- Duration: 6 days / 6 nights
- Departure: Errachidia
- Type: Private, tailor-made
6-day tour from Errachidia to the Erg Chebbi and Erg Chegaga deserts
6-day tour from Errachidia to the Erg Chebbi and Erg Chegaga deserts: a private, tailor-made trip with your own driver and a flexible itinerary.
An off-road adventure linking Morocco’s two great dune seas, with two nights in desert camps and a return through the Saghro mountains and the gorges.
Highlights
- The Ziz Valley and authentic Berber villages
- Camel rides, sunsets and sunrises over the Erg Chebbi and Erg Chegaga dunes
- Nomad families and the Rissani market
- The Hassi Lbid and Ramlia oases
- The Valley of Roses, the Dades Valley and the Todra Gorges
Day 1: Errachidia – Erfoud – Rissani – Merzouga (140 km)
Departure at 9 am towards Erg Chebbi via the Blue Spring of Meski and the view over the Ziz Valley’s palm groves and ksour. A marble and fossil workshop in Erfoud, the mausoleum of Moulay Ali Cherif in Rissani and lunch on the way. At the foot of the golden dunes, a camel ride and a night at a private camp in nomad tents.
Day 2: Merzouga – Khamlia – Taouz – Ouzina (120 km track + 30 km road)
South through villages and oases, seasonal lakes, black desert, nomad families and stretches of the Paris-Dakar. Lunch in the Gnawa village of Khamlia, rock engravings at Taouz in the afternoon and the abandoned village of Ouzina, where mountains meet dunes. Night in a kasbah guesthouse.
Day 3: Ouzina – Zagora – M’Hamid – Erg Chegaga (170 km track + 150 km road)
Ramlia, Tafraoute and Lake Maider, the Tizi n’Tafilalt and the acacia plateau to the Draa Valley and its “Timbuktu 52 days” sign. The medieval library and potteries of Tamegroute, then M’Hamid and the wildest desert to the Erg Chegaga dunes. Sunset and a night at a bivouac among the dunes.
Day 4: Erg Chegaga – Foum Zguid – Zagora – Nkob (120 km track + 150 km road)
Sunrise and breakfast, then small dunes and the great dry Lake Iriki (30 km), the largest in the Moroccan desert. Black desert of volcanic stones to Foum Zguid for lunch, then the Draa Valley to the fortified village of Nkob. Night in a hotel or kasbah.
Day 5: Nkob – Tizi n’Tazazert – Dades Valley – Valley of Roses (70 km track + 120 km road)
A beautiful mountain track across the Anti-Atlas and Saghro via the Tizi n’Tazazert pass (2,200 m), past villages and hidden oases. Lunch in Boumalne Dades, the Dades Valley and 20 km of track from Ait Youl to Boutaghrar, past nomads living in caves. Night in a riad in the Valley of Roses.
Day 6: Valley of Roses – Todra Gorges – Amellago – Errachidia (300 km)
The road of a thousand kasbahs to the Todra Gorges, with a short walk, then canyons and Berber villages such as Tamtattouchte, Ait Hani and Amellago. Arrival in Errachidia through the great Goulmima oasis.
Included
- Pick-up and return to your hotel or Errachidia airport
- Private air-conditioned 4×4, minivan or grand taxi, and fuel
- Experienced driver
- 4 nights in hotels with dinner and breakfast
- 2 nights in a private tent at the Erg Chebbi and Erg Chegaga camps, with dinner and breakfast
- 4×4 excursion in Erg Chebbi and viewpoint stops
Not included
- Lunches and drinks
- Tips
More information
See more tours from Errachidia, request a free quote or read our travellers' reviews. Merzouga on Wikipedia.
