Desert Trips Marrakech

23/04/2022

PROGRAM DETAILS :
TOUR 3 DAYS TO DISCOVER THE MOROCCO DESERT
DAY 1 : MARRAKECH · OUARZAZATE · DADES VALLEY
We will cross the Tizi n'Tichka (2.260 m.), in the High Atlas mountains, where you can enjoy beautiful landscapes and berber villages along the road to Ouarzazate, gateway to the Sahara Desert. The next destination is Ait Ben Haddou, World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1987. Many famous films have been performed on this place, like "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Jesus of Nazareth". Finally we will go to Ouarzazate and the Dades Valley, where we will spend the first night in a Kasbah hotel.

DAY 2 : DADES VALLEY · TODRA GORGES · MERZOUGA
After breakfast, we will arrive to the Todra Gorges through the mountains and cedars forests of the Middle Atlas. At midday we will eat lunch in Tinghir. In the afternoon, we will descend to Erfoud across the Ziz Valley, dotted with palm trees. When we will arrive to Merzouga, where you will do the camel excursion and night in the Sahara Desert.

DAY 3 : MERZOUGA · OUARZAZATE · MARRAKECH
After spending the night in the Sahara Desert, we will go to Rissani and Erfoud to visit the factory of fossilized marble before continuing to the Palm Grove of Touroug and Tinjdad. In the afternoon, we will cross the Dades Gorges to Tizi n'Tichka, ending our tour in Marrakech.

TOUR INCLUDES :
TOUR 3 DAYS TO DISCOVER THE MOROCCO DESERT
4X4 TOUR WITH AIR CONDITIONING AND FUEL INCLUDED
DRIVER AND ENGLISH SPEAKING GUIDE
TRANSFERS TO HOTEL OR AIRPORT
HOTELS IN HALF PENSION (BREAKFAST AND DINNER)
CAMEL EXCURSION BY THE SAHARA DESERT
BOOKING AND TERMS OF PAYMENT :
TOUR 3 DAYS TO DISCOVER THE MOROCCO DESERT
After confirming your travel to Morocco with us (route, hotels and price), to formalize the booking we request a deposit of only 10% of the total price of the travel by transfer or deposit in our bank. The rest is paid in cash (euros) in Morocco.

31/05/2019

Día 1: Marrakech



Lo recogeremos en el aeropuerto para ir al hotel en Marrakech. Puede visitar la ciudad durante el día antes de la cena en el hotel.





Día 2: Visita guiada en Marrakech



Marrakech, la ciudad roja de Marruecos, también conocida como la Perla del Sur, tiene muchos monumentos Patrimonio de la Humanidad. Nuestro guía lo encontrará en su hotel o riad y lo llevará a los lugares de interés histórico y cultural más importantes. Por la mañana, visitaremos las tumbas saadíes, los palacios Bahia y Badi y la madraza Ben Youssef. Por la tarde, caminaremos por los jardines Majorelle, los jardines Menara y la mezquita Koutoubia. Al final de la excursión lo llevaremos de regreso al hotel.





Día 3: Marrakech · Ait Ben Haddou · Ouarzazate



Cruzaremos el Tizin’Tichka (2.260 m.), En las montañas del Alto Atlas, donde podrá disfrutar de hermosos paisajes y pueblos bereberes a lo largo de la carretera a Ouarzazate, puerta de entrada al desierto. El siguiente destino es Ait Ben Haddou, Patrimonio de la Humanidad declarado por la UNESCO en 1987. Muchas películas famosas se han realizado en este lugar, como “Lawrence de Arabia” y “Jesus of Nazareth”. Finalmente iremos a Ouarzazate, donde pasaremos la primera noche en un hotel Kasbah.





