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3 Days Tour From Marrakech To Erge Chegaga
Overview
Erg Chegaga sahara dunes
The much younger and less-frequented destination.
Erg chegaga dunes are in the southeast of Marrakech, towards the Algerian border and they’re located over 60 kilometers away from the nearest town Mhamid.
The desert is somehow more vaste and wild here.
Those opting for an Erg Chegaga desert tour should expect a rustic experience, without access to nearby hotels.
This desert tour requires at least 3 days of travel through Ait Benhaddou, Draa valley palm groves and a rocky desert landscape before reaching the sahara dunes.
Highlights
- Travel over the Atlas Mountains and via the pass of Tizi-n-Tichka
- Stop at panoramic viewpoints to admire views of the valleys and Berber villages
- Learn about Berber rugs crafting in Taznakht and search for fossils in Iriqui Lake
- Experience off-road driving across different features of the Sahara Desert
- Enjoy camel riding in the high dunes of Erg Chagaga and practice sandboarding
- Witness the sunset from the top of the dunes and experience moments of tranquility
- Diner under the Saharan sky and dance to Berber music and drumming around a fire camp
- Sleep in a private nomad tent in a desert camp near the big dunes of Erg Chigaga
- Visit the green pottery workshop and learn to make pottery in Tamegroute village
- Travel along the Dra’a Valley full of palm trees, green oases, and ancient kasbahs
- Explore the Kasbah of Tamnougalte with a local guide
- Spend a night in a beautiful riad in Ouarzazate overlooking the palm groves
- Stop by the Atlas Studios and photograph a film set of many Hollywood movies
- Visit the famous, Kasbah Telouet and the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou
- Cross the Atlas Mountains and arrive back at Marrakech
Included/Exclude
- Â Car with driver guide tour A/C
- Accommodations
- Â Overnight in the camp
- Â Camel ride
- Â Spectacular dinner show in the camp
- Â Bottle of water
- Â Local guide in Kasbah Ait Ben Hadou
- Â Dinners
- Personal expense
- Tips
Tour Plan
Early departure for the high atlas, crossing 2260 meters at port T'ichka. Discover the historic kasbahs of Ait Ben Haddou, where Obelix, Gladiator, Babel, and other films were shot. Lunch in the center of the Kasbah Tamnougalt, then continue south over anti-atlas mountains, crossing the gorgeous Draa valley. The area features gorgeous palm groves interspersed with Ksours Douars and lovely adobe structures. hotel night with half board
After seeing Tamegroute's pottery studios and Koranic library, we go to M'hamid while Progression on sandy wadis, diversified greenery surrounding us, instead of the normal gathering of nomad households. When you get in Erg Laabidlia, a spectacular bivouac awaits you in the desert. It is possible to ride a camel. Pass the night under the Moroccan Sahara stars!
Early departure towards the Anti Atlas foothills. After breakfast, we depart for RALLY - DAKAR, passing by the beautiful lakes of Iriq and Foum Zguid on our way to the Berber settlement of Taznakht. It is where we have so many women's associations for creating the famous berber carpets with their various working techniques (weaving-knotting-embroidering). Then we travel to Marrakesh across the high Atlas Mountains.
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