Morocco Winter Saharan Getaway - 8 days Desert Tour From Marrakech to Erg Chegaga
- Museum
- 3 Hours
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- Pet allowed
- Audio guide
- Tour guide
Description
This 4x4 expedition takes us to the spaces of the great Moroccan South, whose charm and appeal reside both in the diversity of the landscapes and in the encounters with the Berber and Saharan populations. All along the route, small steps allow you to discover their daily life. This trip is most of the time in bivouac. This will allow you to make the most of the superb landscapes, to be in the heart of the desert and to taste these “magical” Saharan nights. Over a week you will discover the various facets of the desert: oases, villages, desert mountains, rivers that get lost in the great South and finally the highest dune in the country.
The trip at a glance :
- Desert
- Hiking and Trek
- Meet the locals
- Rural
- Arts and crafts
A very nice trip open to families (children from 8 years old).
Extend the circuit
You can extend your tour with additional days, before or after the group tour.
Privatize the stay
You can ask to privatize the tour and choose your departure date.
Travel idea to personalize
A trip according to your desires
This travel proposal is 100% customizable according to your desires. You can change your trip (duration, accommodation, activities and services) during your discussions with Us.
Day 1: Arrival in Marrakech, overnight in Marrakech
Day 2: The caravan trail, overnight in Skoura
Day 3: Valleys of roses, Dades Valley and Saghro mountains, overnight in Saghro
Day 4: The Draa Valley, Overnight a Zagora
Day 5: Chegaga sand dunes, overnight in Chegaga
Day 6: At the Berbers of Siroua, overnight in taznakht in a berber house
Day 7: Fortified granaries and crossing of the Atlas, overnight in Marrakech
Day 8: End of the stay
Day 2: The caravan trail, overnight in Skoura
Day 3: Valleys of roses, Dades Valley and Saghro mountains, overnight in Saghro
Day 4: The Draa Valley, Overnight a Zagora
Day 5: Chegaga sand dunes, overnight in Chegaga
Day 6: At the Berbers of Siroua, overnight in taznakht in a berber house
Day 7: Fortified granaries and crossing of the Atlas, overnight in Marrakech
Day 8: End of the stay
Day 1: Arrival in Marrakech
Reception at Marrakech airport. Transfer and installation at your hotel. Free day depending on your flight schedules.
Optional: guided city tour
Travel time: 20 min (4 km)
Accommodation : Riad or Hotel (Marrakech)
Option - Confort :
Option - Luxury :
Steps :Marrakech
Day 2: The caravan trail
From Marrakech, you quickly tackle the remarkable climb of the "Tizi n Tichka" pass, 2,260 m. After the pass, you descend to Ouarzazate through the Ounila valley, one of the most beautiful river in the Atlas. Stops are binding on Telouet and Aït Ben Haddou, Kasbahs classified international heritage. Arrival in Ouarzazate ‘A name that sings the southern desert’, continuation towards Skoura, very beautiful palm grove which remains the largest concentration of Kasbahs in the country.
Walking time: 1h to 2h Driving time: 5h (240 km)
Meals included: breakfast, dinner
Accommodation : Ecolodge
Option - Confort :
Option - Luxury :
Steps :Marrakech, Ouarzazate, Skoura
Day 3: Valleys of roses, Dades Valley and Saghro mountains
A few km away, Kella'M'Gouna at the end of the valley of the roses, a little detour is essential, especially during the flowering period (mid / end of April). Continue to Saghro the last mountain before the great Saharan "hamadas". It offers a diversity of very wild reliefs where only a few villages attest to the human presence. Your crossing at more than 2,200 m is a permanent dazzle: dark and cut rocks, steep and steep valleys, you are at the end of the world!
Walking time: 2h to 3h
Travel time: 3h (130 km)
Meals included: breakfast, dinner
Accommodation : Auberge
Option - Confort :
Option - Luxury
Steps :Dades Valley, Saghro
Day 4: The Draa Valley
From the Saghro massif you descend to the wadis and palm groves, the wealth of the South. One of the longest "rivers", the Drâa, would sometimes reach the ocean if the floods were not blocked by the dams. By the small roads of the Left bank you visit this immense valley where six sets of palm groves are distributed. The palm / date palm is the main resource. This valley has been, the "road" of caravans, it linked black Africa to the Maghreb. The populations of Harratins, Jews, Arabs and Berbers have always rubbed shoulders to support this superb region.