Día 4: Ouarzazate · Agdz · Valle del Draa · Gargantas de Mharech (ruta del Rally Dakar)



Después del desayuno, visitaremos la KasbahTaourirt en Ouarzazate. Al entrar en el valle del Draa, se pueden ver diferentes pueblos bereberes como Agdz. Después de dejar atrás los pueblos de Nkob, Tazzarine y Alnif, tomaremos una pista hacia las gargantas de Mharech. Muchas de estas secciones se utilizanban en el famoso Rally Dakar. Terminaremos el día durmiendo en un riad en medio de la nada.





Día 5: Gargantas de Mharech · Oasis de Ramlia · Dunas de Ouzina · Merzouga



Continuando por la pista del Rally Dakar, cruzaremos ríos secos para llegar al Oasis Ramlia y las Dunas de Ouzina. Luego visitaremos el famoso pueblo de Khamlia y el desierto, con las dunas más altas y bellas de Marruecos. Terminaremos el día cenando en el hotel en Merzouga.





Día 6: Merzouga · Excursión en camello y noche en el desierto



Durante esta etapa cruzaremos otras pistas utilizadas por el Rally Dakar. Visitaremos a los nómadas del desierto y veremos el oasis donde se han filmado películas como “Sahara” con Penélope Cruz. Al terminar el día, harás la excursión en camello y pasarásla noche en el desierto.





Día 7: Merzouga · Rissani · Gargantas de Todra · Valle delDades



Después de pasar la noche en el desierto, iremos a Rissani y Erfoud para visitar la fábrica de mármol fosilizado antes de continuar hacia el Palmeral de Tafilalet. Cruzaremos las Gargantas de Todra antes de llegar al Valle delDades, donde pasaremos la noche.





Día 8: Valle delDades · Valle de Las Rosas · Ouarzazate · Marrakech



En este último día de recorrido, cruzaremos la Ruta de las Mil Kasbas a través del hermoso Valle de Las Rosas hasta Ouarzazate. Continuaremos a Marrakech cruzando las montañas del Alto Atlas y el pico Tizin’Tichka. Almorzaremos por el camino y llegaremos por la tarde.

31/05/2019

Día 1: Aeropuerto de Marrakech



Reunión en el aeropuerto a la llegada del vuelo. Traslado al riad. Actividades de acuerdo a la hora de llegada.





Día 2: Marrakech



Después de desayunar en el riad, este día continuará descubriendo los encantos de Marrakech y sus monumentos históricos, los jardines Majorell y Menara, la mezquita Koutoubia, las tumbas Saadíes, el museo, el palacio Bahia y la plaza Jemma El Fna. . Visita guiada privada.





Día 3: Marrakech – Playa de Essaouira



Después del desayuno, salida hacia Essaouira, día para disfrutar de la medina llena de artesanos de esta ciudad costera, sus murallas y playas portuguesas.





Día 4: Essaouira – El Jadida- Casablanca



Desayuno en el hotel. Continuaremos nuestro viaje a lo largo de la costa, junto a la playa para llegar a Al Jadida, visitaremos el viejo tanque de agua portugués y luego terminaremos el día en Casablanca.





Día 5: Casablanca-Rabat- Fes- Meknes



Visita a la mezquita Hassan II, una de las mezquitas más grandes del mundo islámico. Continuamos a Rabat, capital de Marruecos. En esta ciudad se puede visitar la torre de Hassan, el palacio real, la kasbahOuadyas. Luego continuamos a Meknesotra joya de las ciudades imperiales. Finalmente terminamos nuestro día de viaje en Fez.





Día 6: Fez



Visita guiada privada para descubrir la capital cultural de Marruecos. Visitará las puertas del palacio real, medersas (escuelas coránicas): Chahrij, BouinaniaAttarin, zocos, Fes El Jadid, la mezquita Karaouine es la primera universidad del mundo. También verá la plaza de los curtidores.





Día 7: Fez a Merzouga desiertoViaMidalt



Saldremos a Midelt por Ifrane ciudad conocida como la Suiza marroquí. Cruzaremos bosques de cedros donde podemos ver a los monos del Atlas que viven libremente en el bosque. Continuaremos a través de las montañas del Medio Atlas. Pasaremos por las gargantas de Ziz que nos llevan al valle del mismo nombre, y por una palmera que nos llevará hasta la ciudad de Erfoud, famosa por ser la capital de los fósiles. Llegada a las dunas de Merzouga donde nos estarán esperando con un té de bienvenida al desierto.





