3 Days Desert Tour from Marrakech to Erg Chegaga
The Erg Chigaga sahara dunes is a newer and less visited location. The Erg Chegaga dunes are located in the southeast of Marrakech, near the Algerian border, and are almost 60 kilometers from the closest village of Mhamid. Here, the desert is larger and wild. An Erg Chigaga desert excursion should be expected to be a rough experience with no access to local hotels. Before reaching the sahara dunes, this desert tour involves at least three days of travel through Ait Benhaddou, Draa valley palm orchards, and a rocky desert scenery. The Erg Chigaga desert tour is a wonderful sahara desert tour that allows you to ride a camel, climb sahara dunes, sift cinnamon-and-sugar sand grains through your fingers, admire scenic views, and sleep in tents or under the stars. The Erg Chebbi dunes in Merzouga are other famous sahara dunes. The Erg Chebbi dunes are more well-known, reaching heights of up to 150 meters in certain areas and spanning a 50-kilometer region. There are Hotels along the edge of the desert, allowing visitors to spend the night in a standard hotel room or a luxury tent before exploring the Merzouga desert and its surroundings during the day.
Itinerary
We depart from Marrakech at 8:00 a.m. in an air-conditioned 4x4 vehicle for our Chegaga 3 day Morocco desert tour. We drive across the Tizi-n-Tichka Pass in the High Atlas Mountains, passing through gorgeous and picturesque landscapes on our way to Ait Benhaddou, Morocco's most famous ksar (ksar = old village of kasbahs). We stop in Agdez or Ouarzazate for Lunch. The journey continues via the Draa Valley to explore its splendid palm trees and historic Kasbahs. We spend the night in a hotel in Zagora or in the tent.
After breakfast, we continue our Erg Chigaga desert trip through the Draa valley's palm orchards. We will stop at Tamgroute to visit the famous Coranic library (closed on national and religious holidays) and an underground Kasbah. Then we continue to M'Hamid, a little village – the last town and large Draa oasis before the huge desert of Erg chegaga sahara. We next continue our three-day desert adventure by driving 60 kilometers off-road from M'hamid to the Erg Chegaga dune. This region's largest cluster of sahara dunes that reaches a height of 300 meters and covers 40 kilometers. After a 40-minute camel trek to see the desert's magnificent sunset, spend the night in a berber tent camp.
After breakfast at the Erg Chegaga Bivouac, drive to Foum Zguid via the historic Paris – Dakar race road, crossing the natural dry Iriqui lake. We stop for lunch in the berber village of Taznakht. We arrive in Marrakech at 6 p.m. and drop you off at your Riad.
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Marrakesh 40000, Morocco
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