Erg Chegaga Desert, “Off Road Safari”

Day 1 :Ouarzazate  – Draa Valley  –  Mhamid – Erg Chegaga

Erg Chegaga desert : This eco-tourism exploration joins traveling and nomad life search. Departure around 8 am from your hotel to the desert of Mhamid. We drive for approximately 200 km through the Draa valley to reach Zagora by partly following off road routes.

Continuing further, we stop in Tamegroute to visit its underground kasbah and Koran library before reaching Mhamid, the door of Sahara desert, for lunch. Around 4 pm we take the camels for a ride before a 4×4 vehicle drive us further into the beautiful desert landscape crossing the Sacred Oasis to reach the immense sand dunes of Chegaga. After a scenic sunset over the dunes, enjoy dinner and spend the night in the bivouac under the stars or in nomad tents.

Day 2: Erg Chegaga – Iriqui lake – Taznakht – Ouarzazate

Admire the sunrise over the dunes and enjoy breakfast before departing with 4×4 vehicles to Foum  the old Paris-Dakar road that crosses Iriqui lake. We then stop in the Berber village of Taznakht for lunch before we drive to Ait Bennaddhou to visit its UNESCO listed kasbah, a famous site for Hollywood movies shooting, and continue on to Ouarzazate, where arrival is expected around 5 pm.

What is included:

• 2 Days jeep & driver, including fuel
• 1 Overnight stay in tent at Erg Chegaga
• 1 Dinner & 1 breakfast
• 2 hours Camel ride.
• 2 Lunches.

What is excluded:

• Drinks
• Personal Spending