5-Day Desert Adventure from Marrakech to Merzouga and Ait Benhaddou

• Meet your driver and begin your journey from Marrakech.

• Visit the scenic Ouzoud Waterfalls near Azilal.

• Drive through the high-altitude Agdal pastures.

• Discover the cultural landscapes of the Ait Atta and Ait Bougmez tribes.

• Arrive in Ait Bouguemez by evening.

Enjoy dinner and spend the night at a stopover lodge.

• Eat breakfast at the lodge.

• Cross the Ait Imi Pass (2,900 m), then the Ait Ahmed Pass (2,900 m).

• Admire stunning views over the three surrounding valleys.

• Descend into the colourful Valley of Roses.

• Travel along the picturesque Kasbah Road.

• Arrive in the Dades Valley and explore the Todgha Gorges.

Dine and rest overnight at the Dades Hotel.

• Depart from Dades and head south along the Atlas foothills.

• Watch the landscape shift from mountains to desert terrain.

• Reach the Tafilalete palm grove and spot the first sand dunes.

• Ride a camel into the dunes of Merzouga at sunset.

Enjoy dinner and sleep under the stars in a desert bivouac.

• Wake early and climb the dunes to witness the sunrise.

• Return to Merzouga for breakfast.

• Travel through the town of Rissani, a former trade hub.

• Cross the desert oases of Alnif and Tazarine.

• Follow the Draa River through Morocco's longest palm grove.

• Traverse the Anti-Atlas Mountains and reach Ouarzazate.

• Continue to Ait Benhaddou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Tour the historic Kasbah in the late afternoon.

Eat dinner and stay overnight in a local hotel.

• Leave Ait Benhaddou and head back toward Marrakech.

• Drive through the scenic Tizi n'Tichka mountain pass.

• Arrive in Marrakech.

• Conclude your journey.