South from Agadir through the Anti-Atlas and Tata to the edge of the desert, then by 4x4 to a camp in the dunes of Erg Chegaga.
From Agadir, Erg Chegaga is the natural desert to go to. You head south through the foothills of the Anti-Atlas and the oasis of Tata to Foum Zguid or M'Hamid, the last villages before the dunes, and come at the Sahara from the west rather than by the usual road from Marrakech. The next morning a 4x4 takes you off the tarmac across open desert to Chegaga, where you ride a camel to a camp among the dunes. You return by the Draa Valley.
An early pick-up in Agadir at 6:30 am, then south into the foothills of the Anti-Atlas, a bare and very old range quite unlike the High Atlas. You pass the oasis town of Tata and continue to Foum Zguid or M'Hamid, the last villages before Erg Chegaga, for dinner and the night.
≈7 h · ≈400 km
After breakfast the tarmac ends and you change to the 4x4. The crossing runs over open desert, plains strewn with fossils and scattered acacia, and reaches the edge of Erg Chegaga around midday. A camel takes you into the dunes to the camp, where you watch the sunset and eat dinner by the fire in deep quiet.
3–4 h (4x4) · ≈70 km
Up before dawn for sunrise over the dunes, then breakfast at camp. The 4x4 takes you back across the desert to M'Hamid, and the drive continues north along the Draa Valley by Zagora and Ouarzazate to Agadir, arriving by 8:00 pm.
≈8 h · ≈450 km
Starts from: Agadir — your hotel or riad
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