1-Day Quad Biking Adventure in Erg Chigaga Ride the Dunes

Start Your Quad Journey from Foum Zguid

Always wanted to wheel across the Sahara at full speed on a quad bike? Erg Chigaga is where you actually do that. Picture this: you, your quad, and nothing but raw sand as far as the eye can see in every direction. The dunes catch the sun. Seriously, you think you’ve driven straight into a Mad Max film—except without the mayhem. Out here, it’s wild and unspoiled, but that peace seeps in and catches you out. After you’ve battled your way along the sand, Berber hospitality awaits when you get back.

You start in Foum Zguid. It’s not exactly buzzing with nightlife, but it’s your springboard for this desert ride. The second you hit the ignition, everything else drops away. The scale of the place messes with your mind—in the best way. Dunes roll on forever, mountains blur on the horizon, and the entire landscape just gets into your bones. You can’t shake it off.

But tearing through the sand is just the beginning. You’ll roll into a real Berber camp, eat food that actually has flavor, and swap stories with the people who call this desert home. These folks live and breathe this place every day—no big deal. It kind of redefines what “tough” means.

Interested in sandboarding? Go for it. You will fall, you will laugh, you’ll get sand where it absolutely does not belong, and maybe even finish a half-decent run. Or, you can ride a camel and be a contemporary Lawrence of Arabia for a few seconds. When so bobbing in Foum Zguid and you have that “What now?” feeling. You’d better mount one of those four-wheelers, blaze a trail through the dunes, take in that vista (from on high), eat like a Berbe, and then get all covered in sand (during some sandboarding). You will be covered from head to toe, the sand will be in places you didn’t expect, and it will be with you long after you’ve gone.