From Marrakech : to Erg Chigaga Desert Tour 3 Days /2 night

DAY 1 MARRAKECH – TELOUET – AIT BEN HADDOU – DRAA VALLEY – ZAGORA Your Private Tour will start at 8 am from your Hotel in Marrakech. We journey over the High Atlas Mountains via the Tizi-N-Tichka pass 2260m/7500ft. Panoramic views over the Berber villages and beautiful landscapes in the background. We stop for a break and pictures. Later, we drive along the Ounila valley to the village of Ait Benhaddou. We stop for lunch here, and we go for a visit to the Mud-brick Castel listed world heritage by UNESCO. We pass by Ouarzazate, the Moroccan Hollywood city due to the number of movies that have been shot here. (Optional visit to the Cinema Studios). We head south toward the Low Atlas Mountains. Later will be the Draa valley, a fascinating Palm grove, oases, and ancient Kasbahs. Till we get to Zagora “the Desert door. Overnight at the Palm Grove in a Guesthouse (in a half board). DAY 2 ZAGORA – TAMGROUTE – MHAMID – ERG CHIGAGA DUNES After breakfast, we take a nice walk through the Palm grove & oases, till we get to the Jewish quarter so we can visit the Kasbah of Amzerou. Later on, we drive to the 16th-century village called Tamegroute. You will visit the Koranic school & its library, the Underground Kasbah, and the green pottery makers. Lunch will be in Mhamid, 2 options: 1-Restaurant in Mhamid 2 – Picnic in the Desert (your driver will organize it). We leave the tarmac road and we trade it for off-road, Stones River, and Sand Dunes for 2 hours. On the way, we will stop at the Oases. 30min later, we will arrive at Erg Chigaga (largest dunes in the region) before the sunset Well! Here you have to trade your vehicle for Camels, so you would have 1 hour Camel trekking on the and Sand dunes during the sunset. The best time for pictures as the sand turns red in order to match this beautiful sky. Arrive at your Desert camp, Check in your private tent, and enjoy your special evening. Dinner, campfire with drum players, and Berber music. DAY 3 ERG CHIGAGA – LAKE IRIQUI – FOUMZGUID – MARRAKECH You will assist the sunrise from the top of the dunes, especially the sand color contrasts with the sky and the sun. It’s breakfast time. We will head north-west direction to Foum-Zguid for 3 hours on Off-road. We will stop at Iriqui Lake, a surprisingly dry water Lake in the middle of nowhere. The next stop is at the fossil beds, make a fossil hunt? We will drive along the mountain ridges of the Jebel Bani, and acacia tree groves. We will take a break as soon as we got the Tarmac road back. Our break will be at the Foum-Zguid village. We drive 1 hour and we stop for lunch at Taznakht village. Optional; visit the women’s cooperative for the carpet weavers, as Taznakht has been known for. We drive through the Atlas Mountains and making it back to Marrakech, Your Private Marrakech to erg Chigaga Desert Tour will be ending around 18 pm at your accommodation riad & Hotel.