Walking time: 2h to 3h
Travel time: 2h30 (130 km)
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation : Auberge
Option - Confort :
Option - Luxury :
Steps :Draa Valley
Day 5: Chegaga sand dunes
From our bivouac in the middle of the desert, you finish your descent from Oued Drâa by the schoolchildren's path which ends up in the big Erg of Chegaga.
From M’Hamid, the last village at the end of the road, it’s off-piste that you approach the great Ergs of the South to reach the highest and most extensive erg, ‘ Chegaga’. At the exit of M’Hamid, you will meet “poop dots” and some palm trees, acacias and scattered tamarisks. Then nature becomes more and more desert: ergs made up of dune cords and real mountains of sand as far as the eye can see. You take advantage of the late afternoon lights to take a nice stroll through the dunes and admire the latest gleams of the sun at the top of these sand mountains.
Walking time: 3h
Travel time: 2h (100 km)
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation : Luxury Camp
Option - Confort :
Option - Luxury :
Steps :Chegaga
Day 6: At the Berbers of Siroua
Wake up early to enjoy these magical places. Beautiful morning crossing many ergs to arrive at the vast "plain" of the Iriki, an ancient dry lake. Then direction M’douer Sghir (small mountain) which emerges in front of the more distant reliefs of M’douer Kebir (large mountain). It is at Foum-z-guid that you find a small road which winds north. Past Tazenakht, at the foot of the ancient Siroua volcano, you branch off to spend a night with the locals in a small village. Enjoy beautiful moments of sharing with your Berber friends! You will discover the culture of saffron which is the richness of this region.
Walking time: 2h
Travel time: 4h (260 km)
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Night with the locals
Steps :Foum Zguid
Day 7: Fortified granaries and crossing of the Atlas
The Siroua is the region which contains the most beautiful granary fortified with stones. The riches of the ancient nomads found refuge in these superb attics, with remarkable architecture. They are most of the time hooked or coiled on a peak. They are stones, very little adobe, stones from the surrounding site. They blend perfectly into the landscape. You are sure to visit one. The villages contain weaving workshops to make the very famous carpets of the region. Your southern route then closes a few steps from the Tichka pass. Descend to Marrakech and arrive at the end of the afternoon.
Walking time: 2h Driving time: 4h (220 km)
Meals included: breakfast, lunch
Accommodation : Riad or Hotel
Option - Confort :
Option - Luxury :
Steps :Marrakech
Day 8: End of the stay
Free day depending on your flight schedule. Marrakech is a city that offers many possibilities for discovery: museums, souks and above all an atmosphere and a quality of life! The excitement is everywhere ... but the Marrakchis are warm and welcoming!
Transfer to the airport
Driving time: 20 min (5 km)
Meals included: breakfast
Steps :Marrakech
Reception at Marrakech airport. Transfer and installation at your hotel. Free day depending on your flight schedules.
Optional: guided city tour
Travel time: 20 min (4 km)
Accommodation : Riad or Hotel (Marrakech)
Option - Confort :
Option - Luxury :
Steps :Marrakech
Day 2: The caravan trail
From Marrakech, you quickly tackle the remarkable climb of the "Tizi n Tichka" pass, 2,260 m. After the pass, you descend to Ouarzazate through the Ounila valley, one of the most beautiful river in the Atlas. Stops are binding on Telouet and Aït Ben Haddou, Kasbahs classified international heritage. Arrival in Ouarzazate ‘A name that sings the southern desert’, continuation towards Skoura, very beautiful palm grove which remains the largest concentration of Kasbahs in the country.
Walking time: 1h to 2h Driving time: 5h (240 km)
Meals included: breakfast, dinner
Accommodation : Ecolodge
Option - Confort :
Option - Luxury :
Steps :Marrakech, Ouarzazate, Skoura
Day 3: Valleys of roses, Dades Valley and Saghro mountains
A few km away, Kella'M'Gouna at the end of the valley of the roses, a little detour is essential, especially during the flowering period (mid / end of April). Continue to Saghro the last mountain before the great Saharan "hamadas". It offers a diversity of very wild reliefs where only a few villages attest to the human presence. Your crossing at more than 2,200 m is a permanent dazzle: dark and cut rocks, steep and steep valleys, you are at the end of the world!
Walking time: 2h to 3h
Travel time: 3h (130 km)
Meals included: breakfast, dinner
Accommodation : Auberge
Option - Confort :
Option - Luxury
Steps :Dades Valley, Saghro
Day 4: The Draa Valley
From the Saghro massif you descend to the wadis and palm groves, the wealth of the South. One of the longest "rivers", the Drâa, would sometimes reach the ocean if the floods were not blocked by the dams. By the small roads of the Left bank you visit this immense valley where six sets of palm groves are distributed. The palm / date palm is the main resource. This valley has been, the "road" of caravans, it linked black Africa to the Maghreb. The populations of Harratins, Jews, Arabs and Berbers have always rubbed shoulders to support this superb region.
