7 days desert tour from Marrakesh
TOUR ITINERARY
1 day: MARRAKECH
We welcome you at the Airport and transfer you to hotel / Raid
2 day: Marakech – Telouat – Ait Benhaddo – Ouarzazate
After breakfast, we pick up you at the hotels departure via Ouarzazate over Tizi-n-Tichka passing by the col 2260m while enjoying some attractive views of the High Atlas Mountains also the Berber villages. stop for Lunch in oasis at Telouat .after you will have the opportunity to visit Telouat kasbah, situated by the family Glaoui dynasty then continue the road to visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site : the exotic Kasbah of Aït Benhaddou.
Before Arrival to Ouarzazate you can visit the Atlas studios which host the largest movie studios in the world such as Lawrence of Arabia, Jewel of the Nile , The Mummy, Gladiator and The Man Who Would Be King. Then having Dinner and spending night in the hotel or riad.
3 day: Skoura – El Kelaa M’gouna – Boutghrar- Tinghir..
After breakfast, you will go all the way round the dunes via the oasis of MERZOUGA, the nomadic depository, KHAMLIA village (Blacks’ village You’ll visit the Gnawa people, originally slaves brought from Sudan, to experience their music and lifestyle. Not far away there’s the lake of Merzouga, with its bird populations, you’ll leave for Rissani. Once called Sijilmassa, this was the meeting place for the salt caravans, coming from Timbuktu in Mali. Here you’ll walk through the souk, selling spices, vegetables and cloths.
After a lunch pizza in Rissani you will travel back to your riad where where your camel will be awaiting you. After a glass of mint tea. After lunch we will make our way to start our camel trek. All unnecessary luggages can be left in safe rooms at the hotel. The 90 minute camel trek will take us to a Berber camp in the middle of the Erg Chebbi sand dunes, the highest in North Africa. The camp consists of several comfortable Berber tents equipped with mattresses and linen, a restaurant, a kitchen.
The evening will consist of dinner followed by entertainment provided by Berber drums, ( unforgettable night).
4 day: Gorges of Todra -Tinjdad- El Jarf- Arfoud -Merzouga
After breakfast, you will begin your journey, with exploring the marvelous Todra gorges then to the next destination which is Tinghir where you can have walk between the gorgeous oasis palm trees .then heading toward Tinjdad and having lunch. after that we drive via Arfoud where you will discover the marble and fossils, later continue to Merzouga where the caravan of desert (camel) will be waiting for you for an adventure in Erg Chebbi dunes. You will spend the night in a bivouac (camp in the heart of the desert), tasting Berber food, listening to the drums in a starry night and sleeping in a traditional tent (camel hair tent) in calmness and tranquility.
5 day: Merzouga (Erg Chebbi)-Rissani-Alnif-Tazarin-N’kob-Draa valley-Ouarzazate
The camel man (trekker) will wake you up in dawn to see the spectacular sunrise in the desert, later you will return to the camp to have your breakfast. after the camel man take you back to the Auberge to have shower to refresh your body .we drive to Rissani through the Ksours and kasbahs of Tafilalet . Visiting the Zaouia of moulay Ali El-Charif, the mausoleum of the dynasty Glaoui founder, and have walk to discover the local market and traditoinal souks in Rissani .after that heading to Ourzazate via Alnif, Tazarin, Draa valley till reaching Ouarzazate. Overnight in the hotel or riad with dinner and breakfast.
6 day: Ouarzazate – the pass of Tizi n’Tichka – Marrakech
After Breakfast departure toward Marrakech by crossing the high Atlas mountain through the pass of Tizi n’Tichka. Stopping along the way and enjoying the wonderful
surroundings then having lunch in a berber village called”Teddart” before your arrival to Marrakech. Dinner and breakfast in hotel or riad.
7 day: Marrakech
Transfer you to the Airport at your flight time.
What`s included
- Tour in 4×4 vehicle/Minibus with A/C
- Driver/guide
- Fuel
- Hotel/riad overnight stays (breakfast & dinner included)
- Camel Trekking & Night in Desert
- Camel Per person
- Turban each for the Camel trip in Desert
- Sandboarding in The Dunes
That is not included
- Flight
- Lunchs
- Drinks
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if the intineraries that we offer, does not match what you are looking for, contact us and we prepare the trip to your needs and requeriments.
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