Go on this desert trip from Ouarzazate to the Erg Lihoudi dunes. Drive across the Anti-Atlas Mountains and through Agdz. Visit Kasbah Tamnougalte and take a walk in the green fields. Travel through Dra’a Valley’s unlimited palm trees groves, along fortified Kasbahs and via green oases.
Stop by Zagora, the largest town before the Sahara Desert, and visit the green pottery co-operatives and the ancient library in Tamegroute village. Ride camels to the summit of Erg Lihoudi dunes, where the sunset is an awesome sight. Taste dinner under a sky full of stars, share an evening of music with the nomads around a campfire and sleep in comfortable nomad tents near the big dunes.
Book this trip today and soon you could be out in the dazzling dunes of Erg Lihoudi and having the time of your life.
| Number of persons | 2 Persons | 3 Persons | 4 Persons | 5 Persons | 6 Persons |
| Price per person | 295 € | 265 € | 245 € | 225 € | 225 € |
| Total price | 590 € | 795 € | 980 € | 1125 € | 1350 € |
After breakfast, you set out south on your 2-day desert tour from Ouarzazate to Erg Lihoudi. The itinerary takes you south over the Anti-Atlas Mountains as far as Agdz, a oasis town well-known for the variety of its palm dates. As you descend the Tizi-n-Tinfifite pass (1660m), you will be amazed by the splendid views of the extensive green oases and the innumerable palm trees, all indicating the beginning of the Dra’a Valley.
We drive off-road, which offers better views of the green oases and unlimited palm trees, with ancient Kasbahs idyllically standing among the palm trees and by both sides of the river.
In the afternoon, your desert adventure continues further south as far as M’hamid, where the sand alongside the road signifies the beginning of the mighty Sahara Desert. M’hamid village is the gate to the Sahara and the end of the paved road.
At the campsite, you check into your tent and enjoy a relaxing glass of tea and Moroccan biscuits. Then, you take a camel ride to watch to summit of the Erg Lihoudi dunes to enjoy the sunset. These dunes are far away from civilization, and the silence and the expanse of the sand are overwhelming.
Back at the camp, dinner is served, followed by an evening of nomad music and drumming around a campfire. You spend the night in your tent, equipped with a private toilet & shower, king-sized beds, mattresses, sheets, pillows, blankets & carpets, lamps and beautiful Moroccan furnishings, all tastefully arranged to enhance your stay.
If you get up early enough, you will be rewarded by an incredible sunrise, when the colour of the dunes and the play of shadows are an incredible sight. You will also have time to wonder about the dunes and experience the tranquillity of this magical setting.
After breakfast, you rejoin the paved road and drive up north as far as Tamgroute village. Here, you will visit the local pottery co-operatives, which produce all the green glaze pottery products you may have seen all over the south and in Marrakech. It is interesting to visit these workshops to learn how local clay is worked into products in a manner unique to this region. Then, you can also see an ancient Quranic Library with a fascinating display of exquisite hand-written Arabic texts. Lunch will be in Zagora.
From here, you continue travelling further north as far as Kasbah Tamnougalt, the oldest and the largest kasbah in the Dra’a Valley. Some parts of the Kasbah are still inhabited, while others, particularly the Jewish quarter, are now crumbling, having been abandoned.
Turning back west, you arrive in Ouarzazate by the end of the afternoon. Your driver will transfer you to your hotel which marks the end of your 2-day desert tour from Ouarzazate to Erg Lihoudi.
