After Marrakech, we took the long journey out to the Sahara desert. Having rented a car, we chose to head to the less popular area outside of M’hamid, called the dunes of Erg Chegaga. (Erg Chebbi dunes, near Merzouga, the more common tourist destination- as its closer and because of that more tours go there).
About a 10 hour drive, through some very…interesting…. roads, we were welcomed by 115 degree heat that initially prohibiting our desert entry because it was too hot for even the vehicles to be on the roads and sand. After a few hours of waiting in the blasting AC, we jumped in an old Toyota Land Rover- the desert vehicle choice in Morocco, and headed even further south in the the wild and vast desert. A few photos from our drive in…
