5 DAYS TOUR FROM MARRAKECH TO MERZOUGA

DAY 1: MARRAKECH – OUARZAZATE – DADES GORGES

We leave Marrakech in the morning and soon get to the Tizi n´Tichka mountain pass in the High Atlas. We reach the highest point of the port at 2,260m altitude. The winding landscapes with huge cliffs leave no one indifferent. Ouarzazate is the next important city that we are gonna reach. With great tradition in films, the city has movie sets with which visitors like taking pictures. This city is known as the Moroccan Hollywood, where there is almost always a movie going on. We continue along the Route of 1000 Kasbahs through the palm grove of Skoura, to reach the Valley of the Roses, a beautiful show in spring. We spend the night in the Dades Gorges to continue the next day.

=►Driving distance: Approximately 350 km            =► Driving time: Approximately 6 hrs

DAY 2: DADES GORGES – TODRA GORGES – ERFOUD – MERZOUGA

Today we cross the Gorges of Dades and Gorges of Todra with its impressive gorges and unique contrasts of colors. We continue our route to Erfoud the city of fossils, we are about to reach the Merzouga Desert. Looking closely at the dunes you will feel a sensation that you probably have never experienced. We arrive at the desert riad. There will be time to walk through the desert of Erg Chebbi or the town, a small village in the desert where all the constructions are made in adobe.

=►Driving distance: Approximately 310 km            =► Driving time: Approximately 5 hrs

DAY 3: MERZOUGA – VISIT TO NOMAD FAMILIES – MERZOUGA

Today we will visit the surroundings of the Merzouga desert by 4 × 4. You will probably feel at Paris-Dakar. We visit villages and towns of Berber nomads, who live in dromedary skin khaimas or small buildings. We will visit the now almost abandoned Minas de Mifis and enjoy Gnawa music in Khamlia, known as “Gnawa village.” After lunch, we return to the riad to change transport. The dromedaries will be the vehicles now to enter the dunes and arrive at sunset at the camp where we will spend an incredible night with drums, fire and catching the thousands of stars that emerge from the Milky Way.

=►Driving distance: Approximately 50 km            =► Driving time: Approximately 2 hrs

DAY 4: MERZOUGA – RISSANI – OUARZAZATE

In the early morning, you have the option to see the sunrise. The effort will be worth it in this case. Feel the soft and fine sand slowly heating up as you walk on it. We have breakfast and return with the dromedaries to the riad to continue our tour. Today we visit the Rissani market, the oldest in Morocco where many still come by donkey to do some shopping. And yes, there is donkey parking. We cross the Anti Atlas through several towns such as Tazzarine, N´kob, or Agdz, to reach the contrast of greens from the Draa Valley, where the most important date production area is found. We continue until we reach Ouarzazate on Mount Saghro to rest.

=►Driving distance: Approximately 370 km            =► Driving time: Approximately 5 hrs

DAY 5: OUARZAZATE- AIT BEN HADDOU – MARRAKECH

Today we embark on the way back to Marrakech. On the way we pass through the Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, a World Heritage Site, where we can see that in this fortified city, it seems as if the centuries have not passed, being in a past time, being present today. We continue the journey back through the High Atlas and the Tizi n´Tichka port, to finish again in Marrakech.

=►Driving distance: Approximately 194 km            =► Driving time: Approximately 4 hrs

Important Note: 

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