Agadir Erg Chegaga 7Days / 6Nights
Program details
Day1
Agadir – Foum Zguid
Breakfast at the hotel and departure for an excursion off the beaten track in Tata Region, such as Akka oasis, the camps in the heart of the desert, and the engraved rocks at Oum el-Alek, Tircht and Ait Herbil. After a few hours through the beautiful scenery and mountains, stop for a picnic in the heart of the desert landscape. Continue the journey and enjoy the scenery en route. Dinner and overnight in Foum Zguid.
Day2
FoumZguid - Erg Chegaga.
Departure in the morning to reach the high and huge dunes of Erg Chegaga through the dry lake of Iriqui, once a favorite place of southern gazelles, to reach the sand dunes of Erg Chegaga.
A welcome drink will be offered to you on your arrival.
After settling into your tents, lunch and time at leisure to discover the camp and surroundings.
Late afternoon, you will witness the unique and picturesque sunset behind the dunes, before sitting down for dinner served in tents or under the stars around the campfire.
Overnight under tent.
Day3
Ergchegaga - M'hamid - Tamgeroute -Draa Valley Ouarzazate
Wake up in the morning to admire the unique spectacle of the desert sunrise, before enjoying breakfast at the camp.
On the road, visit the village of M'hamid for a moment of relaxation and lunch in the Kasbah Sahara. Then visit of Tamegroute, its Koranic bookstore and the old Kasbah.
Road to Ouarzazate via Zagora and Agdez, through the Draa Valley. Dinner and overnight at the hotel or Kasbah.
Day4
Ouarzazate - Ait Ben hadou - the Atlas Mountains - Marrakech
Breakfast at the hotel and departure to visit the Kasbah of Ait Benhaddou, one of the best preserved and most spectacular in Morocco. Then cross Tizi n’Tichka pass. Stop for lunch on route. Arrival in Marrakech in the afternoon. Night at the hotel.
Day5
Marrakech - Essaouira – Marrakech
After breakfast, departure to Essaouira. Visit of the city, tour of the ramparts, the old town, the port and the beachfront promenade. After the seafood lunch, free time to explore the art galleries and workshops of thuya wood.
Return to Marrakech in the late afternoon. Night at the hotel.
Day6
Marrakech (Discovery of the city)
Day dedicated to the visit of the Red City accompanied by a guide. Visit of the Bahia Palace, the Saadian Tombs, the Koutoubia from the largest mosque in Marrakech, from outside. After lunch, visit of the famous Djemaa el Fna square, the souks and trades. Night at the hotel.
Day7
Marrakech - Agadir
Morning free to explore Marrakech, before leaving to Agadir.
Essential Tips to Plan Your Holiday in Morocco - Magic Morocco Agency
-If your holiday with Magic Morocco involves trips out to the vast expanse of the Sahara Desert, where you may be staying for several days, up to a week, or longer, you will need to be prepared. Here are some useful items that we recommend you pack before you leave on your trip of a lifetime to Morocco.
- A sleeping bag: While we provide plenty of blankets and sheets for your tented desert accommodation, it does get very cold in the Sahara on a winter’s night. Bring along your own sleeping bag, so that you’ll be snug as a bug under the spectacular, if chilly, Moroccan night skies, studded with a galaxy of shimmering stars. This is only really required on trekking over several nights or on the Sufi Retreat.
- A turban or scarf: This is an essential item when heading out on Morocco desert tours, as the simple garment will protect your face and hair from the harsh sun, as well as any sand that gets whipped up by the wind. If you’ve arrived for your holiday in Morocco and find you don’t have a turban — known locally as a “shesh” — or scarf, don’t worry. You can easily buy a “shesh” at a local shop or bazaar.
- Warm clothing: You’ll need to bring some warm clothes when you embark on a Morocco desert tour. Although temperatures are high in the Sahara during the day, they plummet at night, due to a lack of cloud to keep the heat in. While you might think you don’t need to pack heavy clothing for a trip to hot Morocco, you will need it when you’re out in the desert in the evenings in early spring, late autumn, and the winter.
- High-factor sunscreen to combat the strong sun.
- Good quality sunglasses that can filter out the sun’s harmful rays and protect your eyes.
- Solid footwear, such as good trainers, for all the walking you will be doing. Trainers are ideal footwear, whilst walking barefoot in the dunes can also be practical.
- Plenty of bottles of water for the car, but we provide enough bottled water for each person in the desert.
- You might also like to pack a torch and a Swiss army knife, and above all you should make sure that you bring lots of water with you on every car journey in the Sahara. We will of course provide water at the camps you’ll be staying at.
- Being well prepared for your Morocco desert tour will ensure that you have the time of your life on your desert magic tour.
In Morocco, as travellers, we are paying guests, exploring and learning about age-old traditions and fascinated by a world so different from our own. Customs and traditions based either on religion or habits passed down from generation to generation can seem strange, unusual, or odd. Listening, learning and observing, without necessarily understanding and without passing judgment, can enhance our pleasure of participating in this other existence.
As we move around and through this environment, we leave behind impressions of ourselves and our own world – we are the most important ambassadors. Let us ensure that the memories we leave are ones of warmth, generosity, openness, curiosity, modesty and respect for this different society and for the environment which others experience on a daily basis. Moroccans are very welcoming and hospitable people and it behoves us to keep faith with this.
Environmental aspects
The desert is very much alive – witness the myriads of animal tracks on your morning climb to watch the sunrise. It is also other people’s living space. With this in mind, and considering also that the dryness of the desert means that even a paper tissue rots only exceedingly slowly, please be careful to remove all litter.
Throughout Morocco it is important that we are conscious and careful of our water consumption. This is a country under constant threat of drought. We are all individually responsible for maintaining a sustainable environment wherever we are.
Of course, there are scorpions and snakes in the desert, but these rarely pose a danger and they avoid the proximity of humans. Only in summer is it advisable to keep an eye out. The reason for the guide along with you is for your own safety. Please do not venture beyond sight of the camp alone, as it is easy to lose a sense of orientation in the dunes.
