From Zagora: 6 Days Private Camel Trekking to M'hamid Desert

Duration6 days

TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted

LanguagesGerman, English, French, Spanish

Private tourOnly your group will participate

Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

This camel trekking from/to Zagora starts at a local families home in the desert of Zagora and combines the experience to live and eat with a typical berber family together with a 4 days camel trekking crossing flat desert plateaus, mountains and golden dunes. It is a perfect opportunity to learn more about the life of the Berber people in the desert of southern Morocco.

You will also love the sunrises and sunsets on the ridge of the dunes and the mint teas at the set up camping. Sleeping in your tent or under the stars, bake the bread with the camel drivers, read the map of the starry sky, make a campfire... and share this unique experience with us.

What's included

Local guide in Tamegroute
Private transportation
Private tour with local guide
Additional french speaking local guide/cook/camel driver during the Trekking
1 night at a local families home, 4 nights camping, 1 night in a rustic double room on a campsite
Lunch
Equipment for the kitchen tent and for the relax area (matresses and blankets)
Dinner
Air-conditioned vehicle
Breakfast
Camels as luggage porters

Flights
Personal expenses
personal tent and sleeping bag (possible to rent if you don't want to bring yours)
Gratuities

What to expect

Day 1: Zagora - Draa Valley

Zagora
12h

Pick up at Zagora Airport, your Riad/Hotel in Zagora or the meeting point at the desired time.

Zagora is the last city before the real wilderness starts. The rural house of your host family Hatouchi is located near Tamegroute in the Draa Valley, just 15 km from Zagora. It is also possible to park your rental car here free of charge for the duration of your trekking adventure.

Enjoy a mint tea with the family and learn how they live with their animals in the middle of their crops. Eat a traditional Berber dinner with some members of the big family in the evening and spend the night in their home.
If the weather allows it, during summer time, you can sleep outside under the starry sky next to the house.
Travel Tamegroute
2h · Admission ticket included

If you start your tour latest at 3 pm, we will make a stop at a Saadian town of the 16th century which is called Tamegroute. There, we are able to visit an old coran library and a subterranean Kasbah together with a local guide.

Day 2: Start of the Trekking: Draa Valley (Hiking distance 18 km / flat)

Draa Valley
12h

After a typical berber breakfast, the guides will pack your equipment on the camels and we start the trekking at about 9 o'clock. We are hiking from the house towards the Draa Valley and then turning to cross the Fajia-Plateau in direction Bani Mountains. This flat plateau is partly black with volcanic stones, partly sandy.
Extended lunch break and time to relax, then continue towards the mountains. In the late afternoon, we build up our camp at the bottom of the mountains. Freshly cooked dinner under the evening sky and first night in the tent or on matresses under the sky.

Day 3: Trekking: Bani Mountains Crossing (Hiking distance 15 km / mountain pass crossing)

Draa Valley
12h

After your first breakfast in the desert, we will start our second day of hiking with the crossing of the Bani mountains taking a winding path over the Djenia pass. We'll have a small break at the top of the mountain to enjoy the view over the plateau, the Draa Valley and as far as the high mountains.
We are descending again by following a hiking path through a rock valley until we reach the small berber village named Malili Ate Asfoi where we'll enjoy our lunch in the shade of big acacia trees.
After lunchbreak we continue our way for another 2 hours to the dunes of El Mariar, where we'll install our camp under a big tree in the middle of the golden dunes. Dinner will be prepared by our guides and you'll enjoy your second night in your tent or outside.

Day 4: Trekking: Golden Dunes (Hiking distance 15 km / over sand dunes)

12h

Today we enjoy a full day of hiking in the desert with its golden dunes. We'll walk to the Oasis Mouzmou and continue our journey after lunch to the dunes of Erg Bartam. Enjoy the mesmerizing silence of the desert and the beautiful sunset. Sit around a campfire and listen to some berber music.
Dinner will be prepared by our guides and you'll enjoy your third night in your tent or outside.

Day 5: Trekking and Ouled Driss (Hiking distance 17 km / over sand dunes and flat desert)

Oulad Driss
12h

After sunrise and a nice breakfast, we depart for our last day of trekking to the village of Ouled Driss, where we will spend the night in a Berber tent or small room of the camping (shared bathroom and showers). In the late afternoon, you can take a walk to the center of the village Ouled Driss with its old Kasbah.
Dinner will be prepared by our guides and overnight in the camping.

Day 6: Ouled Driss – Tamgroute – Zagora

Draa Valley
6h

After breakfast in the camping, we'll leave our caravane and take a transfer back to the house of the family Hatouchi near Zagora.
On the way we have time to make a stop to visit the Kasbah and old village of Ouled Driss.
After arrival at the families home, we'll have a typical lunch and pack our staff in the car again before saying bye bye to our hosts.
Drop off at your accommodation in Zagora, at the meeting point, bus station or Zagora Airport possible.

Meeting and pickup

Pickup details

Please wait in the reception area of your accommodation in Zagora.
Pick up at the Zagora airport (arrivals) also possible.
Pick ups at AirBnB's/private residences not possible. If you stay in a private residence or Airbnb, your pick up place will be in front of the Restaurant "Chez Omar" in Zagora centre

Additional information

Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Travelers should have a high level of physical fitness

Cancellation policy

If you cancel at least 6 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.<br>If you cancel between 2 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.<br>If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.