From Ouarzazate: Private 12 Days-Trekking in Draa Valley and Erg Chega..., Ouarzazate

About this activity

This camel trekking from/to Ouarzazate is our most extended one with 8 full days in the desert with camels and tents – and the stars! Only for the explorers among you! It is a perfect trekking for well experienced hikers and desert lovers as you are mostly hiking in the dunes and on desert plateaus.

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At a glance

Duration: 12 days
Confirmation: Confirmed within 48 hours
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: German, English, French, Spanish
Operated by: Explore Morocco Travel SARL

Ages: Children (5–12 years) · Adults (13–75 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Private transportation
Included: Airport transfers  in Ouarzazate
Included: Additional french speaking local guide/cook/camel driver during the Trekking
Included: Lunch
Included: Equipment for the kitchen tent and for the relax area (matresses and blankets)
Included: Dinner
Included: In-vehicle air conditioning: Air-conditioned vehicle
Included: Breakfast
Included: Entrance fees for museums and Kasbahs along the route
Included: Local guide in Tamegroute
Included: Overnights in Riads or Camping according to program
Included: Private tour with local guide
Included: Entrance fees for Atlas studio and local guide in Ait ben Haddou
Included: Camels as luggage porters

Not included

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

Itinerary

Day 1 · Ouarzazate and Oasis Fint

Ouarzazate

12 hours

Welcome to Morocco! You will be picked up by your driver after arrival at Ouarzazate Airport or at the meeting point and we will bring you to your Riad in the city of Ouarzazate or in the Oasis Fint.

Depending on your arrival time, you have some free time to relax in the Riad.
Taourirt Kasbah

45 min Admission included

Start the day at the old Kasbah of Ouarzazate named Taourirt where you have some time to explore the narrow pedestrian streets on your own and visit the palace with its countless rooms which seem like a labyrinth. Afterwards, you can have a look at the movie museum just on the other side of the road.
Atlas Film Studio

one hour Admission included

Continue to the Atlas Corporation film studios, where you can discover the diverse sets and listen to the anecdotes of the multiple movies and actors. Several famous movies like Gladiator, Babel, Prince of Persia, and recently The Physician have been shot in those studios. Guided tour of the movie studios in a group included.
Ait Ben Haddou

one hour

A little outside of Ouarzazate lies Aït Ben Haddou, the fortified clay city with its numerous ksars and kasbahs, where several famous movies such as Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven and Prince of Persia have been shot. This photogenic city is also listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site. Enjoy a guided tour with a local guide.
Fint Oasis

2 hours Admission included

After the visit of Ouarzazate, you'll continue the tour to the Oasis Fint,

where you will enjoy your traditional tea ceremony at a local family's home. You have time to explore the quiet and peaceful Oasis at the river together with a guide and learn about the local life of the friendly inhabitants. Return travel to Ouarzazate and get dropped off at your Hotel/Riad in the late afternoon, or stay in Fint overnight.

Overnight in a Riad in Ouarzazate or in the Oasis Fint (Standard category, private room with bathroom)

Day 2 · Ouarzazate - Anti Atlas - Agdz - Draa Valley - Zagora - Tamegroute – M'Hamid

Draa Valley

3 hours

After breakfast in your Riad we'll continue with crossing the scenic Anti-Atlas mountains with canyons and valleys. Afterwards, you'll arrive at the green and peaceful Draa Valley which is famous for its huge date groves and henna fields. Along the way, we will enjoy lunch and buy some food for our trekking.
Zagora

one hour

We’ll have enough time to visit Zagora and its surroundings like the Jewish quarter in Amzerou and have a look at the huge palm groves. Afterwards, we’ll continue our trip towards the desert to Mhamid.
Tamgrout

one hour

Along the way, we 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.
M'Hamid

12 hours

Now it is time for the desert! The village M'Hamid lies at the end of the road from Marrakech. From there on only undiscovered desert! Here we'll meet our caravane with the camels and local guides/cooks and start our trekking adventure.

Overnight: individual Camping outside of M'hamid

Day 3 · Start of the Trekking (Hiking distance 15 km)

M'Hamid

12 hours

After a rich breakfast, the guides will pack your equipment on the camels and we start the trekking at about 9 o'clock. We are hiking from M'Hamid through a palm grove in the shade of palm trees.

Extended lunch break and time to relax, then continue towards Sidi Naji for about 2 hours more. In the late afternoon, we build up our camp and it is time to relax. Freshly cooked dinner under the evening sky and second night in the tent or on mattresses under the sky.

Overnight: Individual camping

Day 4 · Trekking to Erg Ezahar (Hiking distance 16 km)

Stop 1

12 hours

After your yummy breakfast in the desert, we will start our second day of hiking in the beautiful landscape and to the rythm of your camels.

