Desert tours

South Oasis Route and Erg Chebbi Dunes, 4 Days and 3 Nights

Four days of hidden off road routes through the Saghro mountains and remote Saharan villages to the Erg Chebbi dunes.

  • Duration: 4 days, 3 nights
  • Destination: Dades, Saghro, Nkob, Ouzina, Erg Chebbi, Todra

If you love adventure, nature and off road trails, or if you are a photographer, this trip reveals the hidden routes and Saharan landscapes of southeastern Morocco: mountains, deserts, valleys, Berber villages, palm groves and rock formations across the Draa Tafilalet region.

You may end the tour elsewhere on request.

Highlights

  • Valley of roses trails and a historic kasbah in Skoura
  • Cave dwelling nomads of the Boutaghrar area
  • The rock formations of the Saghro mountains
  • Nkob, the village of 45 kasbahs
  • Remote Saharan villages of Mharech and Ouzina
  • A tented camp and sunset camel ride in Erg Chebbi

Itinerary

  1. Day 1: Ouarzazate to the Dades Gorges via the Valley of Roses and Skoura

    Pickup at your hotel at 8:30 am. Visit an ancient kasbah in the Skoura palm grove, then the remote villages of the Boutaghrar area, where nomads still use caves as their homes and may welcome you for tea (small gifts such as sugar, tea or clothes are appreciated). Continue to the Dades gorges and valley for the first night.

  2. Day 2: Dades Gorges to Nkob via Tizi n Tazazzert

    After breakfast walk in the Dades Valley with a local guide, then drive across the Anti Atlas through the rock formations of the Saghro range to the small village of Nkob. Dinner and night in a guesthouse hotel.

  3. Day 3: Nkob to Erg Chebbi via Foum Mharch, Ramlia, Ouzina and Taous

    Continue toward the Merzouga desert through remote Saharan villages, with silence, wilderness, cups of tea and endless photography.

  4. Day 4: Erg Chebbi to Ouarzazate via the Todra Gorges

    Early wake up for sunrise over the dunes, breakfast and the camel ride or a vehicle transfer back to your driver. Head west with stops at the Todra gorges for a walk in the palm grove or along the canyons, arriving in Ouarzazate around 5 pm.

Included

  • A private SUV, fuel and passenger insurance
  • An English speaking driver
  • Pickup and drop off at your hotel or riad in Ouarzazate
  • Overnight in a Dades Valley hotel, room, dinner and breakfast
  • Overnight in a Nkob village hotel, room, dinner and breakfast
  • Overnight in a tented camp inside the Erg Chebbi dunes
  • Dinner and breakfast in the desert
  • Sunset camel ride and camel ride back from camp

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