7TH EDITION

200 km in 5 stages

From 14 to 21 October 2023

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Ranking TZTM 2022

What is the TZT MERZOUGA ?

For this 7th edition, we propose you a 200km course in 5 stages, in Merzouga, with always a long stage planned during the week.

Our meeting point will be at the airport of Errachidia. We organize the transport to the Bivouac in Merzouga from the airport.

The detailed planning with the different stages will be communicated to you after you have registered.

The last stage will take place from the bivouac in Merzouga to the town of Arfoud, where all participants will be accommodated in a hotel for the last night.

Located in the south of Morocco, the region of Merzouga is famous all over the world for its incredible landscapes. With its ocher and sand landscapes, it is an ideal playground for runners of the extreme. The climate and the landscape are ideal for a sports competition.

We invite you to join us in the Sahara Desert on a 200km race covered in 5 stages..

The Bivouac

We have the chance to run in one of the most beautiful places in Morocco … Merzouga.

Our main bivouac, in the heart of the big sand dunes, has all the comfort of a luxury camp. Bed, toilet, shower, eating area and beautiful places where you can drink a mint tea after the stages or admire the stars in peace, feet in the sand.

Our second bivouac, where we will spend two nights, will be more basic to give you the real experience of camping in the desert.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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TZT Merzouga

Running between dunes and mountains, in the beautiful Moroccan desert.

“The organisation as well as the trail itself are at its best – I will certainly return the next year and I can only commend you to participate too.”

Van Depoel Rudi52 years - Belgium

“It was my first ultra trail in the desert and I do not regret. I advise it to any runner who wants to surpass himself in one of the most beautiful place of Morocco.”

Electeur Alexandre20 years - Belgium

“It was a so unique atmosphere in the Moroccan desert. I appreciated each stage, all different. And the stage to the school was a special day which make running a special meaning.”

Messina Véronique38 years - France

Merzouga, located in the province of Errachidia, in south-eastern Morocco

Merzouga is a small village, located in south-eastern Morocco, at the gates of the Sahara Desert and a few kilometers from the Algerian border.

This region of the desert is famous for its incredible dunes, the highest in the country, but also for the different sports competitions that take place there every year. Some of the best known are the Raid 4L Trophy, the Rallye Aicha des Gazelles and formerly the Rallye Paris-Dakar.

Meet the team

Bart Van de Water

Co-organizer

Founder of Run To Start
Member of XtrmTeamBelgium

Saïd Harrak

Co-organizer

Founder of Run To Start
Member of XtrmTeamBelgium

Pol de Saedeleer

Co-organizer

Founder of Run To Start
Member of XtrmTeamBelgium

Jan Orye

Co-organizer

Founder of Run To Start
Member of XtrmTeamBelgium

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