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Morocco · Desert Adventure
The journey
Cross dunes and gorges on this 4-day journey from Marrakech and discover remarkable sights across southern Morocco. Travel through the High Atlas to the Kasbah of Aït Benhaddou, explore Tinghir and the Todgha Gorge, and head into the Erg Chebbi dunes for a camel ride to a nomadic Berber camp. Along the way, enjoy sunset and sunrise in the desert, traditional Berber music and dance, and scenic drives through valleys, oases, and mountain villages.
Prepare to get up before dawn to climb the big dune and watch the sunrise.
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At a glance
Day by day
Dinner and overnight stay at a traditional Moroccan riad in the Todgha Gorge or Tinghir Kasbah.
Visit the Todra Gorge. Stop to take pictures and walk a little in the gorges.
Continue to the Erg Chebbi dunes with a Morocco tour guide. Find the camels waiting to take you on a journey through the dunes.
Stop somewhere to enjoy the sunset scene.
Arrive at the nomadic tents to have a great dinner accompanied by Berber song and dance.
Prepare to get up before dawn to climb the big dune and watch the sunrise.
Early morning, depart to see the sunrise over the dunes.
Return by dromedary to the inn. After breakfast, start towards the huge palm grove of Tafilalet through Rissani.
Proceed to Alnif (lunch on the spot), Tazarine Oasis, N'kob, and the Draa Valley.
Head towards Ouarzazate via the small Berber village of Agdez and the mountains of the Anti-Atlas (1,660 m high).
Visit the famous Kasbah of Aït Benhaddou, a UNESCO site classified since 1987, where a few families are still living. Along the way, admire the Berber villages in the mountains of the High Atlas.
Dinner and overnight stay at a hotel.
Take a side road to the Telouet Kasbah, which now stands in ruins after the last Pasha left following the departure of the French.
Cross the mountainous chain of the High Atlas through the Tizin-Tichka, the highest narrow path in the country.
Return to Marrakech.
Where this trip takes you
Erg Chebbi dunes, Todgha Gorge cliffs, Kasbah Taourirt, Aït Benhaddou
The route
The fine print
Transport by 4x4 or comfortable air-conditioned minibus (fuel included)
English-speaking Morocco driver/guide
Pick-up and drop-off at your Marrakech accommodation
Two nights in en-suite rooms with A/C in typical hotels, kasbahs, and riads, with dinner and breakfast
Overnight camel trek in a nomad desert
Bivouac with a guide (private tents)
Lunches
Drinks
Tips of any kind
Entry fees for monuments
Logistics
Your 4 days finish where they began, in Marrakesh.
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