Día 8: Merzouga Erg Chebbi Tour



Hoy conocen el desierto en rutas por Erg Chebbi en 4 × 4 pasando más cerca de las aldeas cercanas a las dunas, los nómadas que acampan en la zona, manadas de camellos, canteras de fósiles, oasis… antes del atardecer os estarán esperando para ir en camellos para pasar la noche en medio de las dunas bajo una tienda nómada.





Día 9: Merzouga –TodraGorge- Valle de Dades- Ouarzazate



Nos levantaremos temprano para ver el amanecer desde las dunas y luego iremos de vuelta en los camellos al hotel donde les estará esperando un desayuno completo. Después Continuamos a través de Rissani (podemos detenernos un poco para visitar su tradicional zoco que se considera el más grande en todo el sur de Marruecos). Más tarde llegaremos a las gargantas de Todra, donde podemos hacer un paseo antes de continuar hasta el valle del Dades, la palmera de Skourapara llegar al hotel en Ouarzazate.





Día 10: Ouarzazate – Ait Ben Haddou – Marrakech



Después del desayuno, nos dirigimos a la kasbah de Ait Ben Haddou donde se han filmado muchas películas como la Momia, el Sahara, el Reino de los cielos, Gladiador y Cleopatra. Luego continuamos hacia Marrakech por las altas montañas del Gran Atlas, cruzando el tizin’tichka, observando los pueblos bereberes de las montañas y el paisaje.





Día 11: Marrakech City Tour



Último día será de compras, en la ciudad, visitas a tu gusto.





Día 12: Traslado al aeropuerto de Marrakech



Traslado al aeropuerto, fin de nuestros servicios.

31/05/2019

Medina Fez el-Bali – Madrasa Attarine – Fuente de Ennajarine – Mausoleo de Moulay Idriss



Fez, la ciudad imperial más antigua de Marruecos, es considerada el centro religioso y cultural del país. Nuestro guía lo encontrará en su hotel o riad y lo llevará a los lugares de interés histórico y cultural más importantes. Por la mañana, visitaremos la medina Fez el-Bali, uno de los sitios medievales más grandes del mundo, declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad. También veremos Madrasa Attarine , Fuente de Ennajarine, Mausoleo Moulay Idriss y la mezquita Karawiyin. Por la tarde, conocerá la Fez Jdid Medina, la nueva zona de la ciudad. Al final de la excursión lo llevaremos de regreso al hotel.

30/05/2019

30/05/2019

Day 1: Marrakech · Ouarzazate
We will cross the Tizi n’Tichka (2.260 m.), in the High Atlas mountains, where you can enjoy beautiful landscapes and berber villages along the road to Ouarzazate, gateway to the desert. We will stop along the way to visit the village of Telouet and the Kasbah. Lunch and then continue through an old track to our next stop. The next destination is Ait Ben Haddou, World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1987. Many famous films have been performed on this place, like “Lawrence of Arabia” and “Jesus of Nazareth”. Finally we will go to Ouarzazate, where we will spend the first night in a Kasbah hotel.

Day 2: Ouarzazate · Dades Valley (Thousand Kasbahs Route) · Roses Valley
We will leave of Ouarzazate to Skoura, where we will visit the Amridil Kasbah, a powerful fortified building, impressive for size and decor. We will continue crossing the Dades Valley by the Thousand Kasbahs Route, to arrive to Kalaat M’Gouna, where we will eat lunch. Here is the Roses Valley. The harvests are abundant from late April to June. You are going to discover this beautiful area visiting Bou Tharar through the valley to Tourbiste. After watching the sunset, we will return to Kalaat M’Gouna for dinner.

