Desert Trips Marrakech

PROGRAM DETAILS :
TOUR 3 DAYS TO DISCOVER THE MOROCCO DESERT
DAY 1 : MARRAKECH · OUARZAZATE · DADES VALLEY
We will cross the Tizi n'Tichka (2.260 m.), in the High Atlas mountains, where you can enjoy beautiful landscapes and berber villages along the road to Ouarzazate, gateway to the Sahara Desert. The next destination is Ait Ben Haddou, World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1987. Many famous films have been performed on this place, like "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Jesus of Nazareth". Finally we will go to Ouarzazate and the Dades Valley, where we will spend the first night in a Kasbah hotel.

DAY 2 : DADES VALLEY · TODRA GORGES · MERZOUGA
After breakfast, we will arrive to the Todra Gorges through the mountains and cedars forests of the Middle Atlas. At midday we will eat lunch in Tinghir. In the afternoon, we will descend to Erfoud across the Ziz Valley, dotted with palm trees. When we will arrive to Merzouga, where you will do the camel excursion and night in the Sahara Desert.

DAY 3 : MERZOUGA · OUARZAZATE · MARRAKECH
After spending the night in the Sahara Desert, we will go to Rissani and Erfoud to visit the factory of fossilized marble before continuing to the Palm Grove of Touroug and Tinjdad. In the afternoon, we will cross the Dades Gorges to Tizi n'Tichka, ending our tour in Marrakech.

TOUR INCLUDES :
TOUR 3 DAYS TO DISCOVER THE MOROCCO DESERT
4X4 TOUR WITH AIR CONDITIONING AND FUEL INCLUDED
DRIVER AND ENGLISH SPEAKING GUIDE
TRANSFERS TO HOTEL OR AIRPORT
HOTELS IN HALF PENSION (BREAKFAST AND DINNER)
CAMEL EXCURSION BY THE SAHARA DESERT
BOOKING AND TERMS OF PAYMENT :
TOUR 3 DAYS TO DISCOVER THE MOROCCO DESERT
After confirming your travel to Morocco with us (route, hotels and price), to formalize the booking we request a deposit of only 10% of the total price of the travel by transfer or deposit in our bank. The rest is paid in cash (euros) in Morocco.

Día 1: Aeropuerto de Marrakech



Reunión en el aeropuerto a la llegada del vuelo. Traslado al riad. Actividades de acuerdo a la hora de llegada.





Día 2: Marrakech



Después de desayunar en el riad, este día continuará descubriendo los encantos de Marrakech y sus monumentos históricos, los jardines Majorell y Menara, la mezquita Koutoubia, las tumbas Saadíes, el museo, el palacio Bahia y la plaza Jemma El Fna. . Visita guiada privada.





Día 3: Marrakech – Playa de Essaouira



Después del desayuno, salida hacia Essaouira, día para disfrutar de la medina llena de artesanos de esta ciudad costera, sus murallas y playas portuguesas.





Día 4: Essaouira – El Jadida- Casablanca



Desayuno en el hotel. Continuaremos nuestro viaje a lo largo de la costa, junto a la playa para llegar a Al Jadida, visitaremos el viejo tanque de agua portugués y luego terminaremos el día en Casablanca.





Día 5: Casablanca-Rabat- Fes- Meknes



Visita a la mezquita Hassan II, una de las mezquitas más grandes del mundo islámico. Continuamos a Rabat, capital de Marruecos. En esta ciudad se puede visitar la torre de Hassan, el palacio real, la kasbahOuadyas. Luego continuamos a Meknesotra joya de las ciudades imperiales. Finalmente terminamos nuestro día de viaje en Fez.





Día 6: Fez



Visita guiada privada para descubrir la capital cultural de Marruecos. Visitará las puertas del palacio real, medersas (escuelas coránicas): Chahrij, BouinaniaAttarin, zocos, Fes El Jadid, la mezquita Karaouine es la primera universidad del mundo. También verá la plaza de los curtidores.





