Camel Trekking Nomad Adventure 10 Days

After a rich moroccan breakfast in your riad, your adventure begins! This memorable trip starts with the scenic drive from Marrakech over the Tizi-N-Tichka pass (2’260 m), where you can spot the traditional Berber villages with its inhabitants working and chatting at the roadside.
At lunchtime and shortly before the desert capital Ouarzazate, you have the opportunity to visit the famous Kasbah Aït Ben Haddou, the fortified clay city with its numerous ksars and kasbahs, where several famous movies such as Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven and Prince of Persia have been shot. This photogenic city is also listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Afterwards, you can visit the old kasbah of Ouarzazate with its medina named Taourirt or have a look at the movie museum just on the other side of the road. Dinner and overnight in a Riad in Ouarzazate.

After breakfast in your Riad you have the opportunity to visit one of the film studios of Ouarzazate. In the Atlas Corporation film studios you can join a 1 h guided tour, and you can discover the diverse sets and listen to the anecdotes of the multiple movies and actors. Several famous movies like Gladiator, Babel, Prince of Persia and recently The Physician have been shot in those studios. After crossing the Anti-Atlas, you arrive at the green and peaceful Draa Valley which is famous for its huge date groves and henna fields. Along the way, we will enjoy lunch and buy some food for our trekking.
Now it is time for the desert! The village M’Hamid lies at the end of the road from Marrakech. From there on only undiscovered desert! Here we’ll meet our caravane with the camels and local guides/cooks. Dinner and overnight in your tent outside M’Hamid.

After a rich breakfast, the guides will pack your equipment on the camels and we start the trekking at about 9 o’clock. We are hiking from M’Hamid through a palm grove in the shade of palm trees.
Extended lunch break and time to relax, then continue towards Sidi Naji for about 2 hours more. In the late afternoon, we build up our camp and it is time to relax. Freshly cooked dinner under the evening sky and second night in the tent or on mattresses under the sky.

After your yummy breakfast in the desert, we will start our second day of hiking in the beautiful landscape and to the rythm of your camels.
We’ll enjoy our lunch in the shade of big tamarisk trees and continue our way in the afternoon for another 2 hours until we reach the large dune of Erg Ezahar. This big dune lies in the middle of smaller golden dunes and is a howling dune which wails when the wind kicks up.
Enjoy this beautiful view while your guides install our camp under a big tree below the golden dune. Climb the big dune for sunset and take some nice pictures of this fascinating landscape. Dinner will be prepared by our guides and you’ll enjoy your third night in your tent or outside.

Today we enjoy only a half day of hiking in the desert with its golden dunes and relax on a free afternoon at our camp. After breakfast, we’ll walk to Erg Bogran, where we’ll install our camp and enjoy the lunch. In the afternoon, we’ll relax in the middle of the big dunes with nice views of the surrounding landscape and the Bani mountains.
Enjoy the mesmerizing silence of the desert from our camp under a tamarisk tree. If you like, you could take a ride on top of the camels with your guides while watching the sunset.
Dinner will be prepared by our guides and you’ll enjoy sitting around a campfire and listen to some berber music. Forth night in your tent or outside.

Another day dedicated to the diverse landscape of the desert with its dunes in different colors. After breakfast, we’ll walk to the dunes of Kriaat Jmel, where we’ll enjoy lunch. After relaxing and regaining strengh in the shade of some big trees, we’ll continue our path to Erg Bertam. From this brown dunes you can enjoy the view over the plateau of M’Hamid and until the Bani mountains.
Dinner will be prepared by our guides and you’ll enjoy your fifth and last night in your tent or outside.

After sunrise and a nice breakfast, we depart for our last day of trekking from the Bertam dunes to the village of Ouled Driss, where we will spend the night in a Berber tent or small room of the camping (shared bathroom and showers).
Our lunch break will take place in Mzouaria under a big tree in the middle of golden dunes. After eating a delicious meal, we’ll go for the last etappe until we reach the small village Ouled Driss with its palm groves.
Dinner will be prepared by our guides and overnight in the camping.

After breakfast in the camping, we’ll start our drive with our 4×4 back to Ouarzazate and enjoy the views of the Draa Valley along the way.
After lunch break in Ouarzazate, we’ll continue our way back to Marrakech crossing the Tizi-n-Tichka pass and arrive in your Hotel/Riad in Marrakech in the evening.
Individual dinner in Marrakech and overnight in your Riad in the medina.

Breakfast in your Riad and transfer to the airport for your flight back or start of your individual program. Have a safe journey and see you soon again!