Sahara Dreamscape

Day 1: We will pick you up at 10:00 a.m. from your hotel in Marrakesh, or directly at the airport. Then we drive through the beautiful landscape of the High Atlas. On the south side of the High Atlas, we can visit a women’s cooperative. They process argan oil, also known as “Moroccan Gold.” Before we arrive in Ait Ben Haddou, we will stop for lunch. The old Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou is a famous UNESCO World Heritage Site.
After we check into our Riad for the night, we will guide you through the ancient Kasbah. Dinner and overnight stay in Ait Ben Haddou.
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Day 2:
After breakfast, we drive further south. In Agdz, we leave the road and make an off-road trip through the Palmerie with a very nice vantage point.
Back on the main road, we continue via Zagora to Tamgrout. There we can see the typical pottery is made.
For lunch, we will be in M’Hamid. There the camels (dromedaries) are waiting for you.
Accompanied by a guide, you will ride for about two hours to our desert camp at Erg Lihoudi, where you will be welcomed with “berber whisky” (mint tea) and pastries.
Here you can explore the magical dunes or try sandboarding.
In the evening we will spend time together at the bonfire with traditional music and admire the stars.
You will sleep in our comfortably equipped nomad tents or – if you like – under the glittering sky!

Day 3:
After breakfast, we drive through the Sahara. Passing the stony desert (Hamada) interrupted by small dunes, we will reach the oasis Sacrè (Holy oasis) where lunch is waiting for us.
Just in time for the sunset, we will reach the vast sea of dunes of Erg Chigaga, the largest group of dunes in the region. It reaches a height of 300 m and a width of 40 km. You will sleep there in a fixed bivouac in nomad tents or under the glittering firmament, as you wish.
After dinner, we will spend the evening together with our traditional music.
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Day 4:
Early in the morning you climb the dunes to witness the sunrise. Then the desert breakfast tastes twice as good!
With the SUV we will drive the old Paris-Dakar-piste passing the flat Lac Iriki. Most of the lake has dried up over the years, but it actually happens that rains in the north bring torrential streams and flood everything.
In Foum Zguid the road starts again. From there we drive to Tazenakht where we have lunch.
Until the early afternoon we reach the former garrison town Ouarzazate.
There you have the opportunity to visit one of the famous film studios. Dinner and overnight in Ouarzazate.
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Day 5:
After breakfast we drive with sufficient stops back to Marrakesh. Arrive there at lunchtime.