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1st option: Short tour into the heart of the desert on foot with dromedaries

Day 1: Marrakech – Ouarzazate – Zagora – M'hamid (8-9 hours)

We will pick you up early in the morning from your Riad. You have a long journey ahead of you, but the varied landscape will shorten the journey time. You will cross the High Atlas in the morning. On the road of the 'Thousand Kashbahs' we approach the desert ever closer. Lunch in the restaurant. In the afternoon the scenery changes again, from Agdz you drive along the palm groves of the Draa Valley to Zagora, where you stop for afternoon tea. M'hamid is the last village before the desert. Here you can still 7 km on dirt road and through dunes and palm trees to the Tfil family bivouac. Dinner and overnight stay in the bivouac.

Day 2: Desert
You can leave some of your luggage in the bivouac and only pack what you need for the next two days.

After the dromedaries are loaded with the necessary luggage, tents, mats, food and water for the next two days, your desert adventure begins. You walk further and further into the wonderful landscape, leaving civilization further and further behind you. Your companions will Prepare a delicious meal while you admire the sunset and the beautiful dune landscape and let the magic of this landscape sink in. You sleep in a tent or under the open sky - just as you like.

Day 3: Erg Zahar

After a hearty breakfast, your hike continues today. The landscape changes again and again and the highlight of the day is arriving at the high dunes of Erg Zahar in the evening. It is worth climbing the dunes at sunset and enjoying the spectacular view. Your The accompanying team has set up their tents for you at the foot of the dunes, where you will sleep once again under 1001 stars.

Day 4: Erg Zahar – Ouarzazate (3.5 hours)

In the morning you walk for about 30 minutes before you meet up with your 4x4 again. You change and drive along the dirt road back towards civilization. In the Tfils bivouac you can take a nice shower and reload your bags.

The next stop is Tamzgroute, where you can visit an old Koran library and watch the potters at work in a pottery cooperative. After lunch in Zagora, you will visit the Jewish Kashbah, where silver jewelry is still made today as in the old days. The subsequent journey to Ouarzazate is further enhanced by a detour along the dirt road through the palm groves along the Draa. Dinner and overnight stay in a beautiful hotel in Ouarzazate.

Here you would have the opportunity to get rid of all the sand in the late afternoon and pamper yourself in a beautiful hammam.

Day 5: Ouarzazate – Marrakech (3.5 hours)

Depending on your wishes, visits to various sights are possible on this last trip. Your driver will discuss with you which route you would like to take and what you would like to see. You can choose from the Kasbah Taourit (World Heritage Site) and the Studio Cinéma in Ouarzazate. A natural pharmacy with spices, an antique shop with carpets. The Kasbah Ait Ben Haddhou (World Heritage Site), the more beautiful but longer drive through the Ounila Valley with a visit to the Glaoui Palace in Telouet.

2nd option: Short tour into the desert

This program can easily be combined with a dome ride. Either from M'hamid to the bivouac or in the late afternoon in M'hamid or on the way to Erg Chegaga.

Day 1: Marrakech – Ouarzazate (4 hours)
We leave Marrakech early in the morning and head southeast. Enjoy the breathtaking views as you drive through the Atlas Mountains and small villages. At an altitude of 2260 m we cross the Tichka Pass.
The scenic drive over the Tizi-n-Tichka pass takes us to Telouet. Here, at an altitude of 1800 m, stands the famous Kasbah of El Glaoui, once the seat of power of one of the most powerful Berber princes. The roof terrace offers a wonderful view of the High Atlas and the village of Telouet.
After a drive through the picturesque Ounila Valley, we reach Ait Benhaddou, where you can take time to visit the world-famous Ksar (fortified village). It is one of the most famous buildings in southern Morocco and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987.
In the provincial capital Ouarzazate you have the opportunity to get to know the Glaoui Kasbah Taourirt (UNESCO World Heritage Site), one of the most powerful Berber residential and defensive buildings made of rammed earth in this region.

Day 2: Ouarzazate – Mhamid (4 hours)
We drive through wild, rugged mountain landscapes to Agdz, where a visit to the Ksar with the Kasbah Tamnougalte is worthwhile. We reach Zagora, the "gateway to the desert", formerly an important caravan station, the sign "52 days to Timbouctou" still bears witness to this. After a short drive, we reach the traditional pilgrimage site of Tamegroute, southeast of Zagora. In the town, which is also known for its pottery, you can visit the 16th century Zaouia of the Nassirya Order, which has an old Koran library attached to it. From Tamegroute we drive past the sand dunes of Tinfou further into the desert to near Mhamid, the southernmost desert oasis in the Draa Valley.
Here the journey begins over sandy tracks into the middle of the nearby sand dune area, where we reach a permanently installed bivouac (mud huts, see photo below).
A lovingly prepared dinner awaits you. You will spend the night under the stars in a nomad tent.

Day 3: Mhamid – Erg Chegaga (2-3 hours)
The journey continues westwards to the huge dune field of Chegaga, which is even more extensive than the Erg Chebbi near Merzouga. The route leads over sandy tracks and through stone desert deep into the Moroccan Sahara.
On the way we stop at the Source Sacré. This spring, surrounded by acacias and palm trees, flows in a narrow stream and is the typical picture-book oasis in the middle of the desert. We reach the enormous dunes of the Erg Chegaga, where nomads still live with their herds of camels. Once you have arrived at the bivouac, you have enough time to enjoy the magic of the almost endless desert in peace and quiet. Let yourself be enchanted by the beauty of the sunset. You will spend the night in a nomad tent.

Day 4: Erg Chegaga – Marrakech (8-9 hours)
After breakfast we continue our journey. It takes us westwards across Lac Iriki, a dry lake in a lonely, impressive desert landscape. We pass a fossil site and drive towards the Jbel Bani, which has always accompanied us on our right. At the foot of the mountain ridge lies the small village of Foum Zguid, an oasis that probably seems almost unnaturally green to us after the days in the desert.
We cross the Anti-Atlas past small settlements surrounded by palm groves and arrive in Tazenakht, a center of carpet production. One of the carpet workshops can be visited here. From Tazenakht we drive through dark basalt rocky mountains - foothills of the 3304 m high Jbel Siroua, a lonely volcanic mountain.
We will travel over the High Atlas back to Marrakech, where we will drive you back to your riad.