Day 3: Roses Valley · Dades Gorges · Draa Valley · Zagora
We will go to Boumalne Dades for arrive to Dades Gorges. We will ascend the cliffs to the village of Ikniouen and take a track (56 km.) through Jebel Saghro. We will arrive at lunchtime to Nkob. After lunch, we will go to Zagora, but this time this is an asphalted road along part of the Draa River, borned in the Atlas mountains. You will discover the Draa Valley, with groves and beautiful villages. We will finish the day dinning in the Zagora hotel, whose emblem of the city is the famous sign “Tombouctou 52 days”.

Day 4: Zagora · Tamegroute · Chegaga Desert (camping in the dunes)
In the morning we will go to Tamegroute, famous for the whole of the Zaouia Naciria, composed of the Mosque, the Library, the Madrasa and the Mausoleum. We will continue to Mhamid, where start the Chegaga Desert. The frontier with Argelia is only to 40 kilometers. Here we will stop for eat lunch. In the afternoon we will take a track (60 km.), for arrive to the dunes of the Chegaga Desert. These dunes are simply breathtaking. We will witness the beautiful sunset. We will eat dinner and camp overnight in a typical berber camp.

Day 5: Chegaga Desert · Iriki Lake · Ouarzazate
After spending the night in the Chegaga Desert, we take a track that leads to the Iriki Lake. This is a dry lake most of the time, surrounded by dunes. The scenery is absolutely fantastic. We will arrive to Foum Zguid for lunchtime. We will continue the tour by road across Tazenakht, which is an important center of carpet weaving. We will arrive to Ouarzazate for dinner in the hotel.

Day 6: Ouarzazate · Marrakech
We will go to Marrakech crossing the High Atlas mountains and the Tizi n’Tichka peak. We will eat lunch along the way and arrive in the afternoon.

30/05/2019

Day 1: Fez – Ifrane –Azrou forest – Midelt – Ziz Valley – Erfoud – Rissani – Merzouga
Pick-up from your Hotel or Riad in Fes driving southwards to Ifrane and Azrou forest through the Middle Atlas Mountains. Stop at cedar forest just to have a so short walk and see the monkeys. After, we continue our route via Tizi Ntalghamt after going through the city of Apples Midelt, then we arrive to Errachidia, and we continue our journey through the Ziz valley passing through Erfoud, Rissani and finally getting to Merzouga. After a glass of “Berber whiskey”: mint tea, we say a temporary goodbye to the hotel and getting prepared to ride camels to immerse in nomadic lifestyle in the desert. Camel trekking takes about 1hr 30 min from the hotel to the berber camp where we will spend over night, sleep in tents. After dinner we gather around fire enjoying the desert night atmosphere and entertain ourselves with berber instruments playing desert style music. For calm and nature lovers they can go for a walk on dunes.

Day 2: Merzouga – Khamlia “ Gnaoua”- Oasis Merzouga
Wake up early dawn to see the beauty of sunrise in the desert. Subsequently, you take camels back to the hotel. After having breakfast and shower, you have free day around, you will have a unique opportunity to visit Gnaoua village “ black people” originated and derived from Mali, Niger, Burkinafasso. They will entertain you with their authentic instruments. After spending a worthwile moment with Gnaoua, we will go to see the life of nomads in the desert. Afterwards, we go to have lunch and then to see the oasis before to go back to your hotel.

Merzouga – Todra Gorge – Dades Valley
After breakfast in hotel, we collect our luggage and getting ready to say goodbye to Merzouga driving towards Todra Gorges to discover the magic streams running permanently with water. Visit Todra gorges, then continue our way to Dades Valley enjoying the nature landscape of gorges. Spend Over night in hotel .