Walking time: 2h to 3h
Travel time: 2h30 (130 km)
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation : Auberge
Option - Confort :
Option - Luxury :
Steps :Draa Valley
Day 5: Chegaga sand dunes
From our bivouac in the middle of the desert, you finish your descent from Oued Drâa by the schoolchildren's path which ends up in the big Erg of Chegaga.
From M’Hamid, the last village at the end of the road, it’s off-piste that you approach the great Ergs of the South to reach the highest and most extensive erg, ‘ Chegaga’. At the exit of M’Hamid, you will meet “poop dots” and some palm trees, acacias and scattered tamarisks. Then nature becomes more and more desert: ergs made up of dune cords and real mountains of sand as far as the eye can see. You take advantage of the late afternoon lights to take a nice stroll through the dunes and admire the latest gleams of the sun at the top of these sand mountains.
Walking time: 3h
Travel time: 2h (100 km)
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation : Luxury Camp
Option - Confort :
Option - Luxury :
Steps :Chegaga
Day 6: At the Berbers of Siroua
Wake up early to enjoy these magical places. Beautiful morning crossing many ergs to arrive at the vast "plain" of the Iriki, an ancient dry lake. Then direction M’douer Sghir (small mountain) which emerges in front of the more distant reliefs of M’douer Kebir (large mountain). It is at Foum-z-guid that you find a small road which winds north. Past Tazenakht, at the foot of the ancient Siroua volcano, you branch off to spend a night with the locals in a small village. Enjoy beautiful moments of sharing with your Berber friends! You will discover the culture of saffron which is the richness of this region.
Walking time: 2h
Travel time: 4h (260 km)
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Night with the locals
Steps :Foum Zguid
Day 7: Fortified granaries and crossing of the Atlas
The Siroua is the region which contains the most beautiful granary fortified with stones. The riches of the ancient nomads found refuge in these superb attics, with remarkable architecture. They are most of the time hooked or coiled on a peak. They are stones, very little adobe, stones from the surrounding site. They blend perfectly into the landscape. You are sure to visit one. The villages contain weaving workshops to make the very famous carpets of the region. Your southern route then closes a few steps from the Tichka pass. Descend to Marrakech and arrive at the end of the afternoon.
Walking time: 2h Driving time: 4h (220 km)
Meals included: breakfast, lunch
Accommodation : Riad or Hotel
Option - Confort :
Option - Luxury :
Steps :Marrakech
Day 8: End of the stay
Free day depending on your flight schedule. Marrakech is a city that offers many possibilities for discovery: museums, souks and above all an atmosphere and a quality of life! The excitement is everywhere ... but the Marrakchis are warm and welcoming!
Transfer to the airport
Driving time: 20 min (5 km)
Meals included: breakfast
Steps :Marrakech
Day 1: Arrival in Marrakech, overnight in Marrakech
Day 2: The caravan trail, overnight in Skoura
Day 3: Valleys of roses, Dades Valley and Saghro mountains, overnight in Saghro
Day 4: The Draa Valley, Overnight a Zagora
Day 5: Chegaga sand dunes, overnight in Chegaga
Day 6: At the Berbers of Siroua, overnight in taznakht in a berber house
Day 7: Fortified granaries and crossing of the Atlas, overnight in Marrakech
Day 8: End of the stay
Day 2: The caravan trail, overnight in Skoura
Day 3: Valleys of roses, Dades Valley and Saghro mountains, overnight in Saghro
Day 4: The Draa Valley, Overnight a Zagora
Day 5: Chegaga sand dunes, overnight in Chegaga
Day 6: At the Berbers of Siroua, overnight in taznakht in a berber house
Day 7: Fortified granaries and crossing of the Atlas, overnight in Marrakech
Day 8: End of the stay
- • Return airport transfers in Marrakech
- • 1 (from 2 to 5 people) or 2 Vehicles (from 6 to 10 people) 4x4 land cruiser type with driver, diesel included
- • Accommodation as mentioned in the program
- • Full board from breakfast on D2 to lunch on D7
- • 24 hour agency assistance
- • Drinks and mineral water
- • Tips for teams
- • Meals not mentioned in the program in Marrakech
- • International flights
- • Entrances to Telouet, Aït Ben Haddou, Tamgroute library and any other monument (supplement of 2 to 10 € / monument)