Marrakech and the Sahara
Day 1
Marrakech – arrival at the ryad
Reception at the airport, transfer and settling at your Ryad. Depending on your arrival time, possibility of a first visit to Marrakech.
Overnight in a ryad.
Day 2
Marrakech – Telouet – Ait Ben Haddou – Ouarzazate – Skoura
After breakfast, meeting with your 4×4 driver, then departure towards the crossing of the High Atlas by the pass of Tichka (2260 mts). After the pass, a road on the left leads to Telouet and its magnificent Kasbah, once the kingdom of the mighty family El Glaoui, lords of the High Atlas and the Pacha of Marrakech. Visit, and possibility of lunch at a hostel before continuing on the road to reach Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, classified World Heritage of Unesco. Free visit of the Kasbah, where many films have been shot (Lawrence of Arabia, The Mummy, Asterix, etc). Continue to Ouarzazate then the palm grove of Skoura.
Dinner and Overnight in Kasbah guesthouse.
Day 3
Skoura –Boumalne Dades
Departure for the palm grove of Skoura where you will take the path towards Ait Youl, in the gorges of Dades. This trail follows for more than 100 km the foothills of the M’Goun massif which rises to 4068m. On the mountainside and on steep cliffs, the Berbers, sheep and goat farmers, have been digging for centuries shelters for their families and herds, shelters that you will visit. Discovery of oasis that surprise on the detours of the road. Possibility of lunch at Bouthaghar (valley of the Roses) where the Berber peasants grow and dry the roses that the perfume makers of the whole world want. By Ait Youl, you will reach Boulmane Dades.
Dinner and overnight in Kasbah.
Day 4
Boumalne Dades – Zagora
Departure by the track that crosses the Djebel Saghro, certainly one of the most beautiful and most surprising of Morocco, in an environment of ancient volcanoes, large valleys in a mineral landscape. After crossing the pass of Tizi n’Tazazert, possibility of a lunch break at a hostel in the center of a landscape that resembles the Monument Valley.
Continue towards N’Kob to take the dirt road that runs along the wadi in the magnificent palm grove of the valley of Draa going through very old Kasbahs. Arrival at Zagora.
Dinner and Overnight in Kasbah guesthouse.
Day 5
Zagora – M’Hamid – Erg Chegaga
Departure to join Ouled Driss and M’Hamid, last villages before the desert. On the way, stop at Tamegroute to visit the magnificent library created in the XVII century where there are illuminated manuscripts of the Koran, written on gazelle skin, as well as history and medicine books. After the crossing of the Beni Slimane pass, descent toward the palm grove of Ouled Driss. Possibility of lunch in a hostel before the departure to the south through the dunes of Erg Chegaga.
2 hour stroll in the back of a camel to watch the sunset in the dunes.
Dinner and overnight in Chegaga, in a charming bivouac in the middle of the dunes.
Day 6
Chegaga – lake Iriqui- Tazenaght – Ouarzazate
Departure for the crossing of Iriki lake (dry salt lake) along the desert plateaus of Oued Naam and Oued Laatache. Passage of the Erg Erg Ezarh, before arriving to Tazenaght. It is possible to visit a carpet factory, before continuing on the road to Ouarzazate.
Dinner and overnight in a guesthouse.
Day 7
Ouarzazate – Marrakech
Departure with final destination Marrakech through the pass of Tichka. You can, before rejoining the road, stop by the cinema studios to visit them.
End of the location of the 4×4 after the arrival at the ryad in Marrakech.
Overnight at the ryad.
Day 8
Marrakech
Transfer to the airport for your return flight.
4×4 tour, with driver
6 nights riad / guest house – 1 night charming camp in the dunes
Discovery of Southern Morocco with varied landscapes, oasis & palm groves, the crossing of Jebel Sagho, the Dunes of Chegaga … with lodging in authentic places and on night in a charming bivouac in the desert.
Highlights
- A loop trip.
- A driver.
- Optional hikes almost every day.
- 5 dinners included.
Useful information
Price, Euros
| Group size | 2 | 3 |
4 |
5 |
| Per person | 885 | 745 | 670 | 625 |
| Single supplement | 165 | |||
Price on request for the last two weeks of December (Christmas, New Year).
What’s included in the price
- The welcoming and airport transfers Marrakech – Ryad at arrival and departure.
- A vehicle 4×4 Toyota Land Cruiser with driver, from the morning of Day 2 (beginning at the ryad at 8h30) to the evening of day 7.
- 2 night in ryad, Marrakech, based on double room, overnight and breakfast.
- 4 nights guesthouse, based on double room, half-board (diner at the accommodation).
- 6 lunches (restaurant, picnics).
- 1 night in a charming camp at the Erg Chegaga, bases on double tent, half-board.
- A stroll in the back of a camel (2 hours) to see the sunset in the dunes of Chegaga.
What’s not included in the price
- Cancellation insurance and repatriation insurance.
- Lunches and dinners at Marrakech.
- Entry tickets to the sites and monuments.
- Drinks.
- Gratuities.
- Personal expenses.
- Everything that is not in the « What’s included in the price » section.
