5-Day Marrakech Desert Tour with Aït Benhaddou and Merzouga

• Depart for the High Atlas via the Tizi n'Tichka pass at 2,260 m, crossing the Atlas Mountains.

• Follow the old caravan route to the village of Telouet and the ancient Kasbah of Telouet, then continue to the village of Aït Benhaddou, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Walk around the village and visit the ancient kasbah.

• Have lunch there and continue to Ouarzazate.

• Visit the film studios and have dinner.

Overnight at a hotel in Ouarzazate.

• After breakfast, depart from Ouarzazate for the Skoura palm grove and its magnificent Kasbah Amridil.

• Continue to the Valley of Roses, crossing Berber villages.

• Have lunch in Dadès Gorge and enjoy a short walk through the valley.

• Head to the village of Tinghir while visiting the valley, and if there is time, enjoy a cup of mint tea.

• Return to the guest house.

• After breakfast, depart for Todra Gorge and enjoy a one-hour walk through the Tinghir valley. Then continue on the road to Merzouga via Tinejdad, Erfoud and its famous fossilized marble, and Rissani, the ancient capital of Tafilalet, before heading into the Merzouga desert.

• Arrive at the foot of the dunes, ride camels to the bivouac in the middle of the dunes, watch the sunset, and spend the night in the heart of the desert in Berber tents.

• Get up early in the morning to see the sunrise, then return by camel to the point of departure, where the vehicle is waiting.

• Continue to the Draa Valley through Rissani, the cradle of the Alaouite dynasty, and pass through the huge Bougafer mountain.

• Have lunch at N'kob, the first village of the Draa.

• In the afternoon, travel through the most beautiful part of the Draa Valley and arrive in Ouarzazate at the end of the day.

Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

• After breakfast, leave to visit the Oasis Museum.

• Take the road to Marrakech via the village of Tadart.

• After lunch, cross the Tichka pass and arrive at your hotel in Marrakech.