We'll enjoy our lunch in the shade of big tamarisk trees and continue our way in the afternoon for another 2 hours until we reach the large dune of Erg Ezahar. This big dune lies in the middle of smaller golden dunes and is a howling dune which wails when the wind kicks up.

Enjoy this beautiful view while your guides install our camp under a big tree below the golden dune. Climb the big dune for sunset and take some nice pictures of this fascinating landscape. Dinner will be prepared by our guides and you'll enjoy your third night in your tent or outside.

Overnight: Individual camping

Day 5 · Trekking to Erg Laghair (Hiking distance 11 km)

Stop 1

12 hours

Today we start our Trekking in direction of Erg Smar, an old abandonned village which the desert sands took over while the years were passing by. After our lunch break under some big tamarisk trees we continue to Erg Laghair. Enjoy the mesmerizing silence of the desert from our camp under some big trees.

Dinner will be prepared by our guides and you'll enjoy sitting around a campfire and listen to some berber music. Forth night in your tent or outside.

Overnight: Individual camping

Day 6 · Trekking to Erg Chegaga (Hiking distance 18 km)

Stop 1

12 hours

After breakfast, we'll continue our journey to reach the big dunes of Erg Chegaga, the biggest and most famous ones of the region, some over 30 m high.

Climb the dunes and take some wonderful fotos of the sunset from the top. What a spectacle! Dinner will be prepared by our guides and you'll enjoy your fifth night in your tent or outside.

Overnight: Individual camping

Day 7 · Trekking to Oum Laâlag (Hiking distance 16 km)

Stop 1

12 hours

After sunrise over the grand Chegaga dunes and a nice breakfast, we continue our road to Maihat Assolah and after lunch further to the Oasis of Oum Laâlag, where we’ll spend our sixth desert night. Relax and enjoy the shining stars over the desert.

Overnight: Individual camping

Day 8 · Trekking to Bourgane (Hiking distance 16 km)

Stop 1

12 hours

After our daily rich breakfast, our goal of the day ist to reach Oued Laatache, the „river of thirst“. Our lunch break will take place near a well, which is an important stop for the nomads in the region. After lunch, we’ll continue our way in direction Bourgane, where we’ll pass our seventh night in the wilderness.

Overnight: Individual camping

Day 9 · Trekking to Oued Naâm (Hiking distance 16 km)

Stop 1

12 hours

Today, after our usual desert breakfast, we walk at our pace until we reach Oued Naâm, the „River of ostriches“, where we’ll have lunch and regain our strenghts to walk a little further until the spot where we’ll put our tents for the night in some small dunes. Here we’ll spend our eight and last night on the trekking.

Overnight: Individual camping

Day 10 · Trekking to Ouled Driss (Hiking distance 16 km)

Oulad Driss

12 hours

After breakfast, we start our last day of trekking over the the „Hamada du Draâ“, a plain desert landscape full of volcanic stones. After eating a delicious meal at lunch time, we'll go for the last etappe until we reach the small village Ouled Driss with its palm groves.

If you’ll arrive early enough before dinner, you can visit the typical old berber village with its old houses mad of clay and small stones. Dinner will be prepared by our guides and overnight in the camping.

Overnight: In a rustic private double room/bungalow in the camping of Ouled Driss (shared facilities)

Day 11 · Ouled Driss – Zagora – Ouarzazate

Zagora

2 hours

After breakfast in the camping, we'll say bye-bye to our caravane and take a transfer back to the house of the family Hatouchi in Zagora. There, we'll have a typical lunch with the family and pack our staff in the car again before driving back in direction Ouarzazate.
Stop 2

3 hours

We'll start our drive with our 4x4 or Minibus back to Ouarzazate in the afternoon and enjoy the views of the Draa Valley and the vast Anti Atlas mountains along the way.

Overnight: in a Standard Riad in Ouarzazate (private room with bathroom).

Day 12 · Departure from Ouarzazate or Individual stay

Ouarzazate

Passing by

Breakfast in your Riad and transfer to the airport for your flight back or start of your individual program. Have a safe journey and see you soon again!

No overnight included.

Meeting point and pickup

The operator picks every participant up from their accommodation or the points below.

Pickup points

Ouarzazate Le Riad Hotel
Le Berbere Palace
Hotel Atlas Ouarzazat
Dar El Fen
Hanane Club
Hotel Palmeraie
Hotel Le Zat
Tin Joseph
Hotel Atlas Dunes
Hotel La Vallee
Motel Safari Budget

and 20 more pickup points

Please wait in the reception area of your accommodation in Ouarzazate

Pick up at the airport Ouarzazate (arrivals) also possible

Please note that we do not offer pick ups in AirBnB's and private residences. In that case, your meeting point will be the parking in front of the Carrefour market in Ouarzazate, which is located opposite of the Hotel La Perle du Sud.

Using your ticket

Show your ticket to your driver-guide at pick up

Cancellation

Free cancellation

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.