From Zagora: 6 Days Private Camel Trekking to M'hamid Desert

Pick up at Zagora Airport, your Riad/Hotel in Zagora or the meeting point at the desired time. Zagora is the last city before the real wilderness starts. The rural house of your host family Hatouchi is located near Tamegroute in the Draa Valley, just 15 km from Zagora. It is also possible to park your rental car here free of charge for the duration of your trekking adventure. Enjoy a mint tea with the family and learn how they live with their animals in the middle of their crops. Eat a traditional Berber dinner with some members of the big family in the evening and spend the night in their home. If the weather allows it, during summer time, you can sleep outside under the starry sky next to the house.

If you start your tour latest at 3 pm, we will make a stop at a Saadian town of the 16th century which is called Tamegroute. There, we are able to visit an old coran library and a subterranean Kasbah together with a local guide.

After a typical berber breakfast, the guides will pack your equipment on the camels and we start the trekking at about 9 o'clock. We are hiking from the house towards the Draa Valley and then turning to cross the Fajia-Plateau in direction Bani Mountains. This flat plateau is partly black with volcanic stones, partly sandy. Extended lunch break and time to relax, then continue towards the mountains. In the late afternoon, we build up our camp at the bottom of the mountains. Freshly cooked dinner under the evening sky and first night in the tent or on matresses under the sky.

After your first breakfast in the desert, we will start our second day of hiking with the crossing of the Bani mountains taking a winding path over the Djenia pass. We'll have a small break at the top of the mountain to enjoy the view over the plateau, the Draa Valley and as far as the high mountains. We are descending again by following a hiking path through a rock valley until we reach the small berber village named Malili Ate Asfoi where we'll enjoy our lunch in the shade of big acacia trees. After lunchbreak we continue our way for another 2 hours to the dunes of El Mariar, where we'll install our camp under a big tree in the middle of the golden dunes. Dinner will be prepared by our guides and you'll enjoy your second night in your tent or outside.

We'll walk to the Oasis Mouzmou and continue our journey after lunch to the dunes of Erg Bartam. Enjoy the mesmerizing silence of the desert and the beautiful sunset. Sit around a campfire and listen to some berber music. Dinner will be prepared by our guides and you'll enjoy your third night in your tent or outside.

After sunrise and a nice breakfast, we depart for our last day of trekking to the village of Ouled Driss, where we will spend the night in a Berber tent or small room of the camping (shared bathroom and showers). In the late afternoon, you can take a walk to the center of the village Ouled Driss with its old Kasbah. Dinner will be prepared by our guides and overnight in the camping.

After breakfast in the camping, we'll leave our caravane and take a transfer back to the house of the family Hatouchi near Zagora. On the way we have time to make a stop to visit the Kasbah and old village of Ouled Driss. After arrival at the families home, we'll have a typical lunch and pack our staff in the car again before saying bye bye to our hosts. Drop off at your accommodation in Zagora, at the meeting point, bus station or Zagora Airport possible.