Marrakech to Erg Chigaga Desert 3 days

Day 1: Marrakech – Tizi N’Tichka – Telouet – Ksar Ait Benhaddou – Ouarzazate – Draa Valley – Zagora

Explore and experience unforgettable Sahara desert. We will meet you in the city of Marrakesh and we pick you up from your Riad and leave Marrakech to begin our tour to Merzouga, we head to the Dades valley over the Tizi N’tichka pass (2’260m), where you can spot the traditional Berber villages, we can stop in a local cooperative run by women who extract the Argan oil from the trees and discover how to use it in cosmetics and treatment, we will have a short time there. You can buy the products if you want. Our tour begins in the Draa Valley and we drive to the ksar Ait Benhaddou which is recognized by UNESCO as a world patrimony for having been a setting for many films such as The Mummy and Gladiator. Lawrence of Arabia, Black Hawk Down, The Message, and most recent critically acclaimed series Game of Thrones. Break lunch in (Ait Benhaddou). Afterward we hop on our 4×4 to studio cinema of Ouarzazate it’s famous film studios whose scenery has been used in many films successful, is also known as Hollywood of Morocco. Overnight at Hotel in Zagora.

Day 2: Zagora – Tamegroute – Mhamid – Erg Chigaga

After breakfast, we’ll have enough time to visit the surroundings of Zagora city and we’ll have a look at the Jewish quarter in Amzerou and the huge palm groves Afterwards, we continue our trip towards the desert to Mhamid. We will stop at the pottery and old Kasbah in Tamegroute before arriving the end of the Draa valley there, we are able to visit an old Coran library and we take a break to watch the library, and historical books.

Afterward, we continue directly to the Erg Chigaga and, complete our trip to Mhamid is the end of the Draa Valley. You’ll have Lunch in ( Mhamid). Before sunset, you will Hop on a camel and walk at the desert pace along the dunes. At night the traditional dinner is served, then you can hit the desert drums and dance about the fire and watching the stars and spending a night in your Berber tent.

Day 3: Erg Chigaga – Paris Dakar – Foum Zguid – Taznakht – Marrakech

In the early morning you can see the sunrise amid the sand dunes before enjoy typical breakfast in desert camp. Afterward we will continue our trip to the village of Foum Zguid, crossing the old Paris-Dakar road and cross the Iriqui lake, while you can enjoy the desert scenery and watching the mountains you can also discover some of the desert animals such as snakes, deer and other wild animals living in the desert, The food will be in the village of Taznakht. After break lunch, we continue directly to Marrakech over the high Atlas Mountains, on the side of the mountains you will see Berber farms and traditional villages. Before arriving at your Riad/Hotel in Marrakech.