Experience both adventure and tradition on a 4 Days Marrakech to Erg Chigaga desert tour. Starting from the center of Marrakech, you can expect to see stunning sights, learn about the culture and explore Morocco’s deserts. The Atlas Mountains, as well as the endless Saharan dunes, reveal unique parts of Morocco’s lovely traditions at every destination.
The best part of a voyage like this is not the final spot, it’s traveling from point to point. You’ll tour Berber towns, visit well-known sites like Ait Ben Haddou listed by UNESCO and roam through ancient kasbahs. Your best experience will be at Erg Chigaga, far from crowds, where you have stars to serve as your roof for the evening. Do you wish to experience real Morocco? This 4-day trip will give you the adventure you desire.
The Marrakech to Erg Chigaga adventure starts at 8:30 AM when you are picked up from your hotel. A Tour of Morocco begins by driving over the Tizi N’Tichka Pass, standing at 2,260 meters above sea level in the High Atlas Mountains. On the route, take pleasure in the great sight of Berber-filled mountain ridges, twisting roads and impressive panoramas.
Driving scenically along, you’ll reach Ait Ben Haddou—it’s a striking kasbah from the 16th century built from clay and straw. Its beautiful architecture and use in movies by Hollywood make this UNESCO site famous. After lunch, you’ll make a quick visit to Ouarzazate and then keep driving in the beautiful Draa Valley. Here, you’ll stroll through date palm groves and check out the local village, Tamnougalt, then spend your first night in a kasbah.
Following a full breakfast on day two, the tour takes you further into Morocco’s desert. Along the way, you’ll reach Zagora, after which the site of Tamgroute comes into view. It is possible to visit the known library of Islamic manuscripts and see local workshops well-known for their traditional green-glazed pottery.
Roads are paved all the way to Mhamid, but the true adventure starts after that point. If you’re using a 4WD, you drive through the desert to reach the impressive dunes of Erg Chigaga. You will get a camel ride there and at dusk you will step into the Sahara. After dark, indulge in Moroccan food and audible Berber songs outside and then drift off to sleep in a comfortable tent in a silent desert.
Watching the sunrise over the dunes can make for a peaceful and amazing event—it’s worth rising early for this. After breakfast, the tour moves you off-road on a route that followed the Paris-Dakar race back when it still ran. Cover this vast national park, an isolated area famous for seeing gazelles, desert foxes and lizards. As rain falls during the rainy season, the dry lakebed becomes a precious desert wetland.
You should eat lunch in Taznakht at midday to experience its famous handmade carpets. You’ll next cross the southern Atlas Mountains toward the picturesque village of Tislit (or Tislday) and your third night will be at a pleasant Moroccan guesthouse. With the awesome views of the mountains, you can relax here and think about everything you’ve experienced in the desert.
You will wake up, enjoy Moroccan breakfast and then hike the Atlas Mountains for a final experience before moving on at the end of your 4 Days Marrakech to Erg Chigaga tour. Exploring this rugged area makes it easy to notice the natural scenery and freshen your mind with the highland air.
Having finished the hike, you’ll have lunch with a friendly Berber family in their own home. In this place, you’ll see the ordinary activities in the Atlas and be treated with genuine hospitality. At this point, you’ll be heading back to Marrakech over the stunning Tizi N’Tichka Pass. You’ll be driven back to the city in the evening and your driver will drop you wherever you are staying for the night.
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Yes, the tour is customs friendly and children can be included too. Camel riding is not very risky at all, and kids can also ride the camel together with a grown up. To accommodate the young ones or people with special problems as to mobility, there are facililities to use 4 by 4 cars.
Yes, for the_record, if the unthinkable happens and you have no desire to ride a camel, then you can take a 4X4 car to the desert camp. Make sure you let the guide of the institution know your preference beforehand.
Food itinerary of the meal tour entails actual Moroccan meals like tagines, couscous, and the Moroccan bread. Special requests for vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free food can also be made – please let the operator know of your needs prior to the tour.
Standard camps are more of amenities that share washrooms and other simple facilities. Company improvements that come with luxury camp are private bath, larger and even better amenities such as larger tents. The options are available to accommodate your desires.
There may be restricted network connection or no connection at all in areas such as the desert camp. Preventing congestion during the trip is possible by notifying friends and relatives of the possibility of limited time to connect.
The dunes can be visited on foot, sandboarding is also available as well as quad biking (as an extra attraction). Besides, there are cultural focused activities for instance visiting nomadic family or watching live Gnawa music in Khamliya village.
Daytime driving will be approximately from 4 to 7 hours with intermittent stops in restaurants and sightseeing and break times. The drives indeed provide spectacular sights and a lot of photography spots.
Tipping of tour guides, drivers and staff in the places of accommodation is however encouraged though not compulsory. It is advisable to have small notes in Moroccan Dirhams for this kind if purpose.
In the event that you realize you are affected you should inform your guide immediately. Much needed first aid kits are provided and in the event of further complications, your guide will help you get to a pharmacy or hospital.
Indeed, there are options to request a specific product to be made in its own unique way. To do so contact the tour operator to inquire about other available sites to be picked up or dropped off at.
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