Day 4: Dades Valley – Ouarzazate – Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah – High Atlas mountain – Marrakech
Breakfast at the hotel, we will drive through Dades Valley heading to Kelaat M’gouna and Ouarzazate. Within our route towards Kelaat M’gouna we will see a lot of Kasbahs which were historically used as the houses of valuable, famous families in the ancient times. After the Roses Valley, we pass through Skoura village, continuing to Ouarzazat “the Hollywood of Africa” where we will visit Cinema Studio. We keep going till reaching the famous Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah which is the largest Kasbah in Morocco. We take lunch there. After visiting this UNESCO matrimonial historical monument, we continue our trip via the charming pass of Tizi N Tichka (2260 m) over the High Atlas Mountains. During the pass we will enjoy panoramic views of the landscape seeing farmers working in their farms and we will also see them herding their animals. Additionally, we will have chance to visit argan, olive oil cooperatives. Then continue our journey to Marrakech.

29/05/2019

16 Days Morocco tours

Day 1 : Casablanca – Rabat – Meknes
We will collect you from your hotel to visit the Hassan II Mosque before departing to Rabat. In Rabat you can visit the Mechouar of the Royal Palace, the ruins of Chellah, the Mohammed V Mausoleum and the Hassan Tower. After lunch we will depart to Meknes to arrive early evening.

Day 2 : Meknes – Volubilis – Chefchaouen
After breakfast we will depart Meknes to visit the holy city of Moulay Idriss and the Roman ruins of Volubilis. We will drive through the rural areas where we will see the hills full of olive and fruit trees. We will stop for lunch at a local restaurant in Ouezanne before continuing through the Rif mountains to ‘blue city’ of Chefchouen.

Day 3 : Chefchaouen
You will have a free day to explore Chefchouen. We will go to visit the gardens of the Kasbah and their small museum that a modest collection of old arms as well as instruments, textiles and some historical photos of the city lodges; also there is a gallery of art within the walls. We explore the Medina to see the amazing array of shops or take a walk one of the many walking tracks that depart from the village.

Day 4 : Chefchaouen To Fes
You will have the morning to relax. We will make an early afternoon departure to Fes.
Day 5 : Fes City Tour
You will have a guided tour to discover the medina and the famous Souks of Fes – its narrow cobbled streets are filled with ancient mosques and towering green-glazed minarets.. You will visit the most beautiful palaces and monuments of Fes. The tour will include a visit to the tannery and the ceramics cooperative to see the traditional moroccan crafts.

Day 6 : Fes – Ilfrane – Azrou – Midelt – Merzouga Desert
After breakfast we will depart for Merzouga through the Middle Atlas region. We will drive through Ifrane, the ‘Switzerland’ of Morocco and the cedar forests of Azrou where we can stop to hand feed the monkeys. We will continue to Midelt where we will have lunch. We will then follow the Ziz River through the valley and stop to see the Ziz Gorges on our way to Merzouga.

Day 7 : Merzouga – Khamlia – Erg Chebbi Tour
Today we will explore the desert region and the marvel that is the Erg Chebbi desert dunes. We will make a circuit of the desert dunes where you will have the opportunity to see the the nomad’s way of life and the amazing changing contrasts of the desert. We will visit the ‘black village’ of Khamlia to see the Gnawa musicians. We will have a traditional Berber pizza for lunch. In the afternoon we will ride the camels to see the sunset over the dunes and spend the night in the desert camp. We will have a traditional tagine dinner, drink delicious mint tea, listen to traditional berber music while watching the stars and the rising moon in the amazing desert.

Day 8 : Merzouga – Todra Gorges – Dades Gorges
We will wake up early to see the spectacular sunrise over the dunes before making our way back to the hotel for breakfast and a shower. We will cross the palm lined valleys of Tourog and Tinjdad to arrive to Todra Gorge. We will take a walk in the Todra Gorges and have lunch in a local restaurant before continuing to our accommodation in the Dades Gorge.

Day 9 : Dades Gorge – El Kelaa Magona – Skoura – Ouarzazate
After breakfast we will take a walk in the gorge and then take the off road track to see the nomad caves. We will continue via El Kelaa Magona, Valley of the Roses and the Skoura oasis to arrive early evening in Ouarzazate.

