You can travel the route of the Ziz river with btt, or walking.
For the route on foot we offer the full version or a quieter one.
Still we adapt to the capacity of each group.
ksar Tifikra – ksar Ifri
Day 1
Distance: 66Km – From ksar Tifikra to ksar Ifri
Land: fast track and riverbed
We came out of a height of 1475 m. on the level of the sea, to cross a plateau, following a tributary of the river, which at this point is dry or only with a stream of water. 13 km away. We find the Ziz, already with a constant flow.
We reach Er Rich, the main town in this area, a meeting point for nomads and neighboring villages. An important commercial area with a weekly and colorful weekly market (Mondays) to supply families for the rest of the week.
We continue along the plain, going through several villages where the basis of the economy is the cultivation of olive groves and the care of cows.
We reach the Hammat, thermal water station with sulfate and magnesium, gateway to the gorges, where we will cross the river by several points. Here we will begin to find date palm trees, which, due to the cold weather, do not bear fruit or too much.
We will take this place to make the picnic.
Gateway to the gorges, where we will cross the river by several points. Here we will begin to find date palm trees, which, due to the cold weather, do not bear fruit or too much.
We will sleep in a hostel in the gorges.
ksar Ifri – ksar Takhyamte
Day 2
Distance: 90 km – From ksar Ifri to ksar Takhyamte
Land: Riverbed, track and field paths (or road)
We will cross the gorges with vertical walls of 100 to 300 m, crossing villages that take advantage of the small space on the banks of the river to grow fruit trees and fields of user and cereals.
We will take the old road of Errachidia until we find ourselves at the head of the Al-Hassan Addakhil reservoir.
We arrive at the city and we will gradually enter Tafilalet’s oasis.
Here we will make a picnic.
Following the valley we will find traditional villages and we will travel through the fields and the leafy palm tree to Gite Tamlli, in the heart of Oasis.
ksar Takhyamte
Day 3
Distance: 47 km – circular route to Ksar Takhyamte
Land: country roads, hard track and road
Circular stage of rest and visits
We will visit the town of Aoufous, a traditional Amazigh village, like the whole valley.
We will walk through the palm grove, with olive trees and centenary palms, irrigation ditches and channels, stone oil mills and see the farmers working their fields.
We will climb to the plateau where we will see the hamlet of Draa (the largest stony desert in the world – from Morocco to Algeria and the Sahara) with the immensity of space.
We will visit the nomadic pastors, we will see their lifestyle, and we will do a picnic here.
We will continue to reach the head of the valley, where we will find the best views of the whole valley and we will go down the inner roads of the villages, where we will see the day to day people.
We will visit the ancient fortified villages (ksars), now many abandoned, built with mud.
ksar Takhyamte – Erg Chebbi
Day 4
Distance: 79 km – From ksar Takhyamte to Merzouga
Land: Hard track, secondary road, and sand track.
We will leave the palm grove and we will enter the desert landscape of the Hammada. We will see how the palm grove adapts to the lack of water, with more squalid and spaced palms and a more austere vegetation.
Here, the Ziz river again descends dry, due to the use made and the work of the reservoir
We will start to find small dunes that announce the next desert of sand (Erg).
We will continue along a secondary road until we reach the desert, where we will continue to follow it until we arrive at our hotel.
We will leave the btt to enter the desert with the dromedaries to live and spend the night there.
We will finish the route at a height of 725 m.
Erfoud & Rissani
Day 5
We will take to see the sunrise.
We will leave Vivac in the middle of the desert to go to breakfast at the hotel.
We will return to Rissani (old Sigilmassa of the caravan route) and we will visit the market.
We will visit the mausoleum Ali al-Sharif (founder of the Alauita dynasty).
We will use to eat a delicious “pizza bereber” called madfouna. We will see the old furnace where we cooked and wandered around the city and its ancient ksar.
We will arrive at Erfoud, where it is worth visiting the fossil factories and their process of polishing them
Return to the origin of the route or to an established place.
Rancho Aari
Day 1
Half board at Ranch Aari.
An ideal place to rest and to visit the fabulous gorges of the Ziz River.
It is a modern Amazigh ranch with touches of Moroccan decoration. We have 800 apple trees, 250 olive trees and a variety of fruit trees.
Er Rich
Day 2
Distance: 13Km – From Ranch Aari to bridge Ziz.
Land: country roads.
Hammat – ksar Ifri
Day 3
Distance: 12Km – From Hammat to Ksar Ifri.
Land: riverbed.
ksar Oulachakra – ksar Takhyamte
Day 4
Distance: 9Km – From ksar Oulachakra to ksar Takhyamte.
Land: oasis roads.
We leave in the direction of Ksar Oulachakra and cross the palm tree to Kasar Takhyamte.
We will sleep in Gitte Tamlli.
In the afternoon we will visit the nomads of the Hammada.
Erg Chebbi
Day 5
Distance: 11km – Entrance to the desert of sand.
Land: Track and sandy roads.
Rissani & Erfoud
Day 6
Day of tourism
Sunrise time: 5/6 h. (according to the station)
We will take to see the sunrise.
We will leave Vivac in the middle of the desert to go to breakfast at the hotel.
We will return to Rissani (old Sigilmassa of the caravan route) and we will visit the market.
We will visit the mausoleum Ali al-Sharif (founder of the Alauita dynasty).
We will use to eat a delicious “pizza bereber” called madfouna. We will see the old furnace where we cooked and wandered around the city and its ancient ksar.
We will arrive at Erfoud, where it is worth visiting the fossil factories and their process of polishing them
Return to the origin of the route or to an established place.
Rancho Aari
Day 1
Half board in Ranch Aari.
An ideal place to rest and to visit the fabulous gorges of the Ziz River.
It is a modern Amazigh ranch with touches of Moroccan decoration. We have 800 apple trees, 250 olive trees and a variety of fruit trees.
ksar Tiffikra – ksar Ifri
Day 2
Distance: 25Km – From Tiffikra to ksar Ifri.
Land: Roads of the plateau and riverbed.
From Tiffikra to the Tilisht bridge (13 km). The vehicle will pick us up and we will go to the Hammat. There we will walk through the gorges to the Ksar Ifri, where we will spend the night (12 km).
ksar Ifri – Ab-Hassan Addakhil
Day 3
We will leave the hostel until we reach the bridge.
We will take the car and go to Ksar Amaijouj where we will walk along the old road of Errachidia until we reach the Al-Hassan Addakhil Reservoir.
Meski – ksar Takhyamte
Day 4
Distance: 31Km – From Meski to ksar Takhyamte
Land: Oasis roads and track
In the morning we will climb to the top of the plateau to see the entire oasis.
We will go to Meski’s Source Bleue with the vehicle and walk to Ksar Takhyamte, where we will spend the night again.
We will sleep in Gitte Tamlli.
Erg Chebbi
Day 5
Distance: 11km – Erg Chebbi Désert.
Land: Dune roads
Rissani & Erfoud
Day 6
We will take to see the sunrise.
We will leave Vivac in the middle of the desert to go to breakfast at the hotel.
We will return to Rissani (old Sigilmassa of the caravan route) and we will visit the market.
We will visit the mausoleum Ali al-Sharif (founder of the Alauita dynasty).
We will use to eat a delicious “pizza bereber” called madfouna. We will see the old furnace where we cooked and wandered around the city and its ancient ksar.
We will arrive at Erfoud, where it is worth visiting the fossil factories and their process of polishing them
Return to the origin of the route or to an established place.