Desert camel tours in Merzouga - Budget Morocco Tours

Overview: Quick light about Camel trekking in Merzouga

An insight into the life style of camel caravans that travelled on centuries-old routes, searching for cool oases, springs of water and salt and spices can provide you with acamel trekacross theMerzougaErg ChebbiSaharaDesert. The salt caravans marched all the way to Timbuktu from near Marrakech, and returned with gold , silver, cloth, spices and slaves. The travel was always dangerous and not many came back. Some of the older nomads will relate tales from the treks in the dunes to distant lands and back in their lives.

Merzouga: Brief history

Originally the field next to Rissani meets "Errachidia"Merzougais not a mountainous region or a marine region, it is a golden desert extension that shakes the minds of the spectator by thesandy dunes. The more impressive the photo is in the center of the eye, the green large dots. This involves a high oasis of palm trees and swampy vegetation where there are birds such asflamingos,ducks,falconry,etc. The area belongs geologically to a desert mass block called "erg chebbi," which renders the place incomparable by many unique geographical and ethnographic features. During history and geography the desert region has grown in importance. It was historically seen as a point of touch for the absence of borders between the Mediterranean coastal region and Africa.