Day1: Arrival , You will be picked up from the airport and
transferred to your riad to freshen up. The rest of the afternoon /
evening is at leisure. Own arrangements for dinner (dinner not
included)
Day2: Marrakech – Tizi n tichka mountain pass – Ourzazate – Agdez
–Zagoura – Lalla Kebira (B,L,D)
7H3O of transport
Transfer from Marrakech (leaving at 8am) over Tizi n tichka mountain
pass then down to the south face of the high Atlas into Ourzazate
for lunch. Continue to Agdez then down the Draa valley passing
several Ksours (fortified villages), some inhabited and some
abandoned in ruins. There will be a stop in in Zagora, the gateway
to the Sahara Desert where once nomads set off to Timbuktu on a 52
day journey. Your cook will buy provisions here. Finally continue
driving to the Dunes Lalla Kebira (Marabout, St. Kébira) for
overnight camp. You’ll be ably to take a short walk around the oasis
of small dunes at Lalla Kebira before turning in for the night.
Day3: Dunes and Oasis de Lalla kébira - Beni Ali - oasis Foum
Taqqat, Camp (B,L,D)
5H walking / 18 kms
After breakfast, and taking up camp, the team will load the camels
whilst you start the trek down the draa valley in the direction of
the Beni Ali oasis for lunch in the shade of the date palm trees.
After lunch you will carry on to the wild Oasis of Foum beside the
mountaineous Jebel Bani, where you will camp overnight.
Day4: Oasis Foum Taqqat - Dunes Nesrate - Ksar Ait Isfoul – Camp
(B,L,D)
5H30 walking / 18 km
After breakfast, you’ll trek off down to Draa valley through dates
grove plantions to your lunch spot at the oasis of Nesrate. After
lunch, there is a lovely walk through Berber villages along the
valley to camp at Ksar Ait Isfoul.
Day5: Oasis and dunes Nesrate - Zaouiat Sidi Saleh - Dunes Tidiri -
Camp (B,L,D)
5H walking
After breakfast, you’ll set off for another nice walking day through
farming land and a small sand dune to get to the lunch spot near the
Marabout of Sidi Saleh, after a delicious lunch you’ll carry on to
set camp near the dunes of Tidiri.
Day6: Dunes de Tidiri - Oasis and dunes Regabi - dunes Erg Lihoudi
Camp (B,L,D)
6H walking
After breakfast, you’ll head off for the highlight of this trek,
walking through the dunes of Tidiri. Lunch will be just before you
reach the Dunes of Regabi, and a further two hours walking will get
you to the final camp set on the dunes of Erg Lihoudi.
Day7: Dunes Erg Lihoudi - Village Mhamid or Oulad Driss - return to
Marrakech (B,L)
2H30 walking / 8H of transport/ 430 kms
Early breakfast, the crew will load the car then you’ll start the
long journey back to Marrakech with some rest stops on the way to
enjoy the views and have lunch/drinks. Arrive back at Marrakech
around 6 or 7pm, overnight in Riad. Dinner in Marrakech at own
expense.
Day8: Free day in Marrakech (B)
Day9: Departure (B)
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