5 Day Marrakech tour to M’hamid and Erg Chigaga

5 DAY MARRAKECH TOUR TO M’HAMID AND ERG CHIGAGA:

Off-road vehicle tour and adventure tour with dromedaries into the Sahara desert with overnight in Bivouac. Little insight into the great silence and vastness of the Sahara..

The most popular tour to Chigaga in Morocco , which has 5 days and 4 nights in private travel with available customized itinerary through Sahara oases.

Detailed Tour Departure From Marrakech Itinerary:

Day 1: Marrakech – Ouarzazate – Agdz.

We at Sahara Light – Travel company in Morocco, organise private tour departure from Marrakech to explore best of Sahara desert with local guides and drivers. You will be picked up by your Riad or Hotel by 4×4 and we drive towards the Atlas Mountains. We cross the Atlas pass of Tizi’n Tichka at 2260m altitude and we explore Ait Ben Haddou, the most famous kasbah in Morocco, and after lunch break we can enjoy the UNESCO World Heritage Site with its winding streets. Then we drive to Ouarzazate, known as the center of the film production in Morocco with its large film studios, then we drive to Agdz where we stay in a typical hotel with a Moroccan dinner.

Day 2: Agdz – M’Hamid.

In the morning after breakfast, we continue our 5 day Marrakech tour to M’Hamid and Erg Chigaga : we will travel between the Draa River and the mountains to reach Zagora. You can get many impressions of rural life here. We spend our lunch break in Zagora. Then you continue to Tamegroute, famous for its pottery culture and the oldest Koran library. You will then reach the first dunes of M’Hamid. The asphalt road ends here and we change the means of transportation. With the dromedaries we reach our desert camp: Bivouac in the camp of Erg Lihoudi. We experience the first impression with all the senses of the desert. In the evening, we will have a traditional Moroccan dinner around the campfire.

Day 3: M’Hamid – Erg Chigaga.

After a Berber breakfast, we take the dromedaries to the dunes of Erg Chigaga. In this way we can experience the slowness, silence and vastness of the Sahara. The lunch break is spent under the palm trees of the Holy Oasis (l’oasis sacré). You reach the camp with your bivouac in the afternoon and you still have time to watch the sunset from the top of a dune. We will have a dinner and music around the campfire, you can round off the day. Travel with Sahara Light in 5 day Marrakech tour to M’Hamid and Erg Chigaga.

Day 4: Erg Chigaga – Ait Ben Haddou.

After breakfast, we drive by 4×4 over the slopes of the Sahara towards Lac Iriqui, a dry salt lake of approximately 45 km in length. Here you can find fossils with a little luck. In Foum Zguide we reach the asphalt road towards Tazenakht, known for their carpets, then we continue to Ait Ben Haddou. We will spend the night in a typical hotel with dinner.

Day 5: Ait Ben Haddou – Marrakech.

In the morning we drive through the Ounila Valley and Telouet, where we return to the main road in the direction of Marrakech. During the afternoon we will return to our hotel or riad. Sahara Light will be happy to organise desert tour from Marrakech. Contact us today.