5-day Luxury tour guide from Marrakech to Erg Chebbi (Merzouga)

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Marrakech - Boumalne Dades
1 stop
1
Boumalne Dades
Pick up from your hotel/riad in Marrakech and travel towards the verdant valley of Dades Gorge. Drive through the High Atlas Mountains and over the Tizi'n Tichka Pass at 2.260m, which offers spectacular panoramic views of mountains, valleys, and colorful Berber villages. Travel south to Ouarzazate, also known as the ‘Hollywood of Africa’ for its Atlas Film Studios where several blockbuster movies were shot. Continue south towards Skoura palm grove where nearby we will explore Kasbah Amridil and Kelaat Mgouna, the town of roses, and reach the Dades Gorges passing through colorful Berber villages. Dine and stay overnight at a Villa Dades or similar.
10 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Boumalne Dades - Merzouga
1 stop
2
Merzouga Desert
After breakfast, the trip continues a short distance to Tinghir and the very different Toudgha gorges where you can take a short walk to appreciate the steep sides of the gorge and the narrow expanse of the sky above. From there, you continue to the Chebbi dunes via Tinjdad, and the Oasis of Tafilalet near Erfoud, famous for its Date Festival. Between Tinjdad and Erfoud, you can stop to go down into the fascinating underground water channels deep below the earth, always cool and preventing the evaporation of this source of irrigation. In Erfoud itself, you can stop to see the workings of thousands of fossils made into all sorts of artifacts. Lunch will be along the way. Then you will take a tow hours drive to Merzoga toward the camp crossing the dunes. Dinner and a night’s sleep are in The Erg Chebbi Luxury Desert Camp.
12 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Merzouga
1 stop
3
Merzouga Desert
Wake up early enough and you will get the chance to watch the spectacle of the sunrise when the color of the dunes and the play of shadows are an awesome sight. During your stay in Erg Chebbi Dunes desert camp, you will have a private tent, with Breakfasts and Dinners included during your stay. It also includes desert activities like Camel trekking(from Merzouga to the camp), Sandboarding, etc. After Dinner, we gather around the fire to sing Berber music under the sky full of stars and have a night’s sleep in The Erg Chebbi Luxury Desert Camp.
1 day • Admission ticket included
Day 4
Merzouga - Ouarzazate
1 stop
4
Ouarzazate
After waking up and having Breakfast, the itinerary continues to the Draa Valley, via the village of Tazzarine (featured in the film Babel), passing by NQob. Lunch is someplace along the way. In the afternoon the journey takes us to Tansikht to drive along the ancient caravan route and discover the real Draa Valley with its huge palm trees and ancient villages. At Agdez, at the head of the Draa Valley, there will be a visit to Kasbah Tamnougalte, then cross Anti Atlas which altitude is about 1700 meters. Dinne and spend the night in Riad Bouchdour or similar in Ouarzazate.
10 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 5
Ouarzazate - Marrakech
2 stops
5
Ait Ben Haddou
After breakfast, we continue our adventure to stop first for our visit to the UNESCO-listed kasbah of Aït Benhaddou, the fortified ksar with its beautiful Kasbahs. Ait Benhaddou has served as a natural scenery for many movie producers. Crossing the river to the other side to discover The ksar.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
6
Marrakech
We leave the main road and take another regional one which pass from the village of Telouet and its kasbah, belonged to the Lords of the Atlas back then, the Glaoui family, and that now stands in ruins. Later after that we cross the High Atlas Mountains to arrive in Marrakech at the evening, there we bid the farewell to you with hopes to have you again in the future at Morocco.
8 hours • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Service animals allowed
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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