5 days - Route from Marrakech to desert

Route from Marrakech to desert

Duration

5 Days

Transport

4×4 Vehicle

No. of people

1-6

Languages

Spanish, English, Italian

5 Days /4 Nights

In Marrakech your guide and driver will pick you up wherever you are. We will head south towards Ouarzazate towards the port of Tizi Ntichka which reaches its maximum point at 2,260 meters above sea level, thus you will have the opportunity to appreciate the oases and palm groves, the numerous kasbahs and the landscape of the Middle Atlas. We will walk through the stillness of the mountains where you can appreciate the lifestyle of the Berbers. At each step, you will discover a new scene of daily life. Courtesy dinner and accommodation at the hotel.

After breakfast we will start the day crossing the Dades Gorges where we will discover typical villages and meet the Berber nomads of the mountains. After having lunch in the Todra Gorges, we will travel along the tar route, crossing the important palm grove of Tinghir - it is one of the most beautiful and vast in Morocco - to reach the city of Erfoud. Where here, by track, we will head towards Merzouga where after drinking tea we will get on the camels to sleep in Jaimas or Berber tents in the middle of the desert and thus be able to see the stars and listen to the silence of the desert. Typical Berber dinner and accommodation in Jaimas.

Early in the morning, after watching the sunrise from the top of a dune, we will return to the hostel where we will have breakfast. Then, heading to Ouarzazate we will visit the city of Rissani - the economic capital of Morocco and the country's first imperial city -, the souk under the red arcades and their numerous ksours. Then we will follow the road that goes to the town of Alnif where we will have lunch. We will continue through the magnificent Draâ Valley. At night we will arrive in Ouarzazate where we will stay. Dinner and accommodation.

After breakfast we visit a Kasbah in the center of Ouarzazate which is the Taourirt Kasbah. in other times residence of the pasha of Marrakech. It is built in adobe with almond towers. We visit the ancient Glaoui, the dining room and the rooms that preserve their painted stucco decoration, wood and cedar ceilings. 30 km from Ouarzazate we will visit the famous Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou (Declared a world heritage site by UNESCO). Several famous films have been filmed in this spectacular setting, such as Gladiator, Obelix, and Sahara with Penélope Cruz. Then we will detour along a mini-highway, and in a beautiful landscape we will see the adobe and straw construction of the mountain towns. Visit of the Kasbah of Telouet and lunch on site. In the afternoon we return to the road passing through many Berber mountain villages until we reach the High Atlas. We continue the adventure crossing the Tizi Ntichka pass (2,260 meters above sea level). We arrive in Marrakech. Dinner and accommodation in a hotel.

Breakfast at the Hotel and at the indicated time, transfer to the airport to take a flight to your city of origin. End of the trip and our services.

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