8 days from Tangier to Chegaga and Merzouga. Excellent tour recommended to travel from Tangier to the dunes of Chegaga and those of Erg Chebbi. Enjoy the camel ride and sunrise and ride through the dunes.
► the highlights of the tour:
- Asilah
- Rabat
- Casablanca
- Marrakech
- Telouet Kasbah
- Kasbah Ait ben haddou
- Kasbah of Taourirt
- Tamnougalt kasbah
- Zagora palm grove
- Chegaga dunes
- Erg Chebbi dunes
- Fez
- Chefchaouen
► Tour itinerary:
Day 1: Tangier – Rabat – Casablanca
We leave from your accommodation towards the city of Rabat, passing through the Hercules caves, and the Asilah city, then towards Larache. After a coffee break, we continue toward Rabat, the capital of Morocco. We visit Hassan Tower and Kasbah Chelah, then continue to Casablanca to see the famous Hassan II Mosque. Dinner and accommodation in a beautiful hotel.
Day 2: Casablanca – Marrakech
After breakfast we leave for the city of Marrakech. Here you will be greeted by your local guide to enjoy a guided tour in the Medina of Marrakech. Visit the palaces, the souks of the medina, the Jewish quarter, the koutobia, the Jamaa el Fna square. Dinner and accommodation in a beautiful riad.
Day 3: Marrakech – Ait ben haddou – Agdz – Zagora
After breakfast we go to the Zagora palm grove, we cross the High Atlas mountains with beautiful Berber villages and magnificent panoramic views, we visit the kasbah of Telouat, then we continue to the kasbah of Ait ben haddou declared a world heritage site by UNESCO. From there we continue to the kasbah of Taourirt, where we continue our way to Agdz, here we stop to visit the famous kasbah of Tamnougalt, and we will continue through the Draa valley towards the Zagora palm grove, where we will spend the night in a nice hotel.
Day 4: Zagora – Mhamid – Erg Chegaga
After breakfast and the visit of the palm grove, our way to the desert will take us to the dunes of Erg chegaga, without forgetting to make a stop to visit the Tamgroute library, and the ceramics, from there we continue to Mhamid, the last village before of the dunes. After discovering this beautiful village, we leave in a 4×4 towards the Chegaga dunes where you will enjoy a camel ride and a good night in desert camp in Chegaga. Dinner and Berber music around firecamp. enjoying the starry sky.
Day 5: Erg Chegaga – Zagora – Merzouga
We leave the dunes of Erg chegaga towards Erg chebbi in Merzouga, we will return to the city of Zagora, and from there we will cross a desert tray, where we stop for tea with the nomads, then we continue towards Rissani via Tazarine. In Merzouga we will take a camel ride to reach a well-known camp in the sand sea, admire a magnificent sunset in the dunes with a nomadic music show, sleeping under the stars in tents.
Day 6: Merzouga – Fez
We start from your camp toward the village by camel, then we continue by 4×4 to Erfoud, here we see a fossil museum and we continue to Fez through the Ziz valley and the cedar forest where we will see the monkeys in the wild, later we will arrive at the city of Fez. Dinner and accommodation in a charming riad.
Day 7: Fez – Chefchaouen
After lunch, enjoy half a day to discover the medina of Fez with a local guide, visit the old schools, the Jewish quarter, the panoramic view of the medina, the leather and ceramic tanneries and we will leave for chefchaouen via the magnificent mountains of the Rif valley. Arrival in Chefchaouen the blue city for dinner and overnight in a magnificent riad.
Day 8 Chefchaouen – Tangier
After breakfast, explore Chefchaouen’s medina, with its beautiful blue-white houses and alleys. In the afternoon we cross the Rif mountains towards Tetouan, arriving at the end of the day at your accommodation in Tangier.
► Included:
- 4×4 transport.
- Driver / guide.
- The fuel.
- Night in hotel in Rabat.
- Night in hotel in Marrakech.
- Night in hotel in Zagora.
- Night at the bivouac in the Chegaga sand dunes.
- Night in the bivouac in the sand dunes of Merzouga.
- Night in hotel in Fez.
- Night in hotel in Chefchaouen.
- Breakfasts, dinners.
► Not included:
- Lunches.
- Drinks.
