4×4 in Merzouga Desert

A private three-hour 4×4 trip around the Erg Chebbi dunes that you can start at any time of day. We offer discounts for groups of more than two, such as families and friends.

What you will see

• Khamlia: a village famous for Gnawa music, a spiritual tradition its families brought from West Africa.
• The black desert: we drive across the stony desert towards the old Mifis mines.
• Nomads: stop for tea with a nomad family and learn how people live in the desert through sandstorms and summer heat.

We then return to the meeting point – about three hours in total.

About Erg Chebbi

Erg Chebbi is Morocco’s most famous sea of sand dunes, on the western edge of the Sahara close to the Algerian border. Its highest dunes rise about 150 m above the surrounding stony plain, and the erg stretches roughly 28 km from north to south. Merzouga, the village at its foot, is the starting point for camel treks and desert camps, while nearby Rissani stands beside the ruins of Sijilmassa, a great caravan city of the Middle Ages.