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New Year Trip
What could be more magical than celebrating the New Year in the heart of the desert...
You'll be fully immersed in the dunes, surrounded by nature.
Enjoy lively entertainment around a warm campfire under a starry sky, with a delicious festive meal carefully prepared by the nomads.
A unique New Year's Eve celebration awaits you, to start this new year with joy and serenity.
This journey also offers the chance to discover the many treasures of Morocco through the visits included in the program.
New Year in the Moroccan Sahara Desert
4x4 Tour – 8 Days / 7 Nights
Marrakech / M’hamid El Ghizlane / Chegaga Dunes / Marrakech
Day 1: Marrakech
Pick-up at the airport by your driver
Transfer to your accommodation in Marrakech
Dinner at your own expense
Day 2: Marrakech – Agdz
After breakfast, head towards the High Atlas Mountains via the Tizi-N-Tichka pass (2,260 m altitude).
Visit of an argan oil cooperative
Lunch at your own expense
Continue on to Agdz with panoramic views of the Draa Valley
Dinner and overnight stay in Agdz
Day 3: Agdz – M’hamid El Ghizlane
After breakfast, departure by 4x4 towards Tamegroute, with a visit to the pottery workshops and the Koranic school
Lunch
Dinner and overnight stay in M’hamid El Ghizlane, at the gateway to the desert
Day 4: New Year’s Eve
After breakfast, camel ride
Lunch under the palm trees
Arrival at the desert camp in the afternoon
Surprise New Year’s Eve celebration
Dinner and overnight stay in the desert in a tent
Day 5: M’hamid El Ghizlane – Chegaga Dunes
After breakfast, departure by 4x4 towards the Chegaga dunes
Stop at the sacred oasis and encounters with nomads
Lunch in the desert
Dinner and overnight stay at the Chegaga dunes
Day 6: Chegaga Dunes – Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah
After breakfast, departure by 4x4 towards the dry lake of Iriki
Drive through Foum’Zguid
Lunch
Visit of a carpet cooperative in Taznakht
Visit of the Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah, a UNESCO World Heritage site
Dinner and overnight stay in Ait Ben Haddou
Day 7: Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah – Marrakech
After breakfast, departure for Marrakech
Lunch
Dinner and overnight stay in Marrakech
Day 8: Day in Marrakech
After breakfast, guided tour of Marrakech including the souks and main landmarks
Visit of the Majorelle Garden
Return to France according to your flight schedule
This trip includes:
- Airport pick-up
- All transfers between airports and accommodations
- Accommodations and services mentioned in the program, all taxes included (except the tourist tax to be paid on-site at the accommodations)
- Transportation in an air-conditioned vehicle
- Staff
- Accommodations
- Breakfasts
- Lunches in M’hamid, the wild camp, and Chegaga
- Dinners in Agdz, Ouarzazate, M’hamid, the wild camp, and Chegaga
- Guided accompaniment
- Camel ride
- New Year's Eve celebration (dinner and entertainment)
- Cooking workshop
- Sand bread baking workshop
This trip does not include:
- Flights
- Tourist taxes to be paid directly at the hotels
- Tips
- Travel insurance (repatriation and cancellation)
- Entrance fees for visits
- Massage and/or energy healing treatment
- Beverages
- Dinners in Marrakech
- Lunches on the road and in Marrakech
- Personal purchases
Visits:
- Visit to an argan oil cooperative
- Visit to a pottery workshop and a Quranic school
- Visit to a nomadic family
- Visit to a carpet cooperative in Taznakht
- Visit to the UNESCO World Heritage site of Ait Ben Haddou kasbah
- Guided tour of Marrakech, including the souks and major landmarks
- Visit to the Majorelle Garden
Highlights:
- Sunset over the Zahar dunes
- New Year’s Eve celebration in the middle of the desert under the stars
- Camel ride
- Energy healing session and massage at the foot of the dunes
- Evening by the campfire with music under the stars
- Sand bread baking workshop
- Nights in tents
Deep local expertise
100% local team
Customizing routes
Rigorous selection
Support for the local economy