Iriki National Park Trek
4 days 3 nights
This stay is ideal to combine nature and culture starting with a trek accessible to beginners and ending with a night in our guest house, near the nomads village. You will enjoy life in the open air for a real disconnect, with the warm welcome of nomads.
dromadaire pendant un trek dans le désert
traversée du lac iriki en trek
guide dans le désert et nomades au maroc
dromadaire pendant un trek dans le désert
PROGRAM
Day 1: Foum Zguid - Erg El Mhazil
Departure at 2 pm from Foum ZGuid. You climb in a 4x4 to take the gravel track and cross the vast plains of the Iriki National Park and the ancient dry lake of Iriki, which will lead you to the first dunes of the Sahara desert, those of Erg El Mhazil. You will be welcomed by the camel driver and the team who will have installed the bivouac in the middle of the dunes for the first night under the stars. There you can admire the sunset with a splendid panorama on top of the great dune, a moment of magic where time stands still.
Our cook will prepare a delicious meal and you will meet in the evening around the fire to play music and dance under the starry sky.
Day 2 : Erg El Mhazil – dunes
Start your day by admiring the sunrise to gorge yourself with all its energy, feel its first rays in the morning freshness.
After a good Moroccan breakfast, you will go for your first walk in the dunes. You will be accompanied by the camel caravan that carries food and equipment bivouac.
From dune to dune, you will reach the next camping site.
Our team will set up camp for the night.
You will dine around the fire, followed by a time in music, we will share with you the stories of the desert. You can sleep at your choice for small tents or under the stars in harmony with the desert.
Day 3: dunes - oasis Zaouait Sidi Abdenabi (guest house)
The next morning, you will take advantage of the early morning cool to get out of camp and walk towards our guest house. You will first exit the dunes then cross the flat terrain of the dry lake of Iriki and thus discover other desert landscapes (2h30 walk).
Arrived at the guest house, you can enjoy a good lunch and a rest in the shade of the inner courtyard or under an acacia. In the late afternoon we will go to visit the village of Zaouiat Sidi Abdenabi located a few hundred meters from the house. The nomadic village where we grew up and where you can discover agriculture and water management within the oasis, the vestiges of the past.
You will dine by the fire in front of the vast expanses of nature that surround our house. We will share a time together with music.
Enjoy a last night in dunes.
Day 4: Guest house - Foum Zguid
After breakfast, you will head back to Foum Zguid, cross the dry lake of Iriki in 4x4 for a late morning arrival at Foum Zguid.
EQUIPMENT:
comfortable walking shoes
sun protection
cap or chèche
gourd and backpack
sleeping bag
RATES:
310€ per person (minimum 2 people)
The price includes accommodation, guide, full board, 4x4 transport from Foum Zguid.
The fare does not include travel insurance, air tickets.
Possibility to add a transfer from your starting point. Price on request.