Day 1: Marrakech – Kasbah Ait Benhaddou – Skoura Oases – Roses Valley – Boumalne du Dades
Departure in the morning heading east toward Ouarzazate via Tizi n’Tichka Pass up through the High Atlas Mountains stopping to take scenic photos along the way. You will visit the Ait Benhaddou village to see an ancient Kasbah ranked by the UNESCO organization; it is one of the world’s top touristic attractions. Many famous movies were filmed in there.
You will continue to Ouarzazate where there are the largest movie studios or the so called the Hollywood of Africa, here you can stop for lunch (optional). Set off through Skoura which is an extensive oasis of palm groves where a beautiful Kasbah is located called Kasbah Amrhydil.
Then via Roses Valley where the annual roses festival is held every May, in this town you’ll change the direction as you’ll take an off the beaten track through which you’ll appreciate the tranquillity of the mountains populated by the nomads of the Atlas. On the way you’ll keep your eyes open to see a host of mud and brick constructed Berber villages. Check into your accommodation in the bottom of the gorges. Overnight in the hotel.
Day 2: Dades Gorges – Toudra Gorges – Tinjdad – Touroug – Erfoud – Merzouga
After breakfast at You hotel we will drive to another amazing Gorges, It is the Todra Canyons (300 m up in the narrowest point), it´s an ideal place for walking and exploring on your own. Then drive further to the desert of Merzouga in our way we will visit a berber villages before we arrive to the unique dunes of Merzouga Dunes . Dinner and overnight in the Kasbah hotel in Merzouga Erg Chebbi Dunes.
Day 3: Merzouga Sahara Erg chebbi Desert Tour 4×4
After your breakfast at the hotel you will start an adventure (Tour of the dunes), visiting a village where the descendants of sub-Saharan Berbers’ slaves will entertain you with their authentic music. You will then get a chance to have some tea with a nomad family before heading to Rissani. Here you will taste a Berber pizza, a speciality of this town called Medfouna. Subsequently you will return to Merzouga to saddle up the camels and cross the ocean of the dunes. You will then get an opportunity to climb the dunes after sunset, then, view the bright stars above as you fall asleep in your Beber Desert camp in the middle of the famous dunes of Erg Chebbi.
Day 4: Merzouga – Rissani – Alnif – Tazarine – Nkoub – Draa Valley – Agdez – Ouarzazate
You’ll wake up early to see the sunrise over the dunes then ride back on your camel to the hotel where you’ll have breakfast and shower. We then continue the trip towards the vast palm of Tafilalet through the town of Rissani (the root of the Alaouite dynasty and the ancient capital of Sultans Alaouite) Continue to Alnif for lunch. Carry on the road via Tazarine, N’kob and Tansihkt, from here we will go offroad on a track which crosses the Draa Valley, it would be your chance again to see the Ksours and Kasbahs, you’ll cross again another Atlas range which is the Anti Atlas. Dinner and overnight in a hotel in Ouarzazate.
Day 5: Ouarzazate – Atlas Mountains – Marrakech
After breakfast and before heading back to Marrakech you’ll visit the architectural wonder of Taourirt Kasbah in Ouarzazate. Continue to Marrakech through the high Atlas Mountains as on the first day. Late in the afternoon we arrive Marrakech where the tour ends.
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Most Asked Question
systemwill react to new and unusual foods or different water supplies. Therefore, it is always wise to keep with you some sort of
stomach remedysuch as Pepto-Bismol, Imodium AD, etc. at all times.
Every seaport has freshly caught fish prepared by the fishermen on or near the piers. Do not miss this treat! Fresh fruit is served for dessert; pomegranates, melons, bananas, apples, oranges and dates all produced in Morocco and all bursting with flavor. One ongoing benefit of the French occupation are the fresh baguettes available nearly everywhere. Pastries both French and Moroccan are available in the many bakeries.
When there is a natural break in a tour i.e. free day(s) in Marrakech or elsewhere with no vehicle and driver, we do not guarantee the same driver after the break. Similarly we do not guarantee the same driver for airport transfers.
Wearing seat belts is compulsory in Morocco and for your safety you should use them. If you choose not to wear them, and the police stop the vehicle, you will be asked to pay the fine in fairness to the driver.
The remaining balance can be paid to your driver upon pick up from your Hotel/Riad/airport .