7 day Tour from Marrakech to Merzouga desert via Atlas mountains
Day 1: Marrakech Airport to your Hotel/Riad
We pick you up from Marrakech airport and drive to Riad/Hotel in the Medina. Get relaxed from your long flight.
Day 2: Marrakech to Dades Gorges
We start our trip by climbing the highest point of the High Atlas, Tizi n’Tichka, around 2260 meters altitude where snow persists almost throughout all year. A magnificent landscape on a road that winds through Atlas Berber villages. We continue to explore the fascinating Dades Valley and its famous Gorges. Visit the village of Kelaa M’gouna, famous for the annual Rose Festival. This road is known as the road of a thousand Kasbahs where you will certainly have many opportunities to take outstanding photos. Finally you arrive at your hotel/Riad at the evening.
Day 3: Dades Gorges to Todra Gorges and desert Merzouga desert.
Today the journey takes us to the majestic Sahara desert. We will visit Erfoud city, the capital of fossils and Dates in Morocco, and from there we continue on track until we reach our destination, a charming auberge/Riad Traditional situated in the dunes of Erg Chebbi desert Merzouga.
Day 4: Desert trips 4×4 around Merzouga region– Camel trek night in Desert
This day is specially reserved for a 4X4 trips around the region, passing through some off-roads of the famous – Dakar rally and discovering the desert treasure. We’ll have a break for tea and see how a nomadic family lives, visit the village of the musician Gnawa Khamlia village, explore the Oasis of Hasi-Labied and visit the biggest Lake of the region. In the afternoon, you enjoy a camel trekking to the desert Oasis Tents, with a stop in the big dune to contemplate the sunset beauty. Overnight in the middle of high erg Chebbi Dunes with transitional Drums music.
Day 5: Merzouga desert to Ouarzazate
This will be a unique morning, with the possibility to climb the big dunes and experience the unforgettable moment of sunrise. After breakfast, return to auberge and departure towards the Draa Valley and its stunning landscapes full of green nature oasis and Berber villages. Then departure towards Ouarzazate, the main Berber city, known for its dramatic mountains and desertic landscape surrounded by breathtaking valleys. Ouarzazate, “the Hollywood of Africa”. Visit the Ouarzazate studios where some successes such as “Gladiator” and “Alexander the Great” were filmed. Overnight stay in Riad/hotel
Day 6: Ouarzazate to Ait Ben Haddou ~ Marrakech
Return to Marrakech, but before we will stop to visit Ait Ben Haddou kasbahs, built in the 19th Century, declared as Unesco World Heritage. The most beautiful Kasbahs of southern Morocco in part because of the interest dedicated by the film industry from the early sixties. Arrive to Marrakech and visit the beauty of the city, the famous Mosque of Koutubia from 12th century, the Medina and its souks, and explore some more of Marrakech’s secrets, the Mosque, El Badi Palace and Ali Ben Youssef Koranic school. The Saadian tombs, relatively well preserved, are, however, one of the best testimonies of the season and one of the main places visited by tourists today. The Bahia Palace, built in the 19th century, is another mandatory script and one of the finest examples of Moroccan architecture of the old imperial capital., Back to the Riad/Hotel.
Day 7: Marrakech – Transfer to Airport
Depending on the time of flight, visit the Medina and its souks for some last minute shopping and transfer to the airport.
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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.
– Hotels/Riads
– Camel trekking.
-1 night in Berber tent
Tour does not include:
-Meals and drinks.
-Airline ticket
-Entrance fees for visits
-Lunch