Día 7: Fez a Merzouga desiertoViaMidalt



Saldremos a Midelt por Ifrane ciudad conocida como la Suiza marroquí. Cruzaremos bosques de cedros donde podemos ver a los monos del Atlas que viven libremente en el bosque. Continuaremos a través de las montañas del Medio Atlas. Pasaremos por las gargantas de Ziz que nos llevan al valle del mismo nombre, y por una palmera que nos llevará hasta la ciudad de Erfoud, famosa por ser la capital de los fósiles. Llegada a las dunas de Merzouga donde nos estarán esperando con un té de bienvenida al desierto.





Día 8: Merzouga Erg Chebbi Tour



Hoy conocen el desierto en rutas por Erg Chebbi en 4 × 4 pasando más cerca de las aldeas cercanas a las dunas, los nómadas que acampan en la zona, manadas de camellos, canteras de fósiles, oasis… antes del atardecer os estarán esperando para ir en camellos para pasar la noche en medio de las dunas bajo una tienda nómada.





Día 9: Merzouga –TodraGorge- Valle de Dades- Ouarzazate



Nos levantaremos temprano para ver el amanecer desde las dunas y luego iremos de vuelta en los camellos al hotel donde les estará esperando un desayuno completo. Después Continuamos a través de Rissani (podemos detenernos un poco para visitar su tradicional zoco que se considera el más grande en todo el sur de Marruecos). Más tarde llegaremos a las gargantas de Todra, donde podemos hacer un paseo antes de continuar hasta el valle del Dades, la palmera de Skourapara llegar al hotel en Ouarzazate.





Día 10: Ouarzazate – Ait Ben Haddou – Marrakech



Después del desayuno, nos dirigimos a la kasbah de Ait Ben Haddou donde se han filmado muchas películas como la Momia, el Sahara, el Reino de los cielos, Gladiador y Cleopatra. Luego continuamos hacia Marrakech por las altas montañas del Gran Atlas, cruzando el tizin’tichka, observando los pueblos bereberes de las montañas y el paisaje.





Día 11: Marrakech City Tour



Último día será de compras, en la ciudad, visitas a tu gusto.





Día 12: Traslado al aeropuerto de Marrakech



Traslado al aeropuerto, fin de nuestros servicios.

Medina Fez el-Bali – Madrasa Attarine – Fuente de Ennajarine – Mausoleo de Moulay Idriss



Fez, la ciudad imperial más antigua de Marruecos, es considerada el centro religioso y cultural del país. Nuestro guía lo encontrará en su hotel o riad y lo llevará a los lugares de interés histórico y cultural más importantes. Por la mañana, visitaremos la medina Fez el-Bali, uno de los sitios medievales más grandes del mundo, declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad. También veremos Madrasa Attarine , Fuente de Ennajarine, Mausoleo Moulay Idriss y la mezquita Karawiyin. Por la tarde, conocerá la Fez Jdid Medina, la nueva zona de la ciudad. Al final de la excursión lo llevaremos de regreso al hotel.

Day 1: Marrakech · Ouarzazate
We will cross the Tizi n’Tichka (2.260 m.), in the High Atlas mountains, where you can enjoy beautiful landscapes and berber villages along the road to Ouarzazate, gateway to the desert. We will stop along the way to visit the village of Telouet and the Kasbah. Lunch and then continue through an old track to our next stop. The next destination is Ait Ben Haddou, World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1987. Many famous films have been performed on this place, like “Lawrence of Arabia” and “Jesus of Nazareth”. Finally we will go to Ouarzazate, where we will spend the first night in a Kasbah hotel.

