Hiking Dynamic

9-Day Hiking Tour - The Utimate Sahara Trek

Anyone who has ever dreamed about wandering in the desert, this is the trek for you! You can experience the tranquility of the landscape and hospitality of our team. Not to mention wathcing amazing sunsets on the dunes, sleeping under millions of stars, waking up to a memorizing sunrise and finding footprints of different desert inhabitants. This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience!

Day 1: Arrival to Marrakech


You will be pick up at the Marrakech Airport by members of our team. We will escort you in our mini buses to the hotel where you can refresh prior to dinner. Here you will enjoy the opportunity to get to know your fellow guests and team as we dine together. After dinner, you will be offered a brief for the next day as throughout your stay to ensure you are always prepared.

Day 2: Marrakech to Ouarzazate


After breakfast, we will take private minibus to Ouarzazate; known as the ‘Door of the Sahara’, passing through Tichka Pass (2260m). We will stop for lunch at Ait Ben Haddou where you can visit the famous kasbah, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. After this, we continue a short way to Ouarzazate. Enjoy some free time around the small town inhabited by the local Berbers who constructed many of the prominent kasbahs and mud cast buildings for which the area is famous for. Have dinner at a nice restaurant.

Day 3: Ouarzazate to Lfaja


We are off today from Ouarzazate after breakfast to our first camp in Lfaija. On the way, we will visit the impressive Taourite Kasbah before reaching the panoramic landscape of the Draa valley. We will take a short break for a cool walk under the oasis of palm trees surrounded by henna plants. Then we set off for Zagora, made famous by the 'Timbuktu is 52 days away signpost'! Here we will have lunch and browse the market, a good opportunity to get into the Moroccan spirit by purchasing a traditional head scarf here to protect from the sand and hot desert sun. Finally, we arrive at our first camp site in Lfaija, where we meet our desert team. Dinner is freshly prepared by our team.

Day 4:'Le Bapteme De La Solitude'


From Lfajia, we start our first day walking with a short uphill trek through the Bani Mountain, onto the dry river of Om Laachar, while enjoying the tranquil, peaceful environment. Here you will get your first view of the amazing Sahara landscape, "le bapteme de la solitude".  After stopping for a picnic lunch, we move on to our next camp site with afternoon tea and lots of time to rest, relax.  We can even take a ‘walk in the wilderness’ experience prior to dinner.  The sky in Morocco is often so crystal clear that you can see numerous star consolations. Some guests like to sleep outside the tent under the moonlit sky!


Day 5 Trek to Amda n-Omssafi


After a nice breakfast, we set off for our next destination, Amda n-Omssafi, hopefully meeting some nomads from the Ait Aatta tribes on the way. They often invite us to share mint tea with them in their nomad tents. We then stop for lunch along the way and soon arrive at Amda-n-Ossafi Camp. Enjoy dinner prepared by your chef, followed by a relaxed evening before an early start tomorrow. Take in everything that the Sahara can offer for you. Chat with your leader about the history and the traditions and lifestyle of the locals in this area.

 


Day 6: First day of dune walking


We start early today with a tougher walk on purely desert sand. Lots of breaks and a picnic lunch in the middle of the dunes. The sand goes on for miles and guests are amazed by the immensity of the scenery and only our team will find the way through the vast open landscape. They knows the Sahara 'blindfolded' as they have walked it for years. Tonight, we will camp in the middle of the dunes! You will enjoy a absolutely amazing sunset here and wake up early for an equally memorizing Sahara sunrise.

 


Day 7: Second day of dune walking


Wake up early in the morning and discover the different footprints of animals and insects outside your tent. After breakfast, we steadily walk through the dunes enjoying lunch along the way and arriving at our evening camp on one of the highest dunes within this area. It’s about 50 meters high with incredible panoramic scenery.  We enjoy dinner and farewell to our desert team.

 

Day 8: Back to Marrakech


After breakfast, we pack our bags and the jeep will transport us from the camp directly to Marrakech. A long day driving with many breaks. We will drive through the famous dry lake of Iriqi, a flat scenic  favored by both local and tourists for ‘crazy rally driving’. The we will have a picnic stop on the way at Foumzguit before reaching our final destination of the bustling city of Marrakech. No doubt you will be ready to relax and take a swim at the hotel. You can even book a spa and massage via the hotel or visit one in the medina. In the evening, we offer an optional visit to the Jamaa Ifna Square to dine in a recommended traditional restaurant.


Day 9: Departure Day


Today will be free until we pick you up from your hotel and drop you at the airport three hours prior to your flight.


 


 


 


 

DURATION 9


MINIMUM OF PEOPLE 3 


MAXIMUM NO OF PEOPLE  14


LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY   Easy


COST PER PERSON (IN EURO)

920 €     



INCLUSION

- Professional Hiking guide & team

- Accommodation

- Camping gear

- Private transportation

- Meals & drinks except in Marrakech



EXCLUSION

- Meals in Marrakech

- Gratuities or Tips

- Soda & Alcoholic drinks



MEETING POINT

Marrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)


ENDING POINT

Marrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)

HEALTH RESTRICTIONS


- You are required to your vaccination document to our guide on the first day

 

IMPORTANT INFO

If you plan to arrive a few days before the tour, we can pick you up from your hotel (instead of the airport) on the morning when we leave from Marrakech. Please contact us to confirm.

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