First day : Morning departure by 4x4 from Ouarzazate to Agdez, which is where the Dra’a starts, for a short tea break, followed by some off-road driving along the ancient caravan route, arriving in Zagora in time for lunch.
In the afternoon, M’hamid, where the road stops and gives way to the Sahara, is waiting. At a bivouac at the Erg Lihoudi dunes, there is time for a tea-break before riding camels for about an hour and a half. Enjoy the sunset from the top of the highest dune over the distant mountains, before the camels take us back to the bivouac of nomad tents for dinner and a night’s rest.
Second day : If you wake up early enough, you can watch the spectacle of the sunrise, when the colour of the dunes and the play of shadows are an awesome sight. After breakfast, there will still be time for a longer walk in the dunes. The return trip begins along another track crossing the “hammada” (flat, stony desert) before joining the paved road and drive to Tamegroute for a visit the Koranic library, the underground kasbah and the potteries. From here the road leads north again to Tamnougalt Kasbah (one of the most ancient Kasbahs in the south of Morocco) for lunch. We arrive back in Ouarzazate, at the end of the day, on the other side of the mountain pass of Tizi-n-Tinfifite (1660m).
First day : The morning departure takes us from Ouarzazate to Tinghir (170 km) via the Skoura Oasis, travelling off-road to see all the Kasbahs, some sadly in a state of disrepair but idyllically placed amongst the palm trees. The main road passes through the Valley of Roses and the Dades Valley to the Toudra Gorge, where we stop for lunch.
In the afternoon, our trip continues to Merzouga for a two-hour camel ride to reach the bivouac near the dunes of Erg Chebbi (250m). From the top of the dunes the sunset is spectacular. Here, at Erg Chebbi, we will have dinner and spend the night in a bivouac.
Second day : After having breakfast we drive by the 4x4 to the Dra’a Valley passing by the village of Tazzarine (now appearing in the film of ‘Babel’) and N’Qob where we lunch. In the afternoon we drive to Tanasikht, later going off-road along the ancient caravan route surrounded by palm trees and full of ancient Kasbahs such as the most well-known one of Tamnougalte. We rejoin the paved road in Agdez and reach Ouarzazate at the end of the day, crossing the mountain pass of Tizi-n-Tinfifite (1660m).
