To coincide with the expected meteorite shower, from the debris from Halley’s comet, on 21 and 22 October 2014 a unique 2 night desert astronomy package will be available at Erg Chigaga great dunes, which will include return private charter flights Marrakech / Zagora.
Recent desert trekking clients are travel writers and have since blogged about their 3 day/2 night desert trek, made with us in February. Rather than mention their blog link in our Guest Book, we think it deserves a special mention in our blog!
Despite many trips out to the Erg Chigaga region, we haven’t encountered the crested lark in the desert before, and certainly not in close proximity to the tents at camp.
Just 10 mins beyond the town of Zagora the main road south towards M’hamid El Ghezlane will bring you to the small village of Tamegroute. All too easy to keep on driving and not realise the significance of this small collection of inter-connecting pise kasbahs (ksar) and its religious buildings on…
Entirely unexpected, but by no means unprecedented, a freshwater desert lake formed early last week at the base of the great dunes of Erg Chigaga in Morocco’s Sahara Desert.
Traveling down to the Moroccan Sahara Desert in one of our 4x4s with a driver-guide is an adventure in its own right – the journey to reach the desert is all part of the Saharan experience. No surprise then that some clients enquire about how they can do the journey…
You might be surprised to know just how many clients request a tour to the Sahara for the months of June, July, August and early September. If Morocco is on your program for a summer holiday you might not have thought it possible to visit the Sahara…
I may have mentioned elsewhere on the website that trekking in the desert is like no other trekking experience. Last year, I had the privilege to experience 4 seasons in 4 days whilst trekking in the Sahara, mid-May. Let’s say it was my first taste of a true desert storm.
