Sarah is an award-winning travel journalist and guidebook author specialising in Morocco, Africa and Latin America. She has been published in Lonely Planet, Wanderlust, The Guardian, The Telegraph, among many others.
Destinations
Erg Chigaga
Activity
Adventure, Hiking & Trekking, Active, Camel Trekking, Nature & WildlifePhysical Level
MildSeason
January - DecemberDuration (days)
3- Distance: Approx. 57 kilometres
- Duration: Three or four days, around 3-6 hours trekking per day
- Start: M’hamid
- End: Erg Chigaga dunes
If you’re looking for something a bit more adventurous than a basic overnight desert camp, I can highly recommend trekking on foot – your luggage and supplies travel by camel – to the Erg Chigaga dunes. Itineraries vary depending on the operator, but it’s typically three or four days with at least one night wild camping at the dunes themselves. Good operators make the camps a surprisingly comfortable and well-catered experience. The standard route starts at M’hamid and follows the course of the now-dry Draa River, the longest in Morocco, passing abandoned settlements and on to the famous Erg Chigaga dunes themselves. Most itineraries return to M’hamid by 4x4 rather than trekking all the way back again!
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Erg Chigaga trek
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Sahara Desert