The time has come to meet your team at the airport for the long-awaited departure to Morocco. Upon arrival into Marrakech you will transfer to a hotel for dinner and safety briefing. (D)
Accommodation: Hotel
Today will be a very early start, you will take a mini bus transfer from Marrakech all the way to Mcissi, through the High Atlas mountains and into the Sahara Desert, enjoying the panoramic views of the Atlas and Saghro, a volcanic massif. The transfer will finish in Mcissi, a small village, and here you get to stretch your legs with a two hour walk to your first camp. (B,L,D)
Accommodation: Camping
A traditional Berber breakfast will provide the much-needed fuel for the toughest day of trekking. Prepare for a true desert experience as you face 7-8 hours of trekking on a desert plateau. You will come across a few nomadic buildings and agricultural terraces o route. After a well-earned break from the midday sun you will follow the flat plateau, and dry riverbed, to a camp near an Acacia and Tamarisk forest with some small dunes nearby. (B,L,D)
Accommodation: Camping
Today you will continue the challenge walking on the same dry riverbed towards Foum Lamharch. You will cross undulating sand dunes, and then after lunch trek through a desert plateau until you reach the Lamharch palm grove. (B.L.D)
Accommodation: Camping
Be prepared for another long and challenging day. The route cuts through a dramatic gorge, into two low flat bottomed valleys. From here it’s a spectacular climb over the multi-coloured sand covered rock of Jebel Zereg. On a clear day, you will experience spectacular panoramic views of the surrounding plains, dunes and mountains. In the afternoon, the beautiful orange dunes are replaced by the open expanse of the plateau, leaving our overnight camp exposed to the desert winds. (B,L,D)
Accommodation: Camping
NB: If you suffer from vertigo please note, on the ascent of Jebel Zereg, there are some slightly exposed drops on a very short section, but you will be supported through this section by your leaders
After breakfast we will head towards the Black Mountain on the left side of camp and be surrounded by dunes as we continue in the direction of Ras lkamouna. This route will take us to a beautiful view of the southern Sahara Desert, and we will stop for lunch in a stunning, wild area. From there, we will continue across a plateau, covering around 20 km to reach the camp. (B,L,D)
Accommodation: Camping
On the final day of challenge we will trek for around two hours to reach our support vehicles where we wave goodbye to the desert and rest those weary legs on the transfer to Ouarzazate. In the evening there will be a celebration dinner. (B,L,D)
Accommodation: Hotel
Expect to feel elated and emotional as you leave Ouarzazate and drive to the airport in Marrakech for your international flight back to London, arriving later the same day. (B)
BELIEVE >> ACHIEVE >> INSPIRE
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