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4 Days to the Desert

Day 1: Marrakech – Ait Benhaddou – Rose valley- Dades gorges

From your Hotel in Marrakesh, we will head to Dades Gorges via Tizi-n-Tishka in the high Atlas Mountains which is 2260 m high (the highest one in North Africa) in order to get to the UNESCO World heritage Site of Ait Ben Haddou where many American movies have been shot, such as Lawrence of Arabia, Gladiator, the game of the throne,,,. After lunch we carry on to Ouarzazate( Berber Hollywood,  Skoura , the Rose valley of kelaat Mgouna and Boumalne du dades before we get to Dades gorges where we overnight .

DAY 2: Dades gorges- Toudgha gorges- Merzouga

After breakfast we drive from Dades gorges to Merzouga via Toudra gorges which is 45 km long and the last 600 meters it is a great destination for rock climbers and mountaineering , and also where they shot one part of the mission impossible movie , and also we will go through a plenty of oases, palmerais and black hamadahs on the way to the largest sand dune in North Africa, with dunes of more than 200 metres high before we get to the hotel where you will have a mint tea and drop your overweight luggage in a safe room, and also you can have a swim in the swimming pool of the hotel before you ride your camel about 90 minutes to enjoy a lovely sunset and get the deep camp among dunes for overnight under stars.

DAY 3 : Merzouga- Draa valley- Ouarzazate

Today you will have to get up as early as it possible to enjoy a great sunrise on the top of a sand dune, before u ride camel back to your hotel for breakfast and showers, after that we drive to Ouarzazate via different way in order to make it more enjoyable for you.

 We drive through Alnif, Tazarine ( known for planting HENNA the provisory tattoo that is used by Moroccan women to color their hands and feet ) before we get to Draa valley the longest one in morocco 1200 KM long forested in palm trees, by afternoon we get Ouarzazate for overnight.

DAY 4: Ouarzazate- Marrakech

After breakfast we visit Tourirt Kasbah, cinema studios and cinema museum of the Berber Hollywood (Ouarzazate) before we drive crossing the majestic high atlas mountain range with its famous mountain pass of Tizi n Tichka 2260 m high, where we get lunch in a typical restaurant that makes gastronomy with Argan oil, before we get Marrakech and drop you at your destination either hotel or Riad.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS: 

  • Tizi n tishka pass 2260m ( the highest on in North Africa)
  • Berber Hollywood and Ait Ben Haddo Kasbah
  • Toudra gorges, Rose valley and the road of one thousand Kasbahs
  • Erg Chebbi, the largest sand dune in North Africa
  • Draa valley ( the longest valley in Morocco 1200 km long)

Desert tour, what’s included:

  • A tour leader of Moroccan Trails
  • A luxury car, with driver and fuel
  • The entrances to the historical monuments and Kasbahs
  • The accommodation on BB

      What’s not included: 

  • Drinks
  • Tips