5 days from Marrakech to Merzouga desert
DAY 1 : MARRAKECH TO AIT BEN HADDOU KASABAH ,THEN OUARZAZATE AND DADES GORGES
We will pick up you and we travel over the Tizi n’Tichka Pass(2260m) while enjoying superb views of the mountains and of the Berber Villages on the way. Stop for lunch and tour in the World heritage site of Ait Benhaddou.(This famous kasbah was used as a backdrop for more than 20 films) Pass through Ouarzazate and continue towards the Valley of Roses and the Dades valley, the valley of a thousand Kasbahs and the Dades Gorges and we stay night at a hotel.
DAY 2 : DADES GORGES TO MERZOUGA DESERT
Breakfast at the hotel. Depart to the Todra Gorges: a massive fault, rising to 300 m in a narrow valley thick studded with palmeries and Berber Villages.. You will have lunch in the Gorges, travel further into the desert to the tiny village of Merzouga, where you will camel trek into the beautiful Erg Chebbi Dunes. You will spend the evening in a bivouac (camp), enjoy a Moroccan dinner, and sleep in traditional Nomad camel hair tent.
DAY 3: MERZOUGA DESERT CAMEL TREK AND EXCURSIONS
After breakfast we can start exploring the area, visiting the village of the Gnawi people, originally slaves from Sudan to experience their music and lifestyle. Not far away there’s the lake of Merzouga, with its flamingos. You may also like to visit the nomad wire house where many Berber handicrafts are priced lower than in the big cities. By the afternoon you’ll be ready for your camel ride. Guided by an experienced camel driver, you’ll explore within the mysterious sand-sea of the Erg-Chebbi for 2-3 hrs before spending your first night under the stars, or if you prefer, in a traditional Berber nomad tent. Dinner will be served in the tent where you will spend the night.
DAY 4 – MERZOUGA DESERT – OUARZAZATE
After breakfast we visit Kasbah Taourirt in the town and which belonged to the Glaoui family, the Pashas of Marrakesh. Driving north, you leave the main road and take a side road to Ait ben Haddou, which also belonged to the Lords of the Atlas, the Glaoui family. This is the most famous Kasbah in Morocco and a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is also well-known as being the backdrop to many Hollywood blockbusters. The road then continues along the Ounila valley with beautiful and prosperous villages, stunning mountains and views to Telouet, where you will stop to visit the Kasbah and perhaps have lunch. Alternatively lunch will be in the mountains! We reach Marrakesh by the early evening.
DAY 5 – OUARZAZATE TO MARRAKECH
After breakfast we will avisit the Historicals Kasbahs via the high atlas mountains (1660m) the Kasbah of Taourirt, originally the residence of the Pasha of Marrakech and a symbol of the feudal period of the lords of Atlas. Lunch in Traditional Restaurant .Enjoy Lunch and continue the journey to Marrakech via the Pass of Tizi n’Tichka over the High Atlas Mountains stopping along the way for Cafe or Tea and enjoy the beautiful picturesque scenery. Than we arrive to marakech and we pick you up to hotel/Riad or to the airport More information please contact us.
Tour includes:
– Pick up at hotel, riad, airport or wherever you want.
– Tour transport 4×4 or Minubus with air conditioning
– English-speaking driver.
– Fuel.
– Camel trekking.
– Hotels/Riads
-1 night in Berber tent
Tour does not include:
-Meals and drinks.
-Airline ticket
-Entrance fees for visits
-Lunch