6 Days from Marrakech to the desert

Day 1 Marrakech – Ait Ben Haddou – Ouarzazate :

Abandoning Marrakech at 8:00 in the morning and after pick you up wherever you are we will depart toward Ouarzazate. On the way we will cross the Atlas by the surprising Tizi n’Tichka port, 2,260 meters of height. Shortly after crossing the Atlas we will take a track to visit the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, an incredible fortified city of more than 800 years old. In it have been filmed movies like Gladiator or the Kingdom of Heaven. At the end of the visits we will go until Ouarzazate, where you can visit the film studios. Here we will spend the first night.

Day 2 Ouarzazate – Agdez – valley Draa of – Tazarine – Gorges of Mharech (hint of Dakar:

After breakfast and visit the Kasbah Taourirt, we will leave in the direction of Zagora crossing the mountains of the Anti Atlas and passing through the port of Tizi n Tinifift, 1,600 meters of height. look forward to ushering in the Draa Valley by a track we will see various Berber villages and kasbahs in its interior. Leaving behind the peoples N’kob, Tarazine and Alnif, we will take another track that crosses lost towns until arriving at the Throats of Mharech. Many of these stages are the that are crossed during the Dakar Rally. We will finish the day sleeping in a Riad in the middle of nowhere.

Day 3 – Oasis Ramlia Mharech – Dunes of Ouzina – Merzouga :

Continuing along the track of the Dakar Rally Cross more peoples solitary cross wadis (dry channels), oasis and the dunes of Ouzina. Following the route we will visit the well-known people of Khamlia, descended from slaves who arrived from Africa, and you will be able to enjoy its amazing folkloric music. Since Khamlia we will take the road in the direction of Erg Chebbi, the highest dunes of Morocco. Night at the albergui.

Day 4 Merzouga – Erg Chebbi – Merzouga :

This will be a stage where after breakfast, we make another of the tracks that used in the “Paris-Dakar Rally” visiting nomads of the desert with which we are to take the tea and see the oasis where it was shot some films like “Sahara”, starring Penelope Cruz. We will visit the village of “blacks”, so called by the slave trade that brought from the Sudan. And after eating we will change the traction of the 4×4 by animal traction. The dromedaries we adentrarán to desert of dunes to be able to contemplate an unforgettable sunset. This night will be special, we sleep in the dunes in nomadic tents (‘jaimas), as do the Berbers. Here we will enjoy a dinner Berber, music and a starry sky as you have not ever seen. Dinner and accommodation in unforgettable Jaima

Day 5 Merzourga – Rissani – the Todra gorge – valley of Dades :

After seeing the surprising dawn in the desert we will take again the camels to return to “civilization”. We stop at a hotel so you can ducharos and refresh yourself. Once cleared, we will leave in the direction of Rissani, origin of the Alawite dynasty and first imperial city of Morocco. We will take the road in the direction of Erfoud, rich in black stone and marine fossils (if you want, you can stop at a factory of fossils) and arrive to the Palmeral of Tafilalet. We will visit the gorges of the Roda and we will arrive at the valley of Dades, where we will spend the fourth night.

Day 6 – valley of Dades valley of Roses – Skoura – Marrakech :

Leaving behind the valley of Dades by the route of the “Thousand Kasbahs”, we pass by the surprising valley of Roses and you will arrive to the Palmeral of Skoura, where you will find the most famous Kasbah in the area. From this point we will begin the path to return to Marrakesh and eat by the way. This is the end of a route with us and have a nice trip.