizin’Tichka Pass (2260 m), the highest road pass in Morocco, which offers spectacular panoramic views of mountains, valleys and colorful Berber villages.

You’ll stop along the way to visit the kasbahs of Ait Benhaddou. With its UNESCO listed spectacular Kasbah, Ait Benhaddou is a famous site where Hollywood movies are shot, such as Gladiator. Your trip then continues through the palm-lined Draa valley. You’ll stop in Zagora for a tea break before heading towards the village of Mhamid, where you will spend the night.

Dinner included.

After breakfast, you’ll start exploring the old village of M’hamid el Ghizlane. You’ll come back to the hotel to enjoy your lunch, and then at 4 p.m, you’ll be driving along a deserted road for 2 hours to reach your campsite. After getting to your tent, you’ll go to watch a sunset while riding on a camel’s back. Dinner will be served under the open sky, which will be full of stars. You’ll spend your night in the tent or outside under the sky at the Nomade Camp Erg Chigaga.

Breakfast and dinner included.

You’ll admire the sunrise over the dunes and enjoy breakfast before going to Foum Zguid via the old Paris-Dakar road that goes by the Iriqui Lake. You’ll stop in the Berber village of Taznakht for lunch before going back to Marrakech.

Breakfast included.