Overview
A full loop of the Moroccan south that takes in both of the country’s great dune fields: Erg Chebbi at Merzouga, reached by road, and Erg Chegaga beyond M’hamid, reached off-piste.
Between them the route follows the Dades and Todra gorges, the fossil country around Alnif and Nekob, and the whole length of the Draa Valley, before returning west across Lake Iriki to Foum Zguid.
Trip Highlights
- Both great ergs in one journey: Erg Chebbi and Erg Chegaga
- The Todra and Dades gorges and the Valley of a Thousand Kasbahs
- The desert road from Rissani to Nekob under Jbel Saghro
- Tamegroute pottery and the Draa palm groves
- The western crossing of Lake Iriki to Foum Zguid
