Departure from Paris or the provinces to Marrakech.

Welcome at the airport and transfer to your hotel. Dinner on your own. Night in a Riad or 3** hotel of our selection.

We leave Marrakech early in the morning and head south across the High Atlas to the Tichka Pass. After a picnic break near Ouarzazate, we ride along the long green ribbon of palm groves of the Draa Valley, past the caravan stops of Agdz and Zagora to arrive in the palm grove of the Zaouiat Sidi Salah ksar, where your camel drivers are waiting.

(Transport: 460 kms / 7 hours drive) (Accommodation: Bivouac)

Departure for the great adventure through a desert landscape punctuated by a few clumps of tamarisk. This is the land of the Aït Atta Berbers, one of the last nomadic tribes in Morocco. At the end of the afternoon, you'll reach the dunes of Erg Sahel, a splendid spot where you'll set up camp for the night.

(5h. walk) (Accommodation: bivouac).

You begin these two days of hiking by continuing your Saharan discovery in the first great ergs of the Sahara. We'll pass by a prehistoric site with numerous burial mounds, discovered during a reconnaissance trip for this tour. Bivouac in the dunes.

(5H walk) (Accommodation: Bivouac)

On this last morning, you can see the M'Hamid oasis, where the Oued Draa disappears into the Sahara sands. As you pass through the village of Bounou, you'll come across a number of settled nomadic families. You will then reach your camp in the Ouled Driss palm grove. Discover this Saharan village built in the 17th century by nomads from the Golmine region. It has preserved its original architecture: defensive towers, ramparts, buried alleyways... You can also visit the ecomuseum! Overnight in a nomad camp

(4h. walk).

Back to Marrakech via Tamgroute, where we will stop off at the Naceria zaouia, one of the most prestigious zaouias in North Africa. Its medersa boasts a rich and unique library: nine-century-old manuscripts, precious scientific treatises, religious works dating back to the Andalusian Golden Age and illuminated Korans.

Just outside the village is the potters' cooperative, Tamgroute's other pride and joy.
These pottery workshops, the oldest and most famous in Morocco, have existed since the 16th century. Seven families work here, totalling 260 people. The potters still work in the traditional way. They extract their clay from underground galleries, and prepare their slip by treading on it. They fire their pottery in traditional kilns heated with palms and dry bushes. Tamgroute ceramics, with their subtle green hues of reseda and fir, are renowned throughout Morocco.

Arrive in Marrakech at the end of the day and check into your hotel. Dinner and overnight in a hotel*** (or riad optional)

Transport 456 kms/ 7H drive - Accomodation : hotel*** (in French)

Transfer from your accommodation to the airport. Departure for France.

-> Possibility of extending your stay in Marrakech (souks, palaces, palm groves...).
-> Possibility of extending your stay in Essaouira (the nonchalant atmosphere of its medina, the port, the beaches, a well-being break, etc.).