3-day Sahara Desert Trip From Marrakech

Day 1: Marrakech – Tizi N Tichka – Telouet – Ait Ben Hadou – Ouarzazate – Agdez

1. Tizi n Tichka
   Pass by
   cross the High Atlas Mountains we sill do several Stops to take a photos
2. Telouet
   40m
   we will visite the Telouet Kasbah, which belonged to the Lords of the Atlas, the Glaoui family.
3. Ksar Of Ait-Ben-Haddou
   1h
   Here you stop for a tasty lunch.This is the most famous Kasbah in Morocco, one of Morocco’s seven UNESCO World Heritage sites.
4. Ouarzazate
   Pass by
   Crossing Ouarzazte, and continue south over the Tizi-n-Tinfifte pass to Agdez.
5. Agdz
   10h
   Descending from the pass you will be amazed at the view of the extensive oasis and the number of palm trees, all indicating the beginning of the Dra’a Valley with its thousands of date palms, producing an amazing 44 varieties of dates. The date harvest starts in September and lasts a couple of months, so that is the best time to stop in Agdez for the freshest ones. We spend the night in a guest house.

Day 2: Agdez –Zagora – Mehamid El Ghazlan – Chegaga Dunes

1. Agdz
   Pass by
   After breakfast, there is time to visit Kasbah Tamnougalte, the oldest kasbah in the Dra’a Valley. Some of it is still inhabited but the Jewish area has been crumbling since the departure of its inhabitants to Israel, the last woman having left in 1963.
2. Zagora
   1h
   Zagora is the largest town in the whole area and here we shall stop for lunch. Later we pass through Tamgroute, where a stop for the potteries famous for the green glaze, which you may have already seen in Marrakech. You can also visit the ancient Quranic library with exquisite hand-written Arabic texts.
3. 50m
   Tamegroute : where a stop for the potteries famous for the green glaze, which you may have already seen in Marrakech. You can also visit the ancient Quranic library with exquisite hand-written Arabic texts.
4. M'Hamid
   1h
   In the afternoon we drive further south still, to M’hamid, the very gate to the desert and the end of the paved road. In the Erg Lihoudi dunes, we stop for lunch. Alternatively, lunch will be in the Ksar Bounou.
5. Erg Chigaga
   10h
   Erg Chegaga dunes (300m) with 60km of off-road driving. This route passes different features of the desert; ‘erg’ (dunes), ‘hammada’ (stony desert) and oases. These dunes are far away from civilization, in the desert proper ……. and the silence and the expanse of the sand are overwhelming. Once there you can take a camel ride of about an hour and a half.

Day 3: Erg Chegaga Dunes – Taznakht – Hight Atlas – Marrakech

1. Erg Chigaga
   Pass by
   After breakfast our last day desert Tour start from Here
2. Nationalpark D’Iriqui
   30m
   our desert trip takes us west through another 90km of the desert with varying scenery: Lake Iriqui, where you are likely to experience a wide mirage in the heat, the mountains, and fossils.
3. Foum Zguid
   Pass by
   Lunch will be in Foum Zguid, the first village after the desert. “Foum” means “mouth” so the name is the “mouth/source” of the Zguid River.
4. Shop Espace Taznakht
   Pass by
   From Foum Zgide our drive goes north along paved roads and past amazing rock formations to the small town of Taznakht, famous for its Berber carpets and rugs.
5. High Atlas Mountains
   Pass by
   From there we cross the High Atlas again to reach Marrakech at the end of the afternoon having had the best possible Saharan desert trip in Morocco.
6. Marrakech
   15m
   Your tour ends where you stay in Marrakech

• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels