Marrakech Sahara tour to M’hamid El Ghizlane 3 days

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Sahara trip with a visit of the Draa Valley
Morocco desert tour from Marrakech
Sahara desert camp in M'hamid
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Marrakech Sahara tour 3 days to M'hamid

Marrakech Sahara desert tour – Morocco desert trip – Marrakech to M’hamid tour – Morocco desert camp

Day 1

Marrakech – Zagora – Dunes of Nakhla

The departure for your Sahara desert tour from Marrakech is done in the morning.

Then direction the High Atlas, where you will pass by the Col of Tizi Tichka. You continue to Ouarzazate.

Around noon you will arrive in Ouarzazate where you will have lunch. After this break, you will retake the road through the Anti-Atlas and visit the Draa valley, in the direction of Zagora. You will see small fortified villages and palm groves throughout the journey.

A stop will be done in Tamnougalt to visit the Kasbah. In Zagora, you will enjoy a camel ride to the dunes of Nakhla. You will stay there for the night and sleep in a Morocco desert camp.

Day 2

Dunes of Nakhla – Zagora – Mhamid

After breakfast, you will return with the camels to Zagora. The second day of your Marrakech Sahara tour begins.

Your guide will then take you by 4×4 to Mhamid. You’ll have lunch in Mhamid.

In the afternoon, you will visit the dunes of Erg Chegaga (driving about 2 hours in the desert). The dunes of Chegaga are the largest in Morocco. After enjoying the sunset, you will return to Mhamid for dinner and spend the night in a Sahara desert camp.

Day 3

Mhamid – Drâa Valley – Ouarzazate – Kasbah of Aït Ben Haddou – Marrakech

On the third day of your Marrakech Sahara tour, after breakfast, you start your trip to go back to Ouarzazate.

Visit of the Koranic Library and the pottery workshops in Tamegrout. You’ll stop at Agdz for lunch. You will then continue to climb the Drâa Valley to Ouarzazate.

You will take a break to visit the Kasbah of Aït Ben Haddou before taking the road through the Haut-Atlas via the Col Tizi Tichka and return to Marrakech at the end of the day.

Marrakech Sahara tour

3-day Marrakech Sahara tour

This Marrakech desert trip to M’hamid El Ghizlane is a good way to discover the Sahara.

M’hamid El Ghizlane is the last village before the desert, where begins the dunes of the Sahara. The inhabitants of the village are the Sahrawis nomads. They will welcome you in a Morocco Sahara desert camp for the night in the desert. You will have the chance to sleep in authentic nomadic tents. Enjoy a camel ride once you arrived in the camp after a traditional tea with locals.

Breakfast in a Sahara desert camp: what to expect?

In Morocco, the breakfast is often composed by the traditional mint-flavoured tea, a pressed orange juice, a coffee, a bread to eat with some butter, olive oil, jam, honey, cheese, eggs or omelette, “amlou” (spread with peanuts or almonds, honey and argan oil or olive oil).

“msemen”: pastry pancakes, “baghrir”: small hole pancake;

The Moroccan breakfast is different from one region to another.

In the desert, breakfast served is with tea, coffee, bread, olive oil, jam, cheese, eggs, yogurts, fruits.

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