Overview: Marrakech To Essaouira
The Morocco Sahara Desert trip to Erg Chigaga from Marrakech via M’hamid, Zagora, and Foum Zguid is designed for true desert enthusiasts seeking an authentic Sahara adventure. Far from the crowds, Erg Chigaga offers endless golden dunes, breathtaking landscapes, and a profound sense of peace that allows you to disconnect from the stress of everyday life and immerse yourself in the silence and majesty of the desert. Travel through the scenic Draa Valley, discover traditional Berber villages, and experience unforgettable nights under a sky filled with stars. For travelers with more time, this journey can easily be extended into a 5-day desert tour, allowing for a deeper exploration of Morocco’s most remote and spectacular desert regions.
Trip Info: Shared Day Trip To Essaouira
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Free Cancellation
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A/C Mini Bus
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10 Hours
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Guided Tour
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Every Day Departure
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English, French, Spanish
Why To Go to Erg Chigaga Sahara Desert?
3 Day desert tour Marrakech to Chigaga to Enjoy the majesty of Moroccan Largest and driest Desert terrain, discover wildlife and Natural high Desert terrains, the Sahara desert with its endless dunes and breathtaking scenery.
Drive through Draa valley, once the main silk and Caravans route, longest palm valley in Morocco before going cross-country through rocky track & dunes, we tend to join Morocco’s most spectacular vast desert.
You’ll be taken on a trek off the beaten tracks through less undiscovered places where you can experience a sense of wilderness, breathe the clean air of the Marrakech to desert Erg Chigaga day journeys, and explore the diversity of wonderfully changing landscapes with splendid undulating dunes that change color as the day progresses alongside the guarantee of a cheerful welcome from the nomadic Berber people.
This Marrakech to desert Erg Chigaga day Tour from Marrakech leads to exploring a vast area of dunes that makes a breathtaking landscape, particularly at sunrise or sunset. We make fire and admire a pure sky full of bright stars within the evening, during night goes into the open air with moments of real pleasure.
3 Days Marrakech Desert Tour To Erg Chigaga Highlights
- Over the Atlas Mountains and the renowned Tizi-n-Tichka pass
- Visiting the former presidential palace, Kasbah Telouet and the renowned Ait Ben Haddou Ksar are highlights of this trip.
- Visiting the film studios and capturing photos of many Hollywood blockbuster film sets.
- Spending the night in Agdez's stunning riad, with palms in the background
- With a local guide, see the medieval Kasbah of Tamnougalt
- Drama Valley is a beautiful oasis in palm groves, Kasbahs, and oases.
- Traveling farther south along the ancient caravan routes
- In the Erg Chigaga dunes, enjoy camel riding.
- Take memorable photos when you are wearing clothes as simple nomad way
- From the top of the dunes, you may observe the sunset
- Dinner under the starry night sky, with Berber music performed around a campfire
- Enjoy a nice dessert bath in your luxurious private tent in the wild Sahara at night.
3 Day Erg Chigaga Desert Tour From Marrakech Itinerary
Visit sahara desert tour from marrakech to Erg Chigaga
Departing early within the morning from your riad/hotel in Marrakech, we drive through the High Atlas mountains over the Tizin’Tichka Pass (2260 m), the highest road pass in Morocco, giving spectacular panoramic views of mountains, valleys, and colorful Berber villages.
Traveling southwards, we stop on the way to visit the kasbahs of Ait Benhaddou. With its UNESCO-listed spectacular kasbah, Ait Benhaddou is renowned for Hollywood movies shooting like Gladiator. The trip continues through the palm-lined Draa valley with a stop in Zagora for a tea break before heading towards the village of Mhamid, where you’ll spend the night.
After Breakfast, you begin your exploration of the old village of M’hamid el Ghizlane, the village situated at the top of the Civilisation with its 7 kasbahs and between the small surviving palm farms. Finally, you return to the hotel to enjoy your lunch at the eating place or by the refreshing pool.
At 4 p.m you’re transported towards the camp with 2 hours 4×4 driving In a desert way. After arriving at your tent, you go for a sunset experience on the camel’s back. Dinner will be served under the open sky full of stars. Night in the tent or outside under the sky at the nomads Camp Erg Chigaga.
After enjoying the sunrise up the dunes, breakfast is served to you, then departure in 4×4 vehicles via the old Paris-Dakar road to Foum Zguid, crossing Iriqui lake. Lunch in the Berber village Taznakht. Arrival to Marrakech around 6:30 p.m.
Included/ Exclude: Marrakech To Sahara Desert tour
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