Sahara Trekking

4 Days combined Tour starting in Mhamid

3 Days Trekking to Erg Chegaga. Return to Mhamid by 4WD vehicle

With our trekkings you leave your everyday life behind you. You dive into the fascination and beauty of the desert. You get to know the life of the Berbers and Nomads. Our guides cook for you traditional food and you sleep in small tents or under the thousands of stars.

Day 1 Mhamid - Sidi Naji

We start our trekking around 8.00 am towards the great dunes of Zahar. After about 3 hours of walking, we reach the beautiful oasis Rase Nkhal with dozens of palm trees. An example of ecotourism. The lunch break with a cup of mint tea (berber / nomadic whiskey) that will give us the energy for another 3 hours of riding or walking.

Later, After another 2 hours, we reach our second night camp. We set up our tents between sand dunes and Tamarisk trees. We enjoy our dinner around the camp fire and the night under the starry sky or tent. B/L/D

Day 2 Sidi Naji - KrayAt Jmal

After breakfast, we start into the vastness of the Sahara. We walk about 3 till 4 hours, explore and enjoy this fantastic landscape. Lunch break under shady tamarisk trees. Later we reach the dunes of KrayAt Jmal, our destination for the night. Enjoy the sunset on sand dunes. Dinner at the camp fire and the night under the starry sky or in the tent. B/L/D

Day 3 KrayAt Jmal - Chegaga

In the morning and as usual, we continue our trekking through the extraordinarily landscape. After 3 hours we take lunch. Then, we head by 4x4 car towards Erg Chegaga passing various desert landscape full of Acacia trees and stony desert. After covering 50 km of track, we reach the dunes of Erg Chegaga – the amazing group of golden desert dunes stretching for 40 km and reaching a height of 300 meters. A cup of mint tea and some nuts are offered before you head for an unforgettable walk to enjoy the sunset. A traditional nomad dinner with music around fire and overnight accommodation in a nomad tent or outside surrounded by the dunes of the Sahara.

B/L/D

Day 4 Erg Chegaga - Mhamid

Enjoy the sunrise in the dunes again. After breakfast, return to Mhamid. We take another way back driving through other landscapes and reach Mhamid at about 10 am.

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Costs

4 days combined Trekking & Jeep from / to Mhamid

individually

From Dec 20 - Jan 10 + € 35,- high season surcharge.