Désert et Sahara · 24 jours

24-Day Sahara Overland: Marrakech to Dakar via Laayoune's Forbidden Track

Marrakech → Zagora → Erg Chigaga → Ouarzazate → Aït Ben Haddou → Haut Atlas → Guelmim → Tan_tan → Tarfaya et lagune de Khnifiss → Laayoune → Dakhla

À propos de ce circuit

Small-group overland expedition (max 16) leaving Marrakech on 9 November 2026. It crosses the High Atlas, Erg Chigaga and the Draa estuary, takes a boat on the Naila lagoon, then from Laayoune makes a three-day off-road crossing of the Western Sahara interior with a Sahrawi nomad guide before Dakhla, Mauritania's Adrar and Senegal.

Points forts

  • 3-day off-road crossing from Laayoune with a nomad guide
  • Naila lagoon by boat
  • Erg Chigaga dunes
  • Dakhla's Rio de Oro
  • Chinguetti and Ouadane
  • Djoudj bird park
  • Gorée Island

Itinéraire

  1. Day 1 - Marrakech

    Arrive independently; airport taxi not included.

  2. Day 2 - High Atlas

    Off-road to Berber villages and gem diggers, over Tizi n'Tichka to Aït Ben Haddou and Ouarzazate.

  3. Day 3 - Draa Valley & rock art

    Palm groves and ancient engravings, lunch in Zagora, on to M'Hamid.

  4. Day 4 - Dunes, fossils & addax

    4x4 across Erg Chigaga, fossil hunting on Lake Iriqui, night in Foum Zguid.

  5. Day 5 - Oasis trail

    Mountains and large oases, with a walk through one.

  6. Day 6 - Caravan towns

    Assa's stone village and Guelmim's caravan past; night at Ksar Tafnidilt.

  7. Day 7 - Estuaries & desert

    Dunes to the Draa estuary, fishing camps, colonial ruins, a low-tide beach drive.

  8. Day 8 - Dunes & lagoons

    Coast road to the Naila lagoon by fishing boat, then Tarfaya and its airmail museum.

  9. Day 9 - The Forbidden Track – Laayoune

    Meet a Sahrawi nomad guide in Laayoune and start a 3-day off-road crossing; camp under the stars.

  10. Day 10 - The Forbidden Track

    Big dunes and caravan wells of the Reguibat nomads; second desert camp.

  11. Day 11 - Desert to ocean

    Last dunes and nomad camps, then out to the Atlantic coast.

  12. Day 12 - Rio de Oro – Dakhla

    Dakhla peninsula and the tidal Rio de Oro inlet, fishing harbour, oyster-farm lunch.

  13. Day 13 - To Mauritania

    Coastal cliffs past the Tropic of Cancer, border crossing at Guerguerat.

  14. Day 14 - Adrar dunes

    Off-track from Akjoujt with GPS and compass, Stone-Age tools, nomad camps.

  15. Day 15 - Adrar mountains

    Valleys, adobe villages and oases to Chinguetti.

  16. Day 16 - Chinguetti

    13th-century stone town, manuscript libraries, palm gardens.

  17. Day 17 - Ouadane

    Along a dry riverbed to the 12th-century oasis and Portuguese fort ruins.

  18. Day 18 - Green oasis

    Fort Saganne ruins, Agrour rock art, Atar market and the Terjit spring oasis.

  19. Day 19 - Nouakchott

    National Museum, West African lunch and the pirogue harbour.

  20. Day 20 - Djoudj National Park

    Into Senegal and a boat to the pelican colony.

  21. Day 21 - Saint-Louis

    Colonial island town by horse carriage.

  22. Day 22 - Beach drive

    Long drive on the sand to a big fishing village.

  23. Day 23 - Dakar

    Museum of Black Civilizations, the Plateau, ferry to Gorée at sunset.

  24. Day 24 - Gorée & departure

    Morning on Gorée, airport transfer.

Inclus

  • 4x4, minibus and boat transport
  • Hotels (4★ in cities) and 2 nights in a mobile desert camp
  • All meals from day 2 breakfast to last breakfast
  • Entrance fees to parks and sites
  • Expedition leader and local guides
  • One bottle of water per day
  • Airport transfers (except arrival day)

Non inclus

  • International flights
  • Visa fees
  • Compulsory travel insurance
  • Drinks
  • Tips
  • Personal expenses

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