Details of days
Ouarzazate SAHARA CAMEL TREKKING Tour
Day 1 : Ouarzazate – Draa Valley – Agdez – Zagora – Mhamid – Erg Chegaga Desert Tours.
Your SAHARA CAMEL TREKKING Tour will start after your travel to morocco by picking you up after the break fast at your hotel to start your luxury trip via a wildly ragged, rough mountain landscape and crossing the Tinififft Pass (1700 m), we will reach the small town of Agdz. A visit of the Ksar with the Kasbah Tamnougalte, the former centre of the tribal region of the Mezguita Berbers, is worthwhile.Along the Oued Draa (Morocco’s longest river), we will pass by the Draa village, one of Moroccos most fertile valleys. Marvel at the gapless chain of date trees grows along the river and the wonderful oases and well-kept clay fortresses.The town of Zagora, which used to be an important and legendary camel trekking station, lies in the midst of a palm oasis on the banks of the Draa and the edge of the desert. A detour to the Ksar Amezraou, which is known for its silver jewellery workshops, is worthwhile. After a short drive we will arrive at Tamegroute, which is famous for the Zaouia of the Nassirya order from the 16th century that can be visited just like the adjoined Koran library.We will continue driving into the desert until we get close to Mhamid, the most southern desert oasis of the Draa valley. This is where the journey to the closest sand dune region, where we will reach our bivouac, starts.A camel tour until dusk is perfect for exploring the desert. You will spend the night in a nomad’s tent under the stars.
Day 2: Mhamid – Erg Chegaga Tour (Camel trek)
The second day of your SAHARA CAMEL TREKKING TOUR tour starts by the breakfast at the camp , we will then start a camel trekking day in the middle of the desert. Lunch will be enjoyed under shadowy tree in a palm tree groves oasis. Our westbound journey will take us to the great dune field of Chegaga. The journey will lead us across sand roads and stone deserts, deep into the Moroccan Sahara. On the way we will stop in the midst of the desert to rest at a wonderful oasis that is supplied by the Source Sacré.you will enjoy the rough beauty, the endless vastness and quietude of the desert. You will experience the constant change of light depending on the position of the sun that turns this archaic countryside into a bizarre dream landscape, we will then arrive at the mighty dunes of the Erg Chegaga, where there are still nomads living with herds of camels today, before arriving to the Camp. Dinner and night at berber nomads tents.Day 3: Erg Chegaga – Foum Zguid – Taznakht – Ait Ben Hadou – Ouarzazate Desert Tour.
Our trip today will lead us across the even plane of Lac Iriki, a dried-out lake in a solidary desert landscape glistening white in the sunshine. We will pass by a fossil site and drive across the gravel desert until we reach the small oasis village of Foum Zguid, small settlements in the midst of palm groves behind, we will cross the Antiatlas and arrive at Tazenakht, which is known for its beautiful carpets and Ouzguita Berbers. From here the road winds its way up weathered rock formations to out Ouarzazate where we will be able to visit Ait Benhaddou kasbah, where you can take the time for visiting the world-famous Ksar (fortified village), one of the most picturesque in Morocco and a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage. After the sightseeing of the red mud castle we will return to Ouarzazate where we will drop you off at your hotel/riad the end of our service.