Camel trekking to Erg Chegaga + return to by jeep
- Price: from €380 per person
- Start: Desert Camp Chraika
- Begins: 10 am on Day 1
- Ends: 11 am on Day 4
Highlights of a 3-day camel trekking to Erg Chegaga, Morocco
- Experience night camping in the desert
- Enjoy a 60-kilometre, 3-day camel trekking and an off-road adventure on the way back
- Ride a camel & walk in the remote desert landscapes
- Drink tea with nomad family
- Try Saharan bread freshly baked in hot sand
- Enjoy the taste of tajines and other traditional nomadic meals
- Live a life of a nomad for these 3 days in the desert
3-day Camel Trekking to Erg Chegaga Itinerary
Day 1 to 3
For three days of this camel trekking adventure, our guides will lead you through stunning desert landscapes— ergs, regs, hamadas, oases, dry riverbeds, and wells. You will trek about 55 km, spread over three days. Each afternoon, you will stop for lunch under the deep shade of ancient tamarisk or palm trees.
Spend two nights in tents, fully immersed in the desert’s culture. Your guides will cook meals over the fire and even bake bread in hot sand when needed. You can help gather firewood or find the camels before nightfall—experience life as a nomad. In Erg Chegaga, you can either camp in the wild or stay in a comfortable permanent camp with hot showers and bathrooms.
Day 4
On the closing day of this camel trek adventure, you will begin your return journey. A 4×4 vehicle will take you straight back to our base camp – Desert Camp Chraika. You should arrive by noon at the latest.
3-day camel trekking includes:
- Three nights camping in the desert with all gear needed
- 3 wholesome meals a day
- Water, hot and cold beverages, snacks (fruits, cookies)
- Transport by a 4×4 vehicle from Erg Chegaga to Desert Camp Chraika (around 60 k off-road driving) on day 4
- Camel rides
- Good company of our desert guide, a driver and a cook
How to get ready for camel trekking in the desert
Here is the list of things useful while wild camping in the desert:
- A refillable bottle for water
- Long-sleeved and long-legged, comfortable clothes
- A long scarf or a turban
- Sandals or light trekking shoes
- Sunscreen, lip balm, sunglasses
- A travel towel
- Power bank
- Headlight
You may sort things out and leave the remaining luggage at our camp. It can be safely kept there until your return from the trip.
All supplies like water, beverages and food will be provided, as well as all camping gear: tents, mattresses, toilet paper and blankets.
Best months for desert tours in Morocco are October, November, March and April, when you can expect mild temperatures – around 25-30°C in the daytime, and 10-15°C at night.
February and December are a bit cooler, but with good preparation also very good for a desert trip.
On the other hand, May and September are good for those enjoying temperatures above 35°C, allowing the sand hammam rituals in the daytime and sleeping under open sky at night.
Traditional desert cuisine is very simple, yet wholesome and diverse. Exemplary dishes served on a desert tour are: harira soup, tajines made on fire, bread baked in hot sand, lentils in tomatoes, beans, various salads with both cooked and raw vegetables, “Berber omelette”. Also, refreshing and energising Moroccan mint tea is an every day treat on a desert tour.
You should be ready to sleep in a tent, on a 4-cm thin mattress, as well as to eat meals while sitting on a cushion. The plan of the jeep tour is relaxed and you can adjust the daily amount of walking to your preferences. Some areas is an uneven terrain, so be ready for this, too.
You must also be ready to use the “wild bathroom” in the dunes.
Yes, of course! From our experience, children enjoy being in the desert. Running in its vast spaces, playing with the sand, learning how to make fire, collecting the wood – all these activities are not only playful, but also educational.
From the age of 5, kids are usually ready for this kind of adventure.
It is good that you have your own sleeping bag with you, but it is not necessary – we provide blankets.
In order to meet your physiological needs during camping wild in the desert you must be ready to return to the roots and use a wild bathroom, i.e. find a secluded place. Since usually there is nobody in the radius of kilometres, it should be quite easy.
To keep the desert clean, put the toilet paper in a dug whole, and cover thoroughly with sand. The paper can be also burned. Remember not to put any sanitary products other toilet paper into the sand.
The proper toilet paper which is easily dissolved, is provided during the tour.
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