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Erg Chebbi

The dunes rise 150 metres out of flat hammada and run to the Algerian border. You leave the road at Merzouga, cross the last stretch by camel, and sleep under canvas with nothing between you and the sky.

Reached by: 23 itineraries
Region: Sahara & the gorges
On the signature: The Grand Traverse

Lantern-lit tents of a desert camp among the dunes of Erg Chebbi beneath the Milky Way — Placeholder photograph

Erg Chebbi, Morocco

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23 itineraries include Erg Chebbi

Including the signature — The Grand Traverse, twelve days at $4,800 per person, departing April 1 – April 12, 2027.

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Todra Gorge

Limestone walls three hundred metres high close to within ten paces of each other. A shallow river runs the canyon floor, and the light only reaches the bottom for an hour either side of noon.

Reached by: 20 itineraries

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The narrow floor of the Todra Gorge between sheer limestone walls, a lone walker for scale — Placeholder photograph

Todra Gorge, Morocco

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Dades Valley

Wind has eroded the rock above the valley into the fluted columns everyone calls the monkey fingers. Below them the floor is green with poplars and small irrigated plots, and red-earth kasbahs are built straight into the slope.

Reached by: 20 itineraries

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Eroded rock formations above the green floor of the Dades Valley with earthen kasbahs on the slope — Placeholder photograph

Dades Valley, Morocco

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Ziz Valley

An unbroken corridor of date palms follows the river between sheer red canyon walls — the old caravan road south, and still the only green thing for an hour in either direction.

Reached by: 20 itineraries

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A dense corridor of date palms following the Ziz river between red canyon walls — Placeholder photograph

Ziz Valley, Morocco