Erg Zahar Bivouac wild camel and 4 4 since M'Hamid

Check-out from M’Hamid, you gradually leave the palm grove with the camel caravan and enter the first desert areas. The walk takes you through the mineral reg, punctuated by acacia trees, before giving way to gentler landscapes mixing dunes and tamarisks. You reach the site of the marabout Sidi Naji, a place of recollection for nomadic families. Lunch is taken along the way, in the shade of a tree, before continuing to the bivouac place in the erg of Sidi Naji. At the end of the day, make way for the tea ceremony, the traditional dinner and a friendly evening around the fire, with preparation of sandbread.

After breakfast, you resume the progression on foot in a varied desert environment, alternating sandy reliefs and vegetated areas of tamarisk. As the day progresses, the scenery becomes more spectacular. You walk along Erg Zmila until you reach the impressive dunes of Erg Zahar. These dunes, among the most remarkable in southern Morocco, offer a unique atmosphere, sometimes accompanied by the song of sand when the wind rises. Erg Zahar offers a lunar landscape , with magnificent sunsets from the top of the large dune (150m) for a 360° view of the Sahara. At the end of the day, you will enjoy an exceptional panorama from the great dune, before installing the bivouac in the heart of this magnificent environment.

Possibility to climb up the large dune to admire the sunrise. You leave this lunar landscape to find some vegetation , your way back is along the Draa Valley.The wadi Drâa is the longest river in Morocco (1100km) forms east of Ouarzazate and flows into the Atlantic Ocean towards Tan Tan. Most of it remains dry except during heavy rainfall such as September 2024. Mid-day meal along the way or according to your form, arrived in the afternoon at the erg Bousnina to install the bivouac in the shade of a tamarisk. Tea ceremony at sunset and a good tagine or a good little dish for dinner. Evening around the fire.

At dawn, you can climb the large dune to admire the first lights on the desert. After breakfast, return to M’Hamid by 4×4 vehicle, crossing different Saharan landscapes. You will follow the Draa Valley. Arrival is expected at the end of the morning.