This trip is an excellent introduction to Moroccan desert. The Sahara can be an inspirational experience at night, with the air being crisp, clean and clear, the stars being so close you can almost touch them and a silence that is deafening. And you’ll return home feeling that you’ve not only observed all of this Eastern culture at arm’s length but that you’ve been immersed up to your neck in it!
Accommodation :
- 2 nights hotel / Riad in a double room B & B in Ouarzazate.
- 5 nights in tent igloo.
- A small tent for the kitchen and a large one with carpet for meals.
Day 1: Transfer from the airport to your hotel in Ouarzazate.
Day 2: Ouarzazate ----- Zagoura ---- M’hamed ----- Bouguerne Dunes.
You will pass through many Berber villages, and once in the desert, riverside oasis and barren hillsides are clustered with Kasbahs. After lunch we drive further to M’hamed and big Sahara, with beautiful views of the Draa Valley and the best area where you will spend many nights in tents. After seeing a beautiful sunset you will enjoy a fantastic dinner. Overnight in the camp.
5 hours driving.
1 hours walk.
Day 3 : Bouguerne ----- Erg Semre.
We head to the big Sahra crossing the large plateau and dunes, snaking across the dried rivers and streams of the area. We stop for lunch and then continue below the dunes and tamaris trees to Semre dunes where we set up our camp for the night.
5 hours walk.
Day 4 : Erg Semre ----- Erg Zhar.
head further into the desert towardes Erg Zhere, the highest dunes in this part of Morocco . after lunch you will up to the summit to see th sunset from the top. Overnight in the tents.
5 hours walk.
Day 5 : Erg Zhar ----- Sidi Naji.
We continue toward East through the desert, where a succession of spectacular highlands Sahara to reach the marabout Sidi Najji a ruined ksar. Camp in the dunes.
5:30 hours walk.
Day 6: Sidi Naji----- Rass Nkhel.
Heading north, crossing a dry Oued ( river ) arrival at M'hamed's oasis El Ghozlane, camp between dunes and palm trees, afternoon visit old Ksar M'hamed. Overnight in the camp.
5 hours walk.
Day 7: M’hamed ---- Ouarzazate.
Head back to Ouarzazate via Draa valley and Zagoura. Arrival in Ouarzazate afternoon there will then be an opportunity to explore something of the city's rich heritage with an optional guided sightseeing tour.
5 hours driving.
Day 8 : Departure from Ouarzazate aeroport.