Bivouac Les Nomades

5 Days Desert Tour from Ouarzazate to Chegaga

- Overview :

This 5 days tour takes you from Ouarzazate into the heart of the Sahara desert. You will explore mountains, Berber villages, palm valleys, and wild dunes. Along the way, you will meet nomad families, visit desert schools and oases, ride camels, and sleep in desert camps under the stars.

- Highlights :

  • Cross the Anti-Atlas Mountains and visit Berber villages

  • See Taznakht, famous for carpets and saffron

  • Explore Foum Zguid and its old kasbah

  • Cross the Iriki dry lake

  • Ride camels and watch sunset at Chegaga dunes

  • Visit oasis, nomad families, and nomad school

  • Travel through the Draa Valley with palm groves and kasbahs

  • Stop in Mhamid, Zagora, and Agdz

- Itinerary :

Day 1: Ouarzazate – Taznakht – Foum Zguid – Iriki Lake

We start from Ouarzazate and drive to Taznakht, a Berber village famous for carpets and saffron. After visiting a local cooperative, we continue to Foum Zguid, where you can see an old kasbah and small village life. From here, we enter the desert and drive across rocky paths to the Iriki dry lake. Dinner and overnight in a desert camp near Iriki with music under the stars.

Day 2: Iriki Lake – Chegaga Dunes

After breakfast, we drive deeper into the Sahara to reach the high Chegaga dunes, some of the largest and wildest in Morocco. In the afternoon, you can enjoy a camel ride to watch the sunset over the dunes. Dinner and overnight in a desert camp at Chegaga.

Day 3: Chegaga Dunes – Oasis – Nomad Families – Nomad School

Today we explore the desert and its life. Visit a small oasis in the dunes, meet nomad families, and drink tea with them. Stop at a nomad school to see how children study in the desert. In the afternoon, you can ride camels or relax in the dunes. Overnight in the Chegaga desert camp.

Day 4: Chegaga – Mhamid – Zagora – Agdz

After breakfast, we leave the Chegaga dunes and drive to Mhamid, the last desert village. Then we follow the Draa Valley, full of palm trees and kasbahs, stopping in Zagora and Agdz. Overnight in a hotel or guesthouse in Agdz.

Day 5: Agdz – Ouarzazate

On the last day, we continue through the Draa Valley and the mountains back to Ouarzazate, enjoying the views along the way. The tour ends in the afternoon at your hotel or riad.

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If you're going for the real experience with less of the touristy flavor - this is the spot. Excellent desert camp without the bells and whistles. Bivouac les nomades' promise is the the real experience of visiting a camp by the nomads. We visited the camp with a team of three, one experienced overland traveler and two first time desert trekkers. Camp was clean, well maintained, situated perfectly in the midst of the dunes. There's pretty much all facilities you need. There's been a 3G network, a solar panel - basically all I need to work from remote. I visited the day before my birthday, and Mustapha, who runs runs the camp, he went all the way to get me a birthday cake, and bring it back. Incredible!
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Immer wieder gerne! Es war wunderschön, ich würde immer wieder dort hin. Wirklich atemberaubend! Die Aussicht ist wunderschön, die Menschen sind immer am lachen, man ist selbst einfach zufrieden und glücklich. Eine wundervolle Erfahrung, die jeder machen sollte!
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Erg chegaga depuis foum zguid - Une expérience inoubliable Deuxième séjour chez Mustapha ! Un accueil incroyable et des souvenirs inoubliables. Un lieu hors du temps avec une belle qualité de couchage et un repas parfait. Vous vivrez l’ambiance d’un touareg pour une ou plusieurs nuits. Accessible en 2 roues motrices sans problème ou en accompagnement avec Mustapha. Allez y les yeux fermés !!!!
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Séjour hors du temps digne des milles et une nuits. Mustapha est adorable et d'une extrême bienveillance pour vous faire Séjour hors du temps digne des milles et une nuits. Mustapha est adorable et d'une extrême bienveillance pour vous faire plaisir. Il s'adapte à toutes vos envies. C'était exceptionnel !!! Nous espérons revenir pour de nouvelles aventures. Vous pouvez faire confiance à Mustapha les yeux fermés !!!!
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Un séjour d’exception et hors du temps Nos séjours avec le Bivouac des nomades restent toujours des moments d’exception. Mustapha sait organisé des séjours à la carte à la perfection. En 2022 nous étions en couple et nous avons pu participer à un véritable raid 4x4. En 2023, nous étions en famille et nous avons eu un séjour adapté et très diversifié dans les activités (trek, balades en dromadaires, visite d’un village nomade, thé au milieu du désert, preparation, de pain dans le sable ….) Nous avons hâte de retrouver Mustapha au Bivouac des Nomades !
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Un rêve éveillé Le paradis offert par Mustapha et son équipe ou j'ai passé un moment de sérénité que je n'avais pas encore connue dans ma vie déjà bien remplie. MERCI MUSTAPHA le meilleur de tous les guides du Maroc. Je vous invite tous à vous y rendre pour passer une inoubliables expérience. A très bientôt...
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Excellent sejour ! Je recommande Super séjour pas dessus depuis 5 ans a chaque fois améliorer chaque années, totalement dépaysé,conviviale avec une equipe en or et une cuisine locale délicieuse. Possibilité de faire du quad ou dromadaire sur demande je recommande fortement a bientôt
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Two nights trip We spent two nights trip in Bivouac les nomades in the middle of Iriki Sahara dunes. We really enjoyed it with the great man, Mustapha and his welcoming team under the beats of nomades music. The food was traditional and tasty. At the sun set we took pictures from the neighboring highest peak dune. thank you Mustapha .
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Amazing stay in the desert, higly recommended! We absolutely loved the 1 night desert stay we dit with Bivouac les Nomades. First off all it was great we found out you can go into the (real sand) desert from Foum Zguid. It is so much closer than Merzouga, coming from Marrakech! Mustapha picket us and other families up from a café in Foum Zguid, then it was a few hours drive by 4X4 to the camp. It was amazing and magical being in the desert! The large dunes were incredible! The bed was comfortable, the shower and toilets were clean and the food was really good. We highly recommend booking with Mustapha and Bivouac Les Nomades!
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Authentic Desert Experience with the Wonderful Mustafa that Captures the Unique Berber Nomadic Lifestyle in this Region Mustafa and his team's knowledge of the desert and willingness to share their culture with visitors is truly commendable. Not only is the camp in a magical place where the silence of the dunes will whisk you away, but the experience of travelling or walking with Dromedar to the dunes transports you back to the times when crossing the desert for trade and travel was a hard necessity. Thank you Mustafa and team, loved it to the moon and back!!!
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