| Four day tours into Sahara with overnight camel trek in the Erg Chebbi dunes. Hotels to/from Marrakech or Fez private 4x4 with driver. |
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| Price from 3600 MAD /person |
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| Day 1 - We will meet you at your riad or hotel, depart Marrakech and transport over the High Atlas mountains Tizi nTichka pass. We will take time to stop and enjoy impressive landscapes, and have coffee and fresh-squeezed orange juice. Tour World Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou. This village of clustered Berber Kasbahs has been used as a backdrop for more than 20 films and was one of the most important fortress strongholds on the old Salt Road where caravans brought slaves, gold, ivory and salt from Saharan Africa to Marrakech and beyond. We pass through Ouarzazate and stop for lunch. Our next destination is Dades valley. You will pass through many Berber villages, and in the desert, see riverside oasis and barren red rock formations clustered with kasbahs (fortified dwellings that house many families and their livestock). Stay in Dades valley auberge (small country inn) with Moroccan dinner on the terrace, overlooking the valley gorge and gardens. | | Day 2 - After breakfast we have a one hour drive then walk through a massive fault dividing the High Atlas mountains. Todra Gorge sheer limestone walls rise over 300m. After our walk, we'll have lunch in a very nice desert auberge (small inn). Back in the car, we'll explore further until the Erg Chebbi dunes appear on the horizon. Our afternoon destination is the auberge near Merzouga, where you meet your camel guide and ride into the dunes to the bivouac (camp). Upon arrival you will have a traditional tagine dinner prepared (vegetarians welcome), under the evening stars shining brilliantly in the sky. Climb the dunes and watch the moon rise before retiring to your bed in the nomad wool tent. Or you have a choice of staying in the desert auberge with a sunset camel trek into the dunes, dinner in the auberge and breakfast early the next morning. | | Day 3 - Bivouac trekkers return by camel at sunrise to the auberge for breakfast and shower. Take your time to explore and enjoy the dunes, before going back to the High Atlas mountains. Along the way we pass through folded exposed rock slabs of fossils and we can stop and explore. Optional visit a fossil factory to see Sahara�s wonderful varieties of ancient life. After lunch, you can wander through palmery villages, gardens, and kasbahs for a close look at traditional Berber ways of life. Visit the women�s market in Tinihir and old kasbah quarter. We will stay in traditional old kasbah with evening Moroccan dinner. | | Day 4 - After breakfast transport through the Valley of the Rose, famous for Persian roses grown for soft fragrant oil, and Ouarzazate to have lunch and a tour through the old Pasha's kasbah. You may decide to visit the Atlas film studios where movies such as Cleopatra, Gladiator and The Mummy were made. Heading down the Tizi n�Tichka pass, we will arrive Marrakech approximately 6pm. Marrakech hotel this night optional with an extra cost. |
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| Duration:
4 days - Starts at:
08.00 am - Finishes at: 06.00 pm |
| Starting point: Your Marrakech or Fez hotel |
| Finishing point: Your Marrakech or Fez hotel |
| Payment Types:
Cash, Credit Cards, Cheque, Traveller Cheques, PayPal |
| We speak:
French, English, Spanish |
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Everything included: transport and gasoil by 4x4 seating maximum 6 passengers; experienced driver; hotels with breakfast and dinner; lunch stops with swimming (April to September); personalised extended walks and exploration of oasis palmeries and kasbahs, offroad excursions, markets and medinas; night in nomad desert bivouac with camel guides and camels of course. Private or customized, it's your tour! |
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- My partner and I were fortunate enough to have Essalah as our driver for 3 fantastic days. Before leaving the UK, I found Robbin very helpful with payments, and intinerary questions. Our first meeting with Essalah, was the day before our trip, when he drove to meet us on the outskirts of Marrakech. He met us with a smile and drove us as close to our Riad as possible, before paying a local to take us to the door (which he refused to be reinbursed for) and also to check we were ok and knew the plans for the following day.
The tour we were on mirrored a similar tour conducted by another firm that was cheaper but travelled in big mini-buses lacking air con! Throughout the trip we kept bumping in to these people who were complaining that their drivers didn't stop for photos, didn't speak english and wouldn't tell them were they were going or what they would be doing next. The complete opposite of Essalah, who was insightful, funny, and very accomodating for our requests to stop or stay in places longer.
When we arrived in the desert we left on our camels for our camp and shortly found ourselves in the middle of a sand storm, which was very exciting but we were not fearful as Essalah and our desert guide where brilliant. The sand then turned to rain as an electical storm blew over, and during all this Essalah was fantastic arranging for us to eat our dinner in the tent of a local nomad family who lived in the desert — which was amazing!
Essalah was fist class, very enthusiastic, and made the trip very funny and informative for us. Keep up the good work Essalah and Morroco Explored! I will recommend Morocco Explored to any friend of mine visiting Morocco in the future. |
- I wanted to send you a brief note to tell you how much we enjoyed our tour. It was flawless start to finish, and I will never be able to think of Morocco without thinking of amazing (driver) Hammou. He asked us on the last day what he should do to improve, and Alexandra and I could not figure out one thing to change. He took every opportunity possible to teach us and show us new things. For example, I saw people selling the cactus fruits on the side of the road and simply asked, "What are those?" Next thing I know, we have pulled over and are tasting them. He was phenomenal. We felt we had a teacher, guardian, friend and comedian all rolled into one. We immediately trusted him and knew we were in good hands with both Hammou and Morocco Explored.
Thank you so much for trip of a lifetime! |
- Now I know why we needed a 4x4! Mustapha and Essalah BOTH EXCELLENT drivers on those crazy roads and fun to be with. Our 22 year old son thinks he knows how to be a better driver after the experiences! Our (other) activities, sites and guides were absolutely wonderful, with the camel trek being the most outstanding adventure of our vacation!
Erg Chebbi Berber tents. What a grand adventure, wouldn't have missed the experience for anything! Our camel guide / cook / host was very hospitable and helpful. We felt "looked after" and special, especially when we received extra blankets. A small heater w/in the tent would have made it much more comfortable for us, but we realize the safety/logistics of doing that is nearly impossible. The fabulous Sahara scenery, delicious dinner and authentic "feel" made it all worthwhile |
- Just a quick email to thank you so much for an amazing holiday. We had a trip of a lifetime!
Our night in the desert was just wonderful, the camels quiet (and not grumpy or uncomfortable like I had been led to believe) and Abrahime, our guide was very sweet, stopping to take photos of us and attending to us like royalty, cooking and lighting a lovely toasty fire for us to lounge around while we drank our champagne and became hypnotised by the drums. And what an amazing drummer he was!
I would be more than happy for you to put my name and email address on the website as a reference. |
- The Landcruiser was very comfortable, clean and well maintained. We only had one hiccup - when the vehicle wouldn't start while we were at Auberge Yasmina in Erg Chebbi and neither would the hotel's car. Minor delay of about an hour. Other than that everything about the car was fine.
Essalah was terrific all around. He made the journey so much more interesting as he shared his insights and background into Morocco. With an engaging personality, wonderful sense of humor, and a candor, we couldn't have asked for a better person with whom to experience the country.
The itinerary and the accolades for Essalah are what prompted us to pick to travel with Morocco Explored. The trip was good and interesting. Wish we might have spent a little more time in the desert and in the Tinerhir palmeraie.
Overall, this was a wonderful experience - getting out of the cities and experiencing the Sahara Desert and the High Atlas and the gorges. It was a treat to spend time seeing another side of Morocco. The night on the camel trek in the desert will always be a highlight, but the most memorable part of our trip will be of our time with Essalah and his wonderful personality as our guide. |
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