PROGRAM 03 DAYS / 02 NIGHTS
BIG DUNES OF CHEGAGA SOUTH MOROCCO
DAY 1 : MARRAKECH / AGDZ / ZAGORA 370 km.
Departure to Zagora through the High Atlas. Passing through the neck of Tizin'Tichka located at 2260 m and point road culminating in Morocco. Crossing the Anti Atlas to Agdz the Tizi N 'Tinififft (1660 m).
Agdz stop and continuation to Zagora: The city was regarded in the past as a stopover on the road to Timbuktu, 52 days Camels. Its rocky peak, the city controls the Draa Valley. The Almoravids had built in the eleventh century a fortress to monitor tracks Sahara. Zagora is a very important step to discover the hinterland and the sand dunes, in fact the first dunes are only 26 km from the city.
Day 2 : Zagora / Tamgrout / MHAMID / DUNES OF CHEGAGA.
After breakfast departure for Tamegroute religious center known for its library with its books, manuscripts and precious Korans written on gazelle skin. Visit the potters' quarter. and continue to Cheggaga dunes, the output Tagounite, Wadi Draa loses power and the oases that mark the course become increasingly sparse. Mhamid past, its waters are lost in the sand dunes and no longer reach the ocean for a long time. That is, close to the dunes of Erg Cheggaga in one of the most arid areas of southern Morocco, you can spend the night under nomad tent.
DAY 3 : DUNES OF CHEGAGA / FOUM ZGUID / Taznakht / MARRAKECH.
Continuation in 4x4 Foum Zguid. Continuation towards Ouarzazate via Tazenakht.
Discover the Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, located 30 km from Ouarzazate this universal heritage site of humanity by UNESCO Continue through the High Atlas mountains and down through Taddert on the plain of Haouz.
Arrival in Marrakech and end of our services. |
