Desert Trek Tours from Marrakech 10 Days HikingTour From Marrakech To The Nomad Desert And Anti-atlas

Airport reception and installation at your hotel. Free meals. Night in hotel ***.

Departure to the south of Morocco crossing the High Atlas by the Tizi N'Tichka pass (2260m) to Ouarzazate, where we will have a picnic break. Then, we will take the road of 1000 Kasbahs through the palm grove of Skoura and the Dades Valley to reach the palm grove of Tinghir and the Todra Gorge. Dinner and overnight in an inn.

350kms / 6H drive - Overnight in hostel.

This morning, we cross the palm of Tafilalet to join the oasis of Merzouga, important crossing point for slave caravans and the gold traffic of Sudan and Guinea, but also place of meeting and exchanges between Arabs, Berbers and Africans.

Meeting with our camel drivers. Loaded dromedaries we leave towards the south of Erg Chebbi. Harmattan "desert wind" which sweeps the Sahara, has modeled here the most beautiful dunes of Morocco. The red color of its sand is reminiscent of the magnificent Soslusvei dunes in Namibia. Picnic. Bivouac in the dunes.

150 km / 2H of road - 4H of walking - Bivouac.

Beautiful immersion in this magnificent dune massif, where we sail in waves of sand, sometimes by corridors between the high dunes, sometimes by the ridges of erg. The picnic stops near a well where we can meet nomads who come to drink their cattle. In the afternoon, we cross a path to arrive in the beautiful dunes of erg Znagui. Bivouac.

6 hours of walking - Bivouac.

We begin our walk through a stony plateau. Then, we will cross the wadi Ziz to reach the dunes of Douifaa hooked to the foot of the bagel Originate. Bivouac.

6 hours of walking - Bivouac.

At the slow pace of the camels, between sandstone peaks and huge dunes, our journey continues along the djbel Ougnate. During our walk, we will discover rock engravings testifying to the human presence in this region at the time of a huge savannah. Bivouac at the foot of the dunes.

6 hours of walking - Bivouac.

We cross the mountains with a cape-shaped mountain, a sentinel rock bordered by Wadi Rheris in the west and Wadi Ziz in the east, which runs along the Hamada du Guir. These two wadis feed the largest oasis in Morocco, the Tafilalet, which has over a million palm trees. You will cross stony landscapes, black shales and marble outcrops, as well as important dunes. Bivouac in the beautiful dunes of Ouzina.

6 hours of walking - Bivouac.

We leave the dunes towards the last Saharan village before crossing the hamada of Guir. It has been inhabited for a long time by the Berber tribes Ait Atta and the Gnaoua, descendants of former Sudanese slaves of Saadian times. Our walk continues through the Wadi Rheris whose frequent floods in winter allow the fertilization of the alluvial plain, cultivated by the nomadic tribes Ait Khebbach. Possibility to meet nomads. Our bivouac will be installed in the dunes facing terracotta terracotta houses of Remlia.

6 hours of walking - Bivouac.

After breakfast, we will drive from Ramlia to Marrakech through the Todra valley gogres dades and the valley of the rose. Stop to visit the Kasbah Ben Haddou Ouarzazate then continue to Marrakech through the neck of the tichka. Arrival and installation in your accommodation in Marrakech.

After breakfast and at the scheduled time we will take you to the airport for your return flight.