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Day 1: High Atlas Mountains, Ksar Ait Ben Haddou, and Ouarzazate
At 8 am, your guide will pick you up from your Riad, then it will be the departure for an unforgettable journey! In a few minutes we will leave Marrakech and start discovering the olive trees and cactus of the old caravan route. After 1 hour driving, we will arrive at a small Berber paradise located at the heart of the High Atlas Mountains; the Zat valley. After a one hour break to enjoy the wadi and the small villages hanging on the mountain and the fig trees, we will continue the road. With the inhabitants, you shall sip a delicious mint tea, before passing the Tichka pass, over 2260 m above sea level. It will be an opportunity to stop and take pictures of the beautiful landscapes.A side road will take us to the valley of Ounila, and then a stop for a delicious traditional lunch at Ksar Ait Ben Haddou. This 1000-years-old fortified village, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located along the ancient caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech in the province of Ouarzazate. Then, your guide will take you on a tour of the Kasbah to drink a mint tea with the villagers, before going to visit the legendary film studios of Ouarzazate, where many famous films have been shooted, such as “Laurence of Arabia “,” Gladiator “or” Asterix and Obelix “… . After a short ride in the Kasbah of Taourirt, we will pass through the rose’s valley and the 1000 Kasbahs road with thousands of palms stretching as far as the eye can see at Skoura. An evening break will be at the Dades gorges for the first night.
Day 2: Dades Valley, Todgha Gorge, Ziz Valley,Erg Chebbi dunes Merzouga.
After breakfast at a nice typical hotel of the region, we will head the road
at 8 am with our driver for a 30 mn walk to the gorges of Todgha in order to make very nice pictures of the places and have a good Moroccan lunch. The ecology of the place will arise the exact feeling of taking us back millions of years ago and to watch the fossils found by residents of Erfoud. After several stops to visit the Ziz valley, the fabulous black desert, and especially the breathtaking caves with their underground river 60 km long, we will arrive on the highest dunes of Morocco from the authentic desert of Erg Chebbi dunes. There, a camel leader will be waiting for us to enjoy an exceptional dromedary ride, while admiring the sunset on the dunes. After drinking a cup of welcome mint tea at the bivouac where music and folklore will charm us, and after a typical delicious dinner, we will spend a magical night under an authentic Berber tent, admiring the starry sky.
Day 3: Tazarine, Draa Valley, Black Canyon, and back to Marrakech
The next day, we will go back in the saddle for a new camel ride but this time to admire the fabulous sunrise of the desert. On the way back, we will be able to refresh ourselves and have breakfast in a charming little typical hotel, before returning the same path as the first 300 km, then a pathway to other Landscapes, such as the city of Tazarine in Zagora, famous for the Henna tattoo and its spices, like the Cumin. After a passage through the great Draa Valley and its many palm trees, we will get the chance to admire the “Black Canyon”.Few stops for pictures of the Berber villages and the landscapes later, we will make a stop at Ouarzazate for lunch, then continue towards Marrakech, where we will arrive around 6 pm, pictures full of eyes and fabulous memories full head!
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