28/05/2015
TREKKING IN SOUTHERN DESERT MARRAKECH - M'HAMID: 8 days and 5 nights in the desert
Arrival in Marrakech Menara Airport, you will be greeted at the airport to take you to your riad in the medina.
Your 1 st evening happen outside in the atmosphere of the medina and the famous Jemaa El Fna square. You will have dinner at a popular restaurant in the square. After discovering that evening, you return to the riad to spend your 1st night.
DAY 1:
- - Breakfast at the riad and departure for M'hamid 4x4 transport or mini bus. from the Jemaa El Fna square in Marrakech ..7: 00.H .. Arrival in M'hamid at 17: 00h .. You will go through a long road and the splendid valleys, go through the Tichka Pass, the mountains atlas 2260m altitude through the Draa Valley and its thousand and one thousand kasbah, you will make the lunch break to ouarzazat, and continue skirting a grove of over 200 km. Passage through Agdaz,
- After a long and beautiful road you arrive in M'Hamid, where you will be accompanied to the bivouac to spend your 1 st night to the desert, followed by a meal under the stars and Berber music around the fire.
2 nd DAY:
- In the morning, breakfast and departure from the bivouac at 8:00, you start your trekking and walk for 2H to the palm grove in the shade of palm trees and calm you make the lunch break. After lunch you continue your walk for 2H to reach Sidi naji or you dinner and spend your 2 nd night in your tent.
3 rd DAY:
- After breakfast, you pick your path and continue walking in this beautiful landscape to the rhythm of dromedaries. You make the lunch break under the tamarisk and then you leave for 2 hours to large dunes Ezahar, You are free to enjoy this magnificent view, to climb the dune, take pictures, and watch the sunset. Evening and dinner and 3 rd night in the dunes.
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4th DAY:
- After sunrise and breakfast you resume the path and walk for about 2 hours to reach Erg smar is an old abandoned village which over time has silted up, you will make your lunch break there.
- You then continue juqu'aux small dunes kriaat jmel or you will spend your evening and the 3rd night in the desert.
5 th DAY:
- Departure after breakfast to the dunes of Lbour, or you enjoy a lunch break to rest and regain strength. You will continue your walk to the next bivouac at Erg Bertam, always surrounded by dunes and the beautiful atmosphere of the desert. 4th night.
6 th DAY:
- After breakfast you leave the Bertam dunes to walk to Mzouaria, in the shade of tamarisk take you to the lunch break. You resume your walk for about 2 hours to reach M'hamid to the campsite where you will spend your 5th and last night in M'hamid.
7th DAY:
- After breakfast, Departure at 7:00 in 4/4 or mini bus to Marrakech, visit artisanal pottery Tamegroute and continue the road to ouarzazat to pause at noon, to admire the beautiful kasbah Ait Ben Haddou UNESCO heritage listed.
- Arrival in Marrakech in the late afternoon to join your riad.
8 th DAY:
- If time allows (depending on your return and schedules of your plane) you can make a small tour of Marrakech accompanied. center with its old town (Medina), the souks of Marrakech, the famous Jamaa El Fna and entertainment day and night, these famous historical monuments: La Menara, palace bahia, Majorelle Garden, Koutoubia
- The Majorelle Garden: A beautiful botanical garden where lived Yves St Laurent. A beautiful tour not to be missed, it is a haven of colorful peace.
- The Koutoubia: This is the largest and oldest mosque in the 12th century. This magnificent minaret of 77 meters high overlooking the Red City.
- The Bahia Palace: A very old house that was built in the late 19th century, the palace consists of several parts with ornaments with magnificent ceilings.
- Accompaniment DEPARTURE airport
included
- Transfer Marrakech / mhamid
- Airport Transfers
- 5½ days of hiking in the desert
- Camels, luggage and portages
- 2 nights in hotel
- 5 nights in bivouac
- The tourist promotion tax and tourist tax
- The guide / cook (local guide speaking French, Spanish)
- Equipment for the kitchen and for the bivouac (tents, mattresses, sheets and blankets)
- Our assistance
not included
Air transport
- Drinks
- Optional tips