3 days return Trip Marrakesh, Ait Benhaddou, Ouarzazate, Dades Valley, Merzouga.

In this trip you will experience something unique and we like to call it, more than holiday. You will get the chance to explore the real Morocco and back in time to see the historical Moroccan (North African) region. You will visit Kasbah Ait benhaddou which is an ighrem (fortified village in English) along the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech in present-day Morocco. You will have the opportunity to take a camel ride for an hour and ascend the Erg Chebbi dunes to watch the sunset from the summit (250m). Also you will be for a treat on the night that you will be spend in a nomad luxury tent. You will watch the spectacle of the sunrise, when the colour of the dunes and the play of shadows are an awesome sight. We will drive via Dra’a Valley on the village of Tazzarine (featured in the film ‘Babel’).

Itinerary

Day 1: Ait benhaddou/Ouarzazate

Stop At: Ait Ben Haddou, Ait Ben Haddou, Souss-Massa-Draa Region
Pick up from your Hotel in Marrakesh in the morning and transfer to the verdant oasis of Dades Gorge via the High Atlas Tizi-n-Tichka mountain pass (2260m). At panoramic viewpoints, there will opportunities to stop and take photos. Later there is a stop to visit the Kasbah of Telouet, which once served as a palatial residence and as the headquarters of the powerful Glaoui tribe. A side road crossing the Oumila Valley leads to the world heritage site Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, one of Morocco’s most spectacular ksour (dwellings) that once guarded the lucrative caravan route through the Atlas mountains. Continue through Ouarzazate we visit the Kasbah of Taourirt, originally the residence of the Pasha of Marrakesh,and Kelaa Mgouna (Rose Valley) and leave the main route at Boumalne Dades. Drive along this oasis valley gorge of the River Dades past ruined hilltop Kasbahs, valley-floor gardens and the strange rock formations of the Tamnalt Hills. Dinner, Hotel.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Hotel included.

Day 2: Dades gorges

Stop At: Merzouga, Merzouga, Meknes-Tafilalet Region
After breakfast, there is time to walk by the river before continuing to Toudgha to the very different gorges there. Lunch will either be here in the gorges or later at the tinjdad .You drive there via the Ziz Valley, and the towns of Erfoud and Rissani. Having arrived in Merzouga, in the course of the afternoon there is time to take a camel ride for a hour and ascend the Erg Chebbi dunes to watch the sunset from the summit (250m). After sunset, the night will be spent in a nomad tent, dinner at camp's restaurant
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: The night will be spent in a nomad tent, dinner at camp's restaurant.

Day 3: Merzouga

Stop At: Merzouga, Merzouga, Meknes-Tafilalet Region
If you wake up early enough, you can watch the spectacle of the sunrise, when the colour of the dunes and the play of shadows are an awesome sight. The itinerary continues to the Dra’a Valley via the village of Tazzarine (featured in the film ‘Babel’), we drive along the Dra’a Valley towards Agdez when we will stop for lunch in oldest Kasbah Tamnougalt beside the river,Some parts lie in ruins and some parts are still fully occupied. After lunch The return to Marrakesh will complete the trip at the end of the afternoon.

Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.