A visit to the Sahara desert is definitely an experience everyone should have at least once in their lifetime. It is a journey well worth the effort and you will have fond memories to last you forever.

Imagine yourself on top a camel, trekking through the Sahara desert. There is nothing around you and all you can hear are the footsteps of the camel on the soft sand. The sky is vast and clear in the day and filled with millions of bright stars at night. It is a very peaceful experience, one rarely known to most of the Western World.

Camel trekking may not be the most comfortable means of traveling for some, but it is undoubtedly a ‘must’ for every traveler as a way to experience the mode of transport of the Berber nomads of the Sahara.

There are a number of possibilities of camel treks offered by Camel Trekking, starting from a day’s outing to a two-week expedition. The best time of year for camel trekking is September to February.

Camel Trekking is run and organized by Omar. Your Guide. Your friend. Omar can also help you plan your trip to Morocco. With many years of experience, he can help arrange transport, accommodation or whatever else you might need while in Morocco. Omar speaks French, English and Arabic.

Example tour:

Two nights in the Desert departing from Marrakech

3 days & 2 nights

Day 1 - From Marrakech to Dades Gorge
TIME PICK UP FROM MARRAKECH: At 8am.
Travel over the Tizi n’Tichka Pass (2260m) while enjoying superb views of the mountains and of the Berber Villages on the way. Stop for lunch and tour in the World heritage site of Ait Benhaddou. (This famous kasbah was used as a backdrop for more than 20 films.) Pass through Ouarzazate and continue towards the Valley of Roses and the Dades valley, Skoura oasis with it’s authentic 17 century kasbah, the valley of a thousand Kasbahs and the Dades Gorge. Stay overnight at the kasbah hotel.

Day 2 - Dades Gorge to Merzouga
Breakfast at the hotel. Depart to the Todra Gorge: a massive fault, rising to 300 m in a narrow valley thick studded with palmeries and Berber Villages. After lunch in the gorge, get transported further into the desert to Merzouga, stops along the great sand dunes of Erg Chebbi where you will take a camel ride (about one hour and a half) in order to get to your Bivouac Tent. (Hot showers and toilet facilities at the camp.)

Day 3 - 460 km: Merzouga to Marrakech
Return back to Ouarzazate and back over the high Atlas Mountains. Arrival in Marrakech evening 8 p.m.

Price: 150Euros per person

Contacts

Camel Trekking
Omar Berhi
Ksar Hassilabied
Poste Merzouga, Errachidia, Morocco

Phone
+21268652285

Website
Camel Trekking | www.cameltrekking.com

E-mail
omar@cameltrekking.com