Sahara Horse Trekking
9 Day Tour
“Ride the Draa Valley through ancient communities and oceans of palm groves, the first permaculture of our time. This is Zagora Province, authentic Sahara experience.”
Stay the night in charming adobe houses with hot showers and delicious food before continuing into the Sahara Desert to the magical Camp Adounia. When we leave the desert we ride through Sahara dunes to Mhamid (the last oasis town of the desert) here we ride through the old oasis and visit the mud kasbah museum in Moulay Idriss, really experiencing the culture and life of the desert community
9 day tour (4 on horses)
Cost: €1530 per person sharing, single accommodation €1900. Minimum 7 People
Programme Details
These programmes are for intermediate and experienced It is about 5/6 hours riding a day around 20 to 30 km.
All our rides are guided by professionals guides, how many guides depends on the level as well as the number of participants.
Horse treks are available all year weather permitting apart from Sahara which is mid October to April.
We start at 10am on the first day, and end around 15h30 / 16h on the last day.
At lunch time, it's always a picnic break in nature. Our horses have saddlebags for the lunch and also for your small bits and bobs ie sunscreen, camera etc
Sleeping is in bivouacs, traditional Moroccan tents with good comfort: mattresses, cushions, carpets and blankets/sleeping bag.
In the camp we have a nomad shower, a shower after your day on horseback. We have no electricity and we have dry toilets in keeping with the natural experience.
Our driver takes care of all the luggage and provisions in 4x4. He arrives first and sets everything up. We relocate daily.
Moroccan tea and pastries are always waiting when you return from your days riding.
We have dinner and campfire every night with the team and breakfast is served every morning before we set off.
Note: Clients must take out travel insurance with re-patriation on booking.
9 days (4 days on horses)
€1530 per person sharing, single accommodation €1900, minimum 7 people
Includes
All meals
Internal flight
Luxury Riad Hotel & Spa
Medina Guide
Ait Ben Haddou Hotel
Ait Ben Haddou Guide
Sand boarding
Local music and drumming.
Tamegroute Hotel
Guesthouse accommodation
Sand boarding
Local music and drumming
Hotel in Mhamid
Mhamid museum and tour
Horses and equipment
Experienced guide and horse expert
Private Desert drivers with land cruisers and return back
Itinerary
Day 1 - Airport transfer from Marrakech to Riad Zamzam & Spa - dinner and breakfast. Options for Spa treatments.
Day 2 - Breakfast, Medina Tour with Guide return for lunch and leave to the airport. Fly Marrakech to Ourzazate arriving 6pm. Drivers to transfer you to Ait Ben Haddou where you will have a guided tour of this famous Unesco Site, before returning to your hotel for dinner.
Day 4 - After breakfast leave with drivers to Tamegroute, arrive at your hotel and meet your guides and horses. Introductory dinner at your hotel.
Day 5 - After breakfast ride to Tagonite down the Draa Valley, stopping for lunch on the way. In Tagonite we will stay in mud houses in palmeraie with our horses. Enjoy a hot shower and dinner.
Day 6 - After breakfast ride to Camp Adounia through the Sahara Desert, arrive enjoying the sunset where we will enjoy a delicious dinner and luxury en-suite camping. Relax around the fire in the evening and enjoy the local music and drumming.
Day 7 - Breakfast, rest, enjoy the dunes and some sandboarding. We will leave for an evening sunset ride in the stunning dunes of Erg Birtam.
Day 8 - After breakfast, ride to Mhamid (the last oasis town of the Moroccan Sahara) and its old Oasis visiting the women’s co-operative. After lunch explore the old oasis and ride through Mhamid desert to the Kasbah museum of Moulay Idriss, ride to the hotel Le Pasha and enjoy a shower and dinner at this pretty oasis hotel.
Day 9 - Breakfast at the hotel and then return to Marrakech with your desert drivers via Agdz and visit the Argan Association in the Atlas Mountains before returning to Riad Zamzam in Marrakech for dinner.
Day 10 - Breakfast and leave for the airport.