Sahara Desert Cross
Erg Chebbi · Merzouga · 8 nights / 9 days · Endurance
A multi-day trekking crossing of the great dunes of Erg Chebbi and the surrounding regs. Camel caravan carries the water and camp — you walk between 5 and 6 hours a day.
- Discipline
- Trekking
- Duration
- 8 nights / 9 days
- Level
- Endurance
- Location
- Erg Chebbi · Merzouga
- Best season
- October → April
The week
Day by day
Day 1
Marrakech → Merzouga
Long transfer via the Atlas and Aït Ben Haddou. First night in a kasbah.
Day 2
Into the erg
Meet the caravan, first afternoon into the dunes. Bivouac.
Day 3–7
Crossing
5 days walking / camel option — dunes, oases, nomadic camps. Nights in bivouac under the stars.
Day 8
Merzouga & hammam
Return to Merzouga, hammam and celebration dinner.
Day 9
Return
Transfer to Marrakech or fly out from Errachidia.
Days walking the dunes, nights under the milky way.
Trekking · Erg Chebbi · Merzouga
Formulas
Choose your formula
Nomad
- Meals
- Full Board
- Lodging
- Bivouacs + kasbah
- Camel caravan
- Berber guide + cook
- All meals & water
Signature
- Meals
- Full Board
- Lodging
- Luxury desert camp + kasbahs
- Small group (max 8)
- Astronomy briefing
- Domestic flight option
What's included
05- Berber guide + cook
- Camel caravan & pack team
- Bivouac equipment
- All meals and drinking water
- Transfers
Not included
04- Flights
- Sleeping bag (rental available)
- Insurance
- Personal expenses
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