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Overview

This expedition from Marrakech to the Erg Chigaga Desert lasts for three days and two nights and has several opportunities to enjoy the Erg Chigaga dunes, the Draa Valley, camel rides across sand dunes, and much more...

Highlights

Marrakech Ait Benhaddou Ouarza Zagora Tamagroute Mhamid Erg C Erg Chigaga Foum Zguid Taznakh Private driver-guide Authentic experience

Day-by-day itinerary

Day 1

Marrakech Ait Benhaddou Ouarzazate Agdz Zagora

Explore the Sahara on a Tour From Marrakech with Local Morocco Tours: your own desert tour business. After being picked up at the hotel, we make our way over the High Atlas Mountains. We travel via the Tizi n'Tichka Pass, which is known for its stunning beauty (2260 m). We make our way to the wellknown Ait Benhaddou Kasbah, which has been featured in a number of movies produced in Hollywood. Following our tour of Ouarzazate and its Atlas Film Studios, we travel to Agdez, where we stop to view palm oasis in the Draa Valley before continuing on to Zagora. Zagora is our final destination. a night's stay in a riad in the neighborhood, including dinner.

Day 2

Zagora Tamagroute–Mhamid Erg Chigaga Desert

Following breakfast, we will journey via Tamegroute on our way to the dunes of the Sahara, where we will stop to see the famous Koranic Library as well as local craftsmen. We make our way to Mhamid and then take a fourwheeldrive excursion over the Erg Chagaga dunes. In order to reach the camp in the desert, you will have to ride a camel for around an hour and a half today. After supper, we listen to music from the Berbers, and you spend the night in a luxury tent similar to those used by nomads in the Sahara. Local Morocco Tours will take you on an Erg Chigaga Tour. Marrakech is the starting point for our excursion that lasts for three days.

Day 3

Erg Chigaga Foum Zguid Taznakht Marrakech

Our threeday excursion from Marrakech to the Chigaga desert continues today with a camel ride, followed by a drive to FoumZguid and a visit to the Berber town of Taznakht, which is famous for the production of Berber carpets. After that, we travel to Marrakech by way of the High Atlas Mountains. Local Morocco Tours would be delighted to provide you, your family, your friends, or your party with an unforgettable experience in the Chigaga Sahara Desert. Local Morocco Tours will be glad to serve you, your family, friends, or group with a faultless Chigaga Sahara Desert trip.

What's included

  • Transfers from/to the airport/hotels
  • Private transportation in a spacious and airconditioned car
  • Experienced local tour guide
  • Includes all dinners and breakfasts
  • A night in hotels / riads and desert camp
  • Desert guide

Not included

  • Lunches and soft drinks
  • Admission fees and Gratuities

Guide languages

English, Spanish, French, and more languages are available upon request.

Departure

We can leave whenever you choose, although we normally leave at 9 a.m.

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