Day 2: Ouarzazate · Dades Valley (Thousand Kasbahs Route) · Roses Valley
We will leave of Ouarzazate to Skoura, where we will visit the Amridil Kasbah, a powerful fortified building, impressive for size and decor. We will continue crossing the Dades Valley by the Thousand Kasbahs Route, to arrive to Kalaat M’Gouna, where we will eat lunch. Here is the Roses Valley. The harvests are abundant from late April to June. You are going to discover this beautiful area visiting Bou Tharar through the valley to Tourbiste. After watching the sunset, we will return to Kalaat M’Gouna for dinner.

Day 3: Roses Valley · Dades Gorges · Draa Valley · Zagora
We will go to Boumalne Dades for arrive to Dades Gorges. We will ascend the cliffs to the village of Ikniouen and take a track (56 km.) through Jebel Saghro. We will arrive at lunchtime to Nkob. After lunch, we will go to Zagora, but this time this is an asphalted road along part of the Draa River, borned in the Atlas mountains. You will discover the Draa Valley, with groves and beautiful villages. We will finish the day dinning in the Zagora hotel, whose emblem of the city is the famous sign “Tombouctou 52 days”.

Day 4: Zagora · Tamegroute · Chegaga Desert (camping in the dunes)
In the morning we will go to Tamegroute, famous for the whole of the Zaouia Naciria, composed of the Mosque, the Library, the Madrasa and the Mausoleum. We will continue to Mhamid, where start the Chegaga Desert. The frontier with Argelia is only to 40 kilometers. Here we will stop for eat lunch. In the afternoon we will take a track (60 km.), for arrive to the dunes of the Chegaga Desert. These dunes are simply breathtaking. We will witness the beautiful sunset. We will eat dinner and camp overnight in a typical berber camp.

Day 5: Chegaga Desert · Iriki Lake · Ouarzazate
After spending the night in the Chegaga Desert, we take a track that leads to the Iriki Lake. This is a dry lake most of the time, surrounded by dunes. The scenery is absolutely fantastic. We will arrive to Foum Zguid for lunchtime. We will continue the tour by road across Tazenakht, which is an important center of carpet weaving. We will arrive to Ouarzazate for dinner in the hotel.

Day 6: Ouarzazate · Marrakech
We will go to Marrakech crossing the High Atlas mountains and the Tizi n’Tichka peak. We will eat lunch along the way and arrive in the afternoon.

3 days Desert From Marrakech

Day 1:Marrakech – Hight Atlas – Ait Ben Haddou – Ouarzazate – Skoura- Dades Valley
Pickup from Marrakech at 08:00 am. We will drive for approximately 02 hours through the Atlas Mountains via the Tizi ‘n Tichka. Stopping for photos and breakfast along the way. We will see panoramic views of Berber villages and its ancient 17th century kasbahs. Then, heading to Ourzazate where we will visit the UNESCO protected Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah. After having lunch we will visit the Atlas Film Studios. Afterwards, we will drive to Skoura, a town that overlooks many other beautiful kasbahs. Heading Dades Valley. The night will be spent at a hotel in Dades Valley.

Day 2: Dades Valley – Todra Gorge – Erfoud – Merzouga – Camel Trek – Desert Camp

On our 2nd day, we will start after breakfast. We will drive to Tinghir city to explore Todra Gorge, and then go through Tinjdad village. After lunch, we will pass through the towns of Arfoud and Rissani hitting the road to Merzouga, home of Erg Chebbi, the tallest sand dunes in Morocco. We will arrive at the hotel in the late afternoon/early evening, where you will have some time to relax and have Berber tea. Around 5:30pm, we will ride the camels from the hotel for about one hour and a half through the desert dunes. We will arrive at the Berber tents, have some time to relax, drink Berber tea with nomads at the camp, and go over to the dunes to watch the sunset. Dinner will be at the camp, followed by music around the campfire (Except summer).

Day 3: Merzouga – Rissani – Draa Valley – Ouarzazate – Marrakech

We will wake up early in the morning to see the sunrise and after we will ride camels back to Merzouga to the hotel for breakfast and taking the shower. After that we will come back to Marrakech via Alnif, Nkob and Agdz.