5-Day Toubkal Trek and Sahara Desert Adventure from Marrakech

• After an early breakfast at your hotel in Marrakech, at 9 AM, your driver will pick you up and take you to the heart of Morocco's High Atlas Mountains.
• Start the journey from Imlil (1740m), a small Berber village located 67 km southwest of Marrakech. Meet the team who will accompany you during this amazing adventure. The driver will drop you off in the village, and the muleteers will take care of your luggage, food, and other equipment usually provided to clients. Within half an hour, begin the walk with an experienced mountain guide through the Berber villages, following a mule track to the mountain hut via the shrine of Sidi Chamhrouch (2500m). Savour the picnic lunch prepared in advance by the cook.
• Continue towards the refuge (3200m). As the mules walk faster, the muleteers and cook will go ahead and wait for you at the hut or camp. Enjoy a tasty mint tea upon arrival. Hot showers are available here.

Optional: The night can be spent in a tent in the summertime.

• Wake up early to avoid the sun. Have breakfast around 5:00 AM and start the ascent at 5:30 AM. Each of you may need to pack your own lunch.
• Reach the point above the hut, where you will have a short break with nuts, water, oranges, and more.
• After 3 to 4 hours of walking uphill, admire the view of the High Atlas Mountains.
• Take a 45-minute break on the summit to take pictures and enjoy the views before heading down to the hut. Lunch will be ready for you there.
• After lunch, walk downhill towards Imlil.

Overnight in a guesthouse in a Berber village.

• Depart from Imlil at 8 AM in modern, air-conditioned transportation. Travel through the Atlas Mountains, enjoying the magnificent views of the surrounding countryside below.
• Visit the Kasbah of Aït Benhaddou. This journey takes approximately 3 hours.
• After a break, continue to Ouarzazate, approximately 1 hour away, for a lunch break and sightseeing.
• Drive along the Dadès Valley route to reach the guesthouse for the night. The guesthouse offers private en-suite rooms.

An evening meal and breakfast are included.

• Continue along the Dadès Valley, visiting Dadès Gorge, Todra, Todra Gorge, and other interesting sites.
• Make your way to Merzouga. There, explore the village and meet the camels that will take you into the dunes to reach the desert camp at Erg Chebbi. Each person rides their own camel. The camel trek is usually scheduled just before sunset so that you may enjoy the sun setting over the landscape from the top of the dunes.
• Arrive at the desert camp and enjoy a welcoming cup of delicious hot mint tea. Spend the evening under the stars, on the dunes, and beside the warmth of the fireside. Savour a locally cooked meal of tagine or couscous, with vegetarians catered for with vegetable tagine. Enjoy a drum party.

The camp has toilet facilities. If you wish, you can sleep directly under the stars, but there are bivouacs for everyone. This is a great opportunity to see the stars, as there are no artificial lights.

• Wake up early, just before sunrise, and set off on a 1 hour 30 minute camel ride at sunrise.
• Head back to Merzouga on the camels.
• Upon reaching Merzouga, savour breakfast and take a quick shower if you want.
• Begin the journey back to Marrakech through the stony desert and over the Atlas Mountains, with plenty of stops for photos, exploring, and lunch. The usual arrival time in Marrakech is between 5 and 6 PM.