The gates to the Sahara desert:

The Sahara is an amazing land of sand baked dunes and lush oases with teeming riversides and wadis . The landscape is dotted with Kasbahs and is home for a mix of many tribes. Pushing deep into the Sahara is an allurement to get in touch with the largest desert in the world, a cut off of all habits and links and an invitation to vanish into a vast, wide-open space of ergs, dunes and nomadic encounters. The aridity is palpable the minute the visitor crosses the watershed Atlas and the pattern of lush oases separated by barren stretches of stony plains begin just beyond the last rare towns on the road. On the other side, nights amongst these big mountains of sand is a build-up into exploring the quietest territories and enjoying at best the most wonderful and magic of all skies.

The void you embrace in the Sahara will remind you why prophets and sages sought the desert to purge, to meditate and to travel away.

Pachas and kasbahs *IN STYLE SAFARIS*:

Southern Morocco has long attracted visitors in search of a break from the gloom of winter. Dotted across the country are a group of hosters who have coaxed delightful resting places into being. So many hideaways now luxuriate in the tranquility of their spot offering times of mirthful recovery. This journey takes you over charming Kasbahs around the spectacular landscapes of the Sahara.

itinerary :

• Day 1: Marrakech- Taroudant
• Day 2: Taroudant - Zagora
• Day 3: Zagora- M’hamid
• Day 4: M’hamid-Zagora-Draa valley
• Day 5: Draa- Merzouga
• Day 6: Merzouga- Dades valley
• Day 7: Ouarzazate- Ait Ben Haddou
• Day 8: Marrakech

details :

Mid - range to top end	vehicle insured	Activities: driving camel riding / walking	Accommodation: riad, hotel ,kasbah or guest houses	Assistance: Driver, Guide, camel men and cook
Weather: Seasonal	wild camping	Joining: Marrakech	Transport: 4x4 or Bus	Period: September / June

The kasbah routes *IN STYLE SAFARIS*:

Fortresses that dot the riversides and cliffs are the finest signs of an ancestral art inherited and conserved to express proudly a glorious history as well as a human achievement to celebrate life and pay homage to the Draa River. Boasting a rare variety of imposing landscapes, the Kasbah’s routes are essential to understand the Sahara and a trip through this part is a must.

 

itinerary :

• Day 1: Trip to Tacheddirt - High Atlas-
• Day 2: Taroudant
• Day 3: Tafraout
• Day 4: Tata
• Day 5: Zagora/Draa valley
• Day 6: Merzouga
• Day 7: Boumalen Dades
• Day 8: Ait Benhaddou
• Day 9: Back to Marrakech

details :

Comfortable to mid - range	vehicle insured	Activities: camel / riding / walking	Accommodation: riad, gite d’etape, hotel, camping.	Assistance: Driver, Guide , cook and camel men
Weather: Seasonal	wild camping	Joining: Marrakech	Transport: 4x4	Period: September / June

The draa valley (CAMEL TREK):

Flowing all the way to the Atlantic ocean, Draa is Morocco’s longest river. It disappears in the desert around M’hamid, some 240 km from its headwaters following one of Morocco’s most spectacular drives. The Draa valley has a certain power simply because it’s a dead-end and is as wild as some parts of the country. Yet, it makes the trip down to the Sahara more inviting .The plains south give way to date palmeries, oases and dozens of kasbahs and ksours that line on both sides of the river. Walking through the scattered settlements ends up when sands start drifting heavily to definite closure, the end of the road, ahead uncountable and marvelous ocean of dunes of the Cheggaga.

itinerary :

• Day 1 : Marrakech /Ouarzazate/Zagora/Mhamid.
• Day 2 : Mhamid / Daya aoutid
• Day 3 : Daya aoutid /Erg smar
• Day 4/5/6 : Erg smar /Erg l’mhazil.
• Day 7 : Zaouit Sidi Abdenbi camp / Iriqqi Lake
• Day 8 : Iriqqi Lake /Marrakech

details :

comfortable	vehicle insured	Activities: camel riding / walking/ driving	Accommodation: riad, gite d’etape, hotel, camping.	Assistance: Driver, Guide, cook & camels
Weather: Seasonal	wild camping	Joining: Marrakech	Transport: 4x4 or bus	Period: September /May

Beyond the cheggaga dunes (CAMEL TREK):

With its immensity, wide open spaces and tundra like scenery, driving in the Cheggaga is a thrilling and riveting adventure .In addition to the scenery, the obstacles presented by dromedaries and donkey-drawn carts make travelling more interesting. Life's rhythm follows the camels’ pace and people stroll along the roads' sides.

itinerary :

• Day 1 : Marrakech/ Ouarzazate /Zagora / Beni ali
• Day 2 : BNI ALI /IMI TALAT.
• Day 3 : IMI TALAT / NESRATE dunes.
• Day 4 : NESRATE / TEDRI dunes
• Day 5 : TEDRI / BOUNOU
• Day 6 : BOUNOU / OULAD DRISS
• Day 7 : Transfer to Marrakech via Ait Benhaddou-

details :

comfortable	vehicle insured	Activities: camel riding / walking / driving	Accommodation: riad, hotel, camping.	Assistance: Driver, Guide, cook, camels
Weather: Seasonal	wild camping	Joining: Marrakech	Transport: 4x4 or bus	Period: September / May

saharan skies (CAMEL TREK):

This trip neatly marks the end of Morocco’s great oasis valleys. Beyond the last outpost the sand drifting like snow across the road, the immensity of the horizon, and the patient gait of camels combine to gender a palpable sense of time and space . Under the starlit sky of the Cheggaga dunes, few miles further away, people encounter with desert life .Beyond M’hamid, the desert becomes a 360° degrees reality, where the ocean of sand dunes submerges and the desert sensations put some kick in the admirers.

itinerary :

• Day 1: Marrakech- sidi Saleh- Tidri
• Day2: Tidri- Ras Nakhil
• Day3: Ras Nakhil- Sidi Naji
• Day4: Sidi Naji- Erg Zhar
• Day5: Erg Smar
• Day6: Cheggaga
• day 7: back to marrakech

details :

comfortable	vehicle insured	Activities: camel riding / walking / driving	Accommodation: riad, gite d’etape, hotel, camping.	Assistance: Driver, Guide, cook, camels
Weather: Seasonal	wild camping	Joining: Marrakech	Transport: 4x4 or bus	Period: September / May

For those who seek for more exciting short breaks to the Sahara click on Desert Short Breaks