​​​Marrakech / Ouarzazate / Dades.

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Start from your hotel around 9 :00 am, we take the road of Ouarzazate facing the Atlas Mountains.

We will go through Tichka Mountain pass (2 260 m) around 11 :30 am. Short stop for a mint or absinthe Moroccan tea on the road. Befor  Reaching Ouarzazate, we will go directly to Aït Benhaddou (30 km), UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987. This giant fortification, which is made up of six Kasbahs and nearly fifty ksars is a great example of earthen clay architecture of South Morocco. Many films have been shot there. We will leave Ouarzazate to reach the huge of Skoura before sunset (about 40 mn drive). Dinner and night at a charming guesthouse in the palmgrove.​​

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Ouarzazate /Boulemane Dades/ Todra Gorges/ Merzouga

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Nice homemade breakfast before leaving at 9 :00 am.

Skoura palm grove (25 km2) is a fertile oasis lined with immense palm groves houses tiny villages made of clay and bound by small paths on the side of cultures shadowed by palm and fruit trees. Pise kasbahs melt into the landscape along the way to the Roses Valley. This narrow luxurious valley with steeps sides, ocher couloured offers a majestic view and is amoung Morocco major tourisitic sites.

Stop for lunch at Anissa auberge (just before entering the Todra Gorges). Arrive in Merzouga at the end of the day, the ‘desert door’. Here, you swap your car for a camel and start your camel trek through the red dunes of Erg Chebbi. An opportunity to enjoy serenity and peace of desert before arriving to your camp for the sunset. Dinner and night at the camp.​​

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​Erg Chebbi  / Marrakech.

 

​Start at 8 :00 am. On the way back we will choose the south road towards Alnif. Landscape surrounded by Anti Atlas mountains reminds bushes of Africa. N’Kob – Village of « 45 kasbahs », links Drâa Valley with Ziz Valley. With Agdz the Drâa Valley starts, 69 km south to Ouarzazate. Located on the former caravan road joining Marrakech to Tombouctou .Lunch on the road. We continue through the Drâa Valley until Anti Atlas heart. This old and pleated mountain range dates from 300 millions years. As the road starts to climb, we gradually enter a starkly beautiful landscape up to Tizi ait Saoun pass (1900 m). there is no more vegetation. Departure to Marrakech (through the Tichka pass). You have 4 hours drive left.​​​​​​​​​​

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What’s Included

           Private  car with driver for the full 3 days

           Night accommodation in a desert camp Half Board.

           Night in kasbah or similar Half Board.

           Camel ride at sunset or sunrise on the Erg Chebbi dunes

           All taxes

​           Not Included

           Lunches

           Personal fees and tips.

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