Day 1: Marrakech – High Atlas – Ouarzazate –Zagora
We will make an early morning departure from Marrakech to cross the Tizi n
Tichka pass in the High Atlas Mountains with a short stop for coffee and to
visit the argan oil cooperative. We will visit UNESCO World Heritage site,
Ait Ben Haddou and the Taourirt Kasbah in Ouarzazate . After lunch in
Ouarzazate, we will travel over the Anti Atlas mountains, via the Berber
villages of Agdz and the amazing Draa Valley. We will have dinner and
spend the night in a traditional riad in Zagora.
Day 2 Zagora – Tamagroute – Erg Chegaga.
After breakfast we will have a tour of Zagora and its surroundings
including the Jewish quarter in Amzerou and the palm groves. We will
continue towards the doorway to Sahara Desert -Mhamid. We will visit the
the original town of the 16th century dynasty (Saadian), Tamgroute, to
visit the old Koran library and to see the ceramics the area is famous for.
We arrive to the Saharan village of Mhamid before taking the off-road track
to Erg Chegaga to ride the camels into the desert to see the sunset on top
of the dunes. We will have a traditional tagine dinner, drink delicious
mint tea, listen to traditional berber music while watching the stars and
the rising moon in the amazing Sahara desert. We will spend the night in
a traditional nomad tent.
Day 3 Erg Chegaga – Foum Zguid – Tazenackt – Marrakech
We will rise early to see the spectacle of the sunrise over the dunes of
the Sahara desert before making our way back to the hotel for breakfast and
a shower. We will then follow the old Paris-Dakar road to Foum Zguid,
crossing Iriqui lake. We will have lunch in the berber village of Taznakht
before continuing to Marrakech