Desert of M'hamides

Programme

Live the experience of the true desert, which very few tourists dare to visit, preferring Merzouga desert, which over time and very strong pressure, has become like a highway teeming with 4X4 vehicles, quads and all-terrain motorcycles, accompanying dromedaries and  sometimes frightening them. At  M’Hamides, it is the sublime beauty of the desert with its natural calm and its extremely rare silence where you will feel  the magnificent splendor of the Sahara.

1st day : departure from your hotel in Marrakech at 7h30 ( possible to start from an other place)

   – crossing High-Atlas mountains until Tichka pass Alt. 2260M (many photos stops )

   – Visit of Telouet Kasbah : ancient palace of the Pacha Glaoui

   – visit of a salt mine : more than 500 years old, still open

   – crossing Ounila Valley : a great  scenery with authentic berber villages

   – Visit of the Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou : world heritage of Unesco , natural studio for many famous movies

   – Visits of Ouarzazate : ancient crossroads of caravans coming from Tombouctou

1st night in a nice hotel in Ouarzazate

 

2nd day : departure from Ouarzazate at 8h a.m

   – crossing Low Atlas ( many photos stops )

   – crossing Draa Valley and visit of the palm grove of Tanssikht

   – visits of Zagora : gate of the desert

   – visit of the pottery village of Tamegrout : traditional green pottery

   – 1h1/2 camel trek to the camp in the dunes

   – sunset from the top of the dunes

2nd night in a secure camp under comfortable private tent

 

3rd day : watch sunrise and after breakfast camel trek back to the road

   – free time in Ouarzazate

   – different road to Tichka Pass

Arrival  in Marrakech around 6h  p.m