Merzouga wani karamin gari ne wanda ke kudu maso gabashin Morocco wanda ya zama wurin yawon bude ido albarkacin damar da yake da shi zuwa dunes na Sahara. Hanya ce ta samun dama ga wani wurin da babu mutane sosai kuma kusa da inda Sahara take hulɗa da Maroko. Don haka yana iya zama ɗayan waɗannan tafiye-tafiye waɗanda suka zama ƙwarewa sosai.
Bari mu ga yadda za ku iya isa zuwa wannan matsayi a Maroko, abubuwanda suke kusa da abinda zaka iya gani kuma kayi a yankin. Merzouga, duk da kasancewa karamin wuri, ya riga ya zama garin yawon bude ido da aka shirya don karɓar baƙi daga ko'ina cikin duniya.
Yadda ake zuwa Merzouga
La hanya mafi mahimmanci yayin zuwa Merzouga ta hanyar Marrakech, wanda shine ɗayan wuraren shakatawa kuma inda muke isowa ta jirgin sama. Dole ne a ce tafiya ta yi nisa, ba ta gaza awanni tara ba, don haka idan muna son ganin wannan wurin dole ne mu yi haƙuri sosai. Hakanan, akwai hanyoyi da yawa don zuwa Merzouga. Ofayan su shine tafiya ta bas, wanda yake da arha amma zai iya zama tafiya mai matuƙar wahala da ban sha'awa saboda da wuya akwai tasha. Wata hanyar kuma ita ce yin hayar mota a tashar jirgin saman Marrakech don mayar da ita a kan hanyar dawowa, tun da filin ajiye motoci kusa da wurare irin su dandalin Jamaa el Fna yana da matukar wahala. Wannan zaɓin ya fi tsada amma a dawo yana bamu 'yanci idan muka riƙe GPS da kyau. Babu shakka shine mafi kyawun zaɓi don kasada. A gefe guda kuma, muna da zaɓi na tafiya zagaye-zagaye, inda za mu iya tsayawa a hankali a wasu wurare kamar Ourzazate ko mu more dare a cikin wani sansanin buɗe ido. Kodayake babu shakka wannan zai zama zaɓi mafi tsada, amma kuma mafi dacewa.
Balaguro zuwa Merzouga
Idan kun zaɓi zaɓar balaguron jagora, zaku sami damar jin daɗin wasu wurare masu ban sha'awa na tsawon kwanaki. Yawon shakatawa na yau da kullun zai ɗauki mu kimanin kwanaki uku don zuwa da dawowa, tsayawa a mahimman wurare. Ofaya daga cikin farkon tsayawa zai kasance a babban birni mai kagara ko ksar a cikin Maroko, Ait Ben Haddou. An yi fina-finai kamar 'Mulkin Sama' a nan. Garin katanga yana da banbanci sosai, tare da gidaje adobe waɗanda suka rage bushewa da rana. Yana da nisan kilomita 190 daga Marrakech. A yau wuri ne da aka ayyana a matsayin Gidan Tarihi na Duniya kuma yana zaune ne daga yawon bude ido, kodayake yawancin mazaunanta sun ƙaura zuwa sabon garin da ke wancan gefen kogin.
A cikin ziyarci Merzouga kuma zamu iya tsayawa a Ouarzazate. Birni ne mai kyau don gani da kuma kyakkyawar tasha kafin shiga cikin Atlas da Merzouga. A wannan wurin muna iya ganin Kasbah na Taourirt, Filin Al Mouahidine ko kuma ɗakunan binciken Atlas inda ake yin fim kamar 'The Jewel of the Nile' ko 'Gladiator'. A tafiya zuwa Merzouga zamu ci gaba ta hanyar Dades Valley da Todra Gorges, tare da shimfidar wurare masu ban sha'awa.
Erg chebbi
Kodayake Merzouga gari ne da waɗanda suka ziyarci wannan hamada a Maroko yawanci suke sauka, gaskiyar ita ce abin da muke son gani shi ne Erg Chebbi. Wani erg shine kalmar da ke nuna hamada da dunes yashi ya kafa kuma wannan shine mafi mahimmanci a duk ƙasar Morocco. A cikin wannan za mu iya jin daɗin sama da dukkanin shimfidar wurare masu ban sha'awa waɗanda waɗannan kilomita talatin na dunes suka ba mu.
Ayyukan da za a iya yi a cikin wannan jejin suna da yawa kuma sun bambanta, kowane ɗayan yana da daɗi. Tafiya cikin dunes yana da mahimmanci, amma ba za'a iya yinsa da ƙafa kawai ba, tunda haɓakarsa yana da girma ƙwarai. Hakanan an shirya balaguro a cikin 4 × 4 ko yan hudu. Amma ɗayan mafi kyawun ƙwarewa shine babu shakka hawa dromedary don tafiya akan waɗannan dunes.
Abinda ake kira sandboarding na iya zama babban nishaɗi. Game da amfani da tebur ne wanda tabbas zasu iya samar maka a cikin kamfanoni, don kewaya dunes. Ba tare da wata shakka ba babban nishaɗi ne idan muka tafi tare da yara. Amma kuma wuri ne mai kyau don neman dabbobi, tunda akwai yiwuwar ma akwai dawakai a yankin.
A ƙarshe, wani mafi kyawun ayyukan da zamu yi a Erg Chebbi ko a Merzouga babu shakka don more duhun dare. Muna nufin gaskiyar cewa a wurare irin wannan, inda babu wata ƙazantar haske, zamu iya jin daɗin sararin samaniya wanda zai bamu mamaki kwata-kwata. A cikin wurin sun kuma shirya don kwana a cikin hamada don ƙwarewarmu ta zama ta musamman kuma muna kiyaye ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya ta musamman a wannan wurin.