4 Days Tour from Marrakech to Erg Chigaga Desert

Price

650$

Duration

4 days

Overview

Combine top sites in the Moroccan desert, from a UNESCO-listed city to towering dunes, on this 4-day, private tour from Marrakech. Traveling with a private driver ensures a personalized experience, so you can take in some of the country’s scenic highlights on your own terms. A desert camp overnight is a chance to experience the Sahara at its most pristine, when day-trippers leave and constellations rise over the sand.

Trip Plan

Day 1 : Marrakech – Ouarzazate – Zagora

Tizi n Tichka : Your journey to the desert start from Your Marrakech stay We will Drive through the Atlas Mountains over the Tichka Pass. On the road views are quite splendid, We stop for scenic views and photography we will do 2 or 3 stops for photos

Ouarzazate : where you get lunch before crossing the Draa river to continue to Zagora. which have given birth to a vast oasis stretching for 200 Km at the foothills of the Anti Atlas Mountains.

Zagora : Dinner and spend the night at Zagora Hotel.

Day 2 : Zagora – Mhamid – eEg chigaga

Zagora : After Breakfast we will start our journey to Mhamid el ghazlan

Tamgrout : We will have the opportunity to visit one of the oldest Quranic libraries in Morocco. in the nearby kasbah famed for its potters’ factory.

M'Hamid : We will take lunch in M’hamid, last village on the door of largest desert in the world that exist in africa continent

Erg Chigaga : After lunch In the afternoon we depart for Erg Chigaga, passing through different features of desert; ‘Erg’, ‘Reg’, ‘Hammadas and oases. In the remote sand dunes of Erg Chigaga, there is only silence, shielded from civilization. Riding a camel in the Sahara Desert will allow you to see the dramatic sunsets over the color-changing dunes, after you dine under the stars next to the campfire, local nomads entertain you with their local music. Overnight at your Sahara desert camp.

Day 3 : Erg chigaga – Foum zguid – Ouarzazate

Erg Chigaga : Watch the sunset and ride a camel then breakfast before we go to foum zgiude

Foum Zguid : with varying scenery: and First, cross the flat salt lake of Iriqui and the Anti Atlas mountains, following the old route of the “Rally Paris Dakar”, In the next village, Foum Zguid, the paved road begins directly after the desert.

Taznakht : In the afternoon, continue to Taznakht, famous for Berber carpets

Ouarzazate : Arrival in Ouarzazate, dinner and overnight will be spent at your hotel.

Day 4 : Ouarzazate – kasbah ait ben hadou – Marrakech.

Ouarzazate : Breakfast then drive to ait ben Hadou

Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou : Today we will go to the next stop that is Kasbah Ait Ben Hadou Lunch can serve in Marrakech or at Ait Ben Hadou depending on the time.

Tizi n Tichka : Continue our journey to Marrakesh through the High Atlas Mountains and Tizi n’Tichka pass.

Marrakech : arrival by 17h00 PM. After your Marrakech to Erg Chigaga 4 days desert tour, you will be dropped off at your Marrakech hotel / Riad, or at a place of your choice.