MRRAKECH DESERT TRIP (4 DAYS)

ITINERARY: MARRAKECH DESERT TOUR 4 DAYS

Day 1

Marrakech – Ouarzazate – Dades Gorges

We leave Marrakech in the morning and pass through the Tizi n´Tichka mountain pass in the High Atlas Mountains. We reach the highest point at 2,260m altitude. The winding landscape of cascading cliffs is an impressive route. Ouarzazate in the next important stop on our journey. With a long and great tradition of filmmaking, Ouarzazate is known as the Moroccan Hollywood, because it is frequently used for film and television sets, you may recognize it from Game of Thrones. Afterwards visiting the area  we will continue along the Route of 1000 Kasbahs (traditional fortified berber villages) through the palm grove of Skoura, to reach the Valley of the Roses, which in Spring is bursting with pink blooms that strike a stunning contrast to the orange, purple, yellow and red banded mountains. We will spend the night in the Dades Gorges to rest up for the next day.

 Day 2

 Dades Gorges – Todra Gorges – Erfoud – Merzouga

Today we cross the Gorges of Dades and Gorges of Todra to make our way to Erfoud the city of fossils, just before reaching the Merzouga Desert. Upon arrival, a desert riad (traditional Moroccan architecture accommodation) will be waiting for us. There will be time to walk through the dunes of Erg Chebbi (the name of this side of the great Sahara) and the small village in the desert where all the constructions are made in adobe.  In this village we will change our 4WD for a dromedary that will ride us to the tented luxury camp where we will overnight. The ride crossing the dunes is a great adventure and takes around 1 hour but you can choose to get to the camp by car. We will watch the sunset at the dunes, which is an amazing opportunity to photograph this truly magical scene.  This is a great opportunity to take magical photos of the sunset over the dunes.

The camel ride will take us finally to a luxury desert camp. When we get to it, you’ll have time to walk around and admire the sand dunes. In the desert the time stops and you feel a deep tranquility. We will have dinner with Berber around a fire camp and you’ll have free time to walk to the nearest dunes to look up at the blanket of stars. You can find more information about the Sahara experience in the camp tab.

Day 3

Merzouga – Rissani – Tazzarine – Agdez – Ouarzazate

We get up to see the sunrise in the desert and return with the dromedaries to continue our tour in the car in the direction of Marrakech. We will cross the Anti Atlas Mountains through several towns such as Tazzarine, N´kob and Agdz. We will also see the Draa Valley, where the most important date production area is, the lush greenery sharply contrasting with the desert scenes we saw on Day 2. We end the day in Ouarzazate, where we will be spending the night.

Day 4

Ouarzazate- Ait Ben Haddou – Marrakech

Today we make our way back to Marrakech, stopping by Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, a fortified city and World Heritage Site, you may recognize from films such as Gladiator or Game of thrones  We cross back through the High Atlas and the Tizi n´Tichka pass to arrive back in Marrakech.