Day 10 : Ouarzazate Guided Tour
You will have the day at leisure for shopping or sightseeing. You can visit the Taourirt Kasbah and the “Hollywood of Morocco”, the Atlas film studios.
Day 11 : Ouarzazate – Ait Ben Haddou – Telouet – Marrakech
After breakfast we will depart to Ait Benhaddou and visit the World Heritage Site. We will continue with a visit to the traditional High Atlas Berber village of Telouet and the Kasbah el Glaoui. We will have lunch in a local restaurant in Telouet before descending the Tizi-n-Tichka to Marrakech.

Day 12 : Marrakech Visit Medina
You will have a guided tour to discover the multiple facets of Marrakech with a stroll in the labyrinth of the narrow streets of the Medina amongst its famous Souks and a visit to the most beautiful palaces and monuments of Marrakech.

Day 13 : Marrakech Excursion
You will have the day to explore Marrakech or you can take an optional day tour to Cascade d’Ouzoud.

Day 14 : Marrakech To Essaouira
We will spend the morning at leisure for shopping or relaxing in Marrakech before departing at your convenience to Essaouira.

Day 15 : Essaouira Beach
Enjoy your day wandering the old fortified fishing port of Essaouira on the atlantic coast. See the amazing mixture of Portuguese and Berber architecture. Explore the colourful souks, art galleries, the carpentry workshops devoted to cedar and Thuya wood carving and the fortified harbour with it’s stalls of freshly caught seafood.

Day 16 : Essaouira – Marrakech
We will spend the morning at leisure for shopping or relaxing in Essaouira before leaving early afternoon to arrive in Marrakech by 4pm (or if you have a departing flight or want to spend time we can leave Marrakech at your convenience).

06/05/2019

Día 1: Marrakech · Tizin’Test · Tarudant
Comenzaremos este recorrido con la visita a Taroudant. Para ello, cruzaremos la aldea bereber de Asni, el Valle de Ouirgane, el Alto Atlas y el pico Tizin’Test (2.100 m.). Visitaremos la ciudad a su llegada. Con las paredes y los zocos, se le conoce como la pequeña Marrakech. Terminaremos el día cenando en el hotel en la ciudad de Taroudant.


Día 2: Taroudant · Ighrem · Valle de Tazagzaoute · Tafraoute

Después del desayuno, nos dirigiremos a Ighrem y al Anti Atlas para descubrir pueblos bereberes y el Valle de la Almendra. Luego tomaremos una pista a través del valle de Tazagzaoute, lleno de palmeras. Llegaremos a Tafraoute al final de la tarde, cenaremos y dormiremos en el hotel.


Día 3: Tafraoute · AitMansour · Tafraoute

Excursión de un día para explorar los alrededores de Tafraoute y el Valle de AitMansour. Llegaremos a Tafraoute al final de la tarde, donde cenaremos y dormiremos en el hotel.


Día 4: Tafraoute · Tiznit · Agadir · Essaouira

Saldremos temprano a Tiznit para llegar pronto a Agadir a lo largo de la Costa Atlántica. Luego seguimos a Essaouira a través del valle de Tamanart. Terminaremos el día cenando en el hotel en la ciudad de Essaouira.


Día 5: Essaouira · Marrakech

Por la mañana visitaremos la ciudad de Essaouira. Por la tarde, iremos a Marrakech a través de Chichaoua.

02/05/2019

Day 1: Fez – Ifrane –Azrou forest – Midelt – Ziz Valley – Erfoud – Rissani – Merzouga
Pick-up from your Hotel or Riad in Fes driving southwards to Ifrane and Azrou forest through the Middle Atlas Mountains. Stop at cedar forest just to have a so short walk and see the monkeys. After, we continue our route via Tizi Ntalghamt after going through the city of Apples Midelt, then we arrive to Errachidia, and we continue our journey through the Ziz valley passing through Erfoud, Rissani and finally getting to Merzouga. After a glass of “Berber whiskey”: mint tea, we say a temporary goodbye to the hotel and getting prepared to ride camels to immerse in nomadic lifestyle in the desert. Camel trekking takes about 1hr 30 min from the hotel to the berber camp where we will spend over night, sleep in tents. After dinner we gather around fire enjoying the desert night atmosphere and entertain ourselves with berber instruments playing desert style music. For calm and nature lovers they can go for a walk on dunes.

