Departure from Marrakech | Duration 8 days
PLACES WE VISIT: Marrakech, Todra Valley, Merzouga, Ouzina, Draa Valley
Route of the Thousand Kasbash and desert
Day 1: Marrakech
Arrival at the airport of Marrakech and after completing the entry procedures, we will be picked up to transfer to our hotel in Marrakech. Rest of the day off to start discovering the mysteries that are known as “the Red city.” Night in a charming riad.
Day 2: Marrakech – High Atlas- Tichka Pass- Ait Ben Haddou- Ouarzazate- Draa Valley- Zagora
After breakfast, pick up at our accommodation by our guide to start our first trip through Morocco. We leave for the Atlas Mountains where we will stop to take pictures of the Berber villages that are in the middle of the mountains. After crowning the top of the Tichka, we will go to the Kasbah Hit Ben Haddou (fortified city declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO). Then we will go to the Draa Valley, via Ouarzazate. On the way to the Draa Valley we will cross the mountains of the Anti Atlas famous for the movie «Babel». We arrive at the Draa Valley, famous for its millions of palm trees and its hidden Kasbah and border it until we reach our destination Zagora, known as the starting point of the merchant caravans (One of them «fifty-two days to Toumbouctou» ).
Night in a charming riad.
Day 3: Zagora – Track of the Paris Dakar – The dry lake of the Maider – Ramlia – Dunes of Ouzina
After breakfast, we will prepare to enjoy a day of pure desert in 4×4. We will enter the valley of the Draa by the part where there is no palm grove, to connect with the dry plateaus where the camels often graze. We continue along the old tracks of the Paris Dakar to reach the dry lake of the Maider where we will make a rest to have a drink. Later we will continue to Ramalia through nomadic villages. Arriving at Ramlia and if time permits we will have a mint tea and then continue to our destination, the Ouzina Dunes, dunes that are in the middle of nowhere and that can only be reached with 4×4 vehicles. Arrival to our desert and free time to enjoy the sunset from the top of the dune.
Night in desert hotel.
Day 4: Ouzina Dunes – Ouzina Village – Khamlia – Merzouga Dunes
Before breakfast, those who want will have the option of going to see the sunrise from the dunes. After breakfast, we will go to the town of Ouzina to visit a Berber family to see how they live their day to day. We will have a tea with them and then we will go to the town of Khamlia, the only black Berber town that lives in that area of the desert and where they will give us the opportunity to listen to their spiritual music descended from slaves. We will eat through the town of Merzouga and then we will go to our hotel to rest before riding a camel and sleep in haimas in the heart of the dunes. Night in haimas below millions of stars.
Day 5: Merzouga Dunes – Rissani – Todra Gorges – Dades Valley- Ouarzazate
After breakfast, we will return on camels to the hotel where we will shower and then start our fourth day of travel tour of Morocco.
We will go to Rissani, known for its souk little frequented by tourists and one of the most authentic in southern Morocco, where we can find even a parking lot of donkeys and nomads who come to stock up. Once we visit Rissani, we will go to the Todra Gorges, famous for its towering walls where climbers from all over the world come. We visit the Todra Gorges and continue our tour to the Dades Valley and then connect with the Valley of Roses and the Valley of the Thousand Kasbahs. We will discover the kasbahs that are in the middle of this valley and then we will go to Ouarzazate.
Arrival in Ouarzazate also called the Hollywood of Morocco. We will visit Kasbah Taourirt and if we want we can also visit the movie studios.
Transfer to the hotel and overnight in a charming riad.
Day 6: Ouarzazate – High Atlas – Marrakech
After breakfast, we have to return to Marrakech again crossing the High Atlas mountains. After 4 hours of road with some stops to rest or drink, we will arrive in Marrakech, also called the Red City due to the color of their houses.
Transfer to your hotel night in a charming riad.
Day 7: Marrakech
Day 8: Marrakech-Airport
After breakfast, transfer to the airport at the indicated time and end of our trip in Morocco.
It includes:
- Pick-up and completion at the hotel or riad
- Transportation in Toyota Land Cruiser 4×4 or minibus
- Spanish speaking driver
- Hotel accommodations and one night in Berber haima
- Dinner and breakfast
- Camel ride at sunset and sunrise
Does not include:
- Half-day meals (dinner and breakfast if included)
- Drinks
- Museum tickets
- Tips to guides or restaurants