Pick up at the riad after breakfast 8:00/9:00 and start of our adventure . Departure from Marrakech and we will head south for the beauty and splendor that is the Ourika Valley. The travel time is usually about an hour to get to Ourika Valley, but there is much to see along the way that we will stop at regular intervals to admire the sights and sounds of this beautiful, once there you will have time to enjoy the scenery and take pictures. After the visit we return on the same road before arriving in Marrakech, we deviate by the road of the Atlas mountains to continue our trip to Ouarzazate via the Col Tichka gorge, where we will cross the Atlas mountains making stops to enjoy the magnificent views that the landscapes offers us. Optional visit to a small cooperative of women who process argan oil, where you can learn how this precious product is obtained, as well as the variety of culinary and beauty products that the argan fruit provides. We will continue on our way to visit the famous Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, declared a World Heritage Site, free time to walk through its streets and climb to the top to contemplate the beautiful views of the valley, and in Ouarzazate , will have free time and you can visit, if you are interested , the movie studios where many famous Hollywood movies have been shot. “The Silent City”; Also Known As “The Desert Gate”. His Name Comes From a Berber Phrase That Means “No Noise” Or “No Confusion”. Accommodations and free time.
After breakfast, we will continue towards town of Skoura, located in the heart of the valley of palm trees. There you can take a walk through the extensive and labyrinthine oasis, whose lush vegetation wraps precious secret kasbahs and you can also visit its kasbah of Amerdil, where you can see how it was once lived in the kasbahs. From here we will continue through the Valley of Roses (famous for the cultivation of them) ,then to the impressive gorges of Dades, then we continue along the bank of Boulmane, where a road marked by kasbahs (fortresses or castles) and ksour (fortified citadels), whose landscape is ocher, red and mauve, opens. Around us we will find stony plateaus where the camels graze. After a journey full of ksour, oasis and palm trees .We will arrive at Tineghir (where the spectacular gorges of Todra are) perched at 1,350 m altitude and surrounded by a palm grove. Free time to walk through the gorges and through the orchard and the palm grove. We continue to Erfoud (city of fossils), where we can see the quarries where they are extracted and know how they are worked then to give them the most varied forms and uses. Then we will pass by Rissani and finally ,arrival at Merzouga, where we will stay at the hotel in front of the high dunes of Erg Chebbi. Accommodation in breakfast and dinner.
Once the breakfast is over, we will make a tour in 4×4 by the tracks that used in the “Rally Paris-Dakar”, we will visit the desert nomads with whom we will have tea and we will see the oasis where some movies like “Sahara” were filmed. We will visit the town of Khamlia, named for the slave trade that brought from the Sudan and we will do the tour for Erg chebbi. After the visit at lunch time, we will go to the home of a beberer family, where they will taste typical and traditional food, as well as the rich Al Madfouna (Berber Pizza). After lunch, we head back to the hotel, so to take some rest. In the afternoon the camels await us to enter the desert while we wrap up the beautiful sunset that offers some spectacular colors on the sand. This night will be special, since you will live one of the best experiences in the desert, which is to sleep in a tent in the middle of the desert with all the comforts. Here we will enjoy a great dinner with a beautiful starry sky, enlivened with drum music.
Today will be a special day, we recommend enjoying a sunrise in the desert, so this day we will get up early. After contemplating the sunrise, return to the camp for breakfast, and then we return by camel to the Merzouga ,we prepare to live an unforgettable adventure !!!We start the journey northwards crossing the Palmeral de Tafilalet, where we can see in 20km a lot of palm trees, which makes it one of the largest palm groves in the world, crossing it we will arrive to the Valley of Ziz, name that receives of the river that descends of the High Atlas and that feeds to the palm grove. Here we will stop to observe the Valley from above and see the village of Aoufous.
We make Stop in Midelt, right in the heart of the atlas, to rest for a while and have lunch(Not included). In the afternoon we will continue our journey through the Cedar Forest where, if we are lucky, we can find some monkeys, still going through Ifrane, located on the north-western slope of the Middle Atlas, at 1,630 meters above sea level. The spaciousness of its avenues, its urban development, its impeccable state of cleanliness, its gardens and green areas and above all its architecture, more typical of an alpine city, makes Ifrane feel out of place inside Morocco and the nickname of (the Moroccan Switzerland) where is the ski slope Michlifen, one of the most important tracks of the world. At the end of the day arrival to Fez the cultural capital of Morocco.Transfer to your accommodation. End of the trip and our services.
– Experienced guide/ driver
– Air-conditioned 4×4 with AC
– Fuel
– Accomodation (Bed, Dinner, breakfast)
– Camp (Bed, Dinner, breakfast)
– Camel trekking “1 Camel Per person”
– Flights
– Drinks/Lunches
– Tips
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