Day 2: Merzouga – Khamlia “ Gnaoua”- Oasis Merzouga

Wake up early dawn to see the beauty of sunrise in the desert. Subsequently, you take camels back to the hotel. After having breakfast and shower, you have free day around, you will have a unique opportunity to visit Gnaoua village “ black people” originated and derived from Mali, Niger, Burkinafasso. They will entertain you with their authentic instruments. After spending a worthwile moment with Gnaoua, we will go to see the life of nomads in the desert. Afterwards, we go to have lunch and then to see the oasis before to go back to your hotel.

Day3 Merzouga – Todra Gorge – Dades Valley

After breakfast in hotel, we collect our luggage and getting ready to say goodbye to Merzouga driving towards Todra Gorges to discover the magic streams running permanently with water. Visit Todra gorges, then continue our way to Dades Valley enjoying the nature landscape of gorges. Spend Over night in hotel .

Day 4: Dades Valley – Ouarzazate – Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah – High Atlas mountain – Marrakech

Breakfast at the hotel, we will drive through Dades Valley heading to Kelaat M’gouna and Ouarzazate. Within our route towards Kelaat M’gouna we will see a lot of Kasbahs which were historically used as the houses of valuable, famous families in the ancient times. After the Roses Valley, we pass through Skoura village, continuing to Ouarzazat “the Hollywood of Africa” where we will visit Cinema Studio. We keep going till reaching the famous Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah which is the largest Kasbah in Morocco. We take lunch there. After visiting this UNESCO matrimonial historical monument, we continue our trip via the charming pass of Tizi N Tichka (2260 m) over the High Atlas Mountains. During the pass we will enjoy panoramic views of the landscape seeing farmers working in their farms and we will also see them herding their animals. Additionally, we will have chance to visit argan, olive oil cooperatives. Then continue our journey to Marrakech

02/05/2019

3 days Desert From Marrakech

Day 1:Marrakech – Hight Atlas – Ait Ben Haddou – Ouarzazate – Skoura- Dades Valley
Pickup from Marrakech at 08:00 am. We will drive for approximately 02 hours through the Atlas Mountains via the Tizi ‘n Tichka. Stopping for photos and breakfast along the way. We will see panoramic views of Berber villages and its ancient 17th century kasbahs. Then, heading to Ourzazate where we will visit the UNESCO protected Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah. After having lunch we will visit the Atlas Film Studios. Afterwards, we will drive to Skoura, a town that overlooks many other beautiful kasbahs. Heading Dades Valley. The night will be spent at a hotel in Dades Valley.

Day 2: Dades Valley – Todra Gorge – Erfoud – Merzouga – Camel Trek – Desert Camp

On our 2nd day, we will start after breakfast. We will drive to Tinghir city to explore Todra Gorge, and then go through Tinjdad village. After lunch, we will pass through the towns of Arfoud and Rissani hitting the road to Merzouga, home of Erg Chebbi, the tallest sand dunes in Morocco. We will arrive at the hotel in the late afternoon/early evening, where you will have some time to relax and have Berber tea. Around 5:30pm, we will ride the camels from the hotel for about one hour and a half through the desert dunes. We will arrive at the Berber tents, have some time to relax, drink Berber tea with nomads at the camp, and go over to the dunes to watch the sunset. Dinner will be at the camp, followed by music around the campfire (Except summer).

Day 3: Merzouga – Rissani – Draa Valley – Ouarzazate – Marrakech

We will wake up early in the morning to see the sunrise and after we will ride camels back to Merzouga to the hotel for breakfast and taking the shower. After that we will come back to Marrakech via Alnif, Nkob and Agdz.