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Trek the Sahara Desert
The Sahara desert stretches from the snow capped High Atlas mountains of Morocco in the west, to the Red Sea coast 4800km to the East.
Its landscape varies from a stony flat expanse to perfect wind blown sand dunes, broken only by the occasional oasis. The feeling of space and of solitude is awesome.
With proud Berbers as our guides and a small caravan of camels to carry our supplies we will trek 100km through this varied and stunning landscape.
ITINERARY
DAY 1: Fly Marrakech and transfer to Ouarzazate.
DAY 2: Onwards to Zagora, along the long Palmerie of the Draa with crumbling Kasbahs ditted among the palms.
DAY 3: Pass the cliffs of the southern Dra in the direction of the first Dunes of Ait Oumir.
DAY 4: The high dunes of l'erg Zaher, at night spend some time under the stars.
DAY 5: Climb to the summit of the Zaher dune to see the sun rise, head north to cross the river bed of the Dra.
DAY 6: Hamada du Dra on to Djebel Bani. Leaving L'oued El Attach (The river of thirst) camp at the dune of Bouguern.
DAY 7: Back through sand dunes and the rocky Hamada desert to the last oasis camp before Mhamid.
DAY 8: Visit to the world heritage site of Ait Ben Haddou, the ancient Kasbah which has been a backdrop for many films.
DAY 9: Marrakech and departure.
9 days (8 nights)
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Deposit: £299
Sponsorship level: £2,000 (^tbc)