Erg Chebbi Dunes & Merzouga
Erg Chebbi Desert Merzouga Merzouga is renowned for its dunes, the highest in Morocco. The village is adjacent to the biggest erg in Morocco, erg Chebbi. Merzouga has become a major tourist attraction for this region of Morocco, allowing the development of a hotel industry, both locally and in the neighboring towns of Errachidia and Erfoud. Merzhouga is also known by students of France and Europe for more than a decade to be the starting point of the famous Student Raid, the Raid 4L Trophy which installs there every year its bivouac with its 1,200 cars. Activities offered to tourists are camel trekking, bivouac in the desert, quad biking, and, in the summer, arenotherapy (or sand bath) also called psammatotherapy. The balance of the Merzouga site is threatened by the anarchic construction of hotels, tourist overcrowding and the development of "motorsports" (quad). We forget the ecological impact of this hotel tourism by the overuse of water r