DESERT RUNNING CAMP 2024 PROGRAM
Running Camp program and Nordic Walking Experience
MERZOUGA 10/18 – 10/26/2025.
SUNDAY 10/19/2024
01.00 AM EXPECTED ARRIVAL IN MERZOUGA
08.00/09.00 BREAKFAST
09.30 AM “SGAMBATELLA” (optional) ABOUT 10/6 KM ON THE FIRST DUNES OF ERG EL CHEBBY.
11.30 am GENERAL BRIEFING AND DISTRIBUTION OF RACE PACKS
12.30 LUNCH IN THE STRUCTURE
2.30 PM PRESENTATION OF THE LOCATION AND SURROUNDINGS BY GIACOMO
16.00 VISIT MERZOUGA AND POSSIBLE SHOPPING OF VARIOUS PERSONAL (OPTIONAL)
18:30 YOGA AND SOUD HEALING
19.30 DINNER
MONDAY 10/20
07.00 BREAKFAST
8.30 am FIRST STAGE KM 20/10 “SOUTH OF ERG CHEBBY”
12.30 LUNCH IN THE STRUCTURE
15.30 / 17.30 VISIT OASIS OF MERZOUGA, THE LAKE OF DAYET SRIJ and THE ABANDONED MINING VILLAGE OF M’FIS (optional)
18:30 YOGA AND SOUD HEALING
19.30 DINNER
TUESDAY 10/21
07.00 BREAKFAST
08.00 SECOND STAGE KM 30/20 – “THE JEBEL ISK DUNE” THROUGH THE “SNEGUIE” ERG MIXED TERRAIN AND TRACKS – PATHS – SAND – OVERCOMING THE GREAT ISK DUNE. 12.30 PACKED LUNCH AT THE FOOT OF THE ISK.
ON THE RETURN, STOP AT THE GNAWA VILLAGE
OPTIONAL PAYMENT: DINNER AND OVERNIGHT STAY IN A TYPICAL BERBER TENT BIVOUAC.
18:30 YOGA AND SOUD HEALING AT THE BIVOUAC.
20.00 DINNER
WEDNESDAY 10/22
07.00 BREAKFAST
08.30 THIRD STAGE KM 20/10 – “”THE GREAT DUNES OF ERG EL CHEBBY” – SAND IN PART NEW STAGE.
12.30 PACKED LUNCH AT THE “OUBIRA” OASIS
2.00 PM RETURN TO THE HOTEL
16.00 ORIENTATION LESSON WITH COMPASS EDITED BY GIACOMO FERRI E.
18:30 YOGA AND SOUD HEALING
19.30 DINNER
THURSDAY 10/23
07.00 BREAKFAST
08.30 AM FOURTH STAGE KM 25/15 “STAGE OF THE SARRHO CANYONS”
12.30 LUNCH IN THE STRUCTURE
15.30 / 17.30 EXCURSION TO THE PREHISTORIC IGLOOS AND THE ROCK GRAFFITI OF TOUZ (optional)
18.00 OPTIONAL PAID EXCURSION ON THE “KASBAH-DUNE” DROMEDARIES (€ 30 for a fee).
18:30 YOGA AND SOUD HEALING
19.30 DINNER
FRIDAY 10/24
07.00 BREAKFAST
08.30 AM FIFTH STAGE – KM 20/10 – THE TRACKS TOWARDS “TISERDIMINE”
12.30 LUNCH IN THE STRUCTURE
3.30 PM TRANSFER BY CAR TO THE BERBER TENTED BIVOUAC WHERE YOU WILL SPEND THE NIGHT POSSIBILITY OF TRANSFER ALSO ON THE BACK OF A DROMEDARY, approx. 40 MINUTES (FOR PAYMENT)
6.00 PM YOGA AND SOUD HEALING ON THE DUNES OF ERG EL CHEBBY.
7.30 PM DINNER
SATURDAY 10/25
07.30 AM BREAKFAST
9.00 AM SIXTH AND FINAL STAGE – CROSSING THE ERG EL CHEBBY.
12.00 PM EXPECTED ARRIVAL AT THE HOTEL STRUCTURE
1.00 PM LUNCH IN THE STRUCTURE
2.30 PM DEPARTURE FOR ERRACHIDIA
4.00 PM EXPECTED ARRIVAL AT THE HOTEL LE RIAD – VISIT OF THE CITY (OPTIONAL)
7.30 PM DINNER
11.00 PM CLOSING 7th DESERT RUNNING CAMP
SUNDAY 10/26
04.00 BREAKFAST
04.30 AM TRANSFER TO ERRACHIDIA AIRPORT.
The program may vary at the unquestionable judgment of the organizing committee, in the times, distances and location of the stage/stage. The lunches, included in the registration fee, can be eaten in the hotel or can be packed according to the stage/stage location.