5 Days 4 nights from and back to Marrakesh.

Day 1: Marrakesh to Ouarzazate via the Atlas Mountain

Depart to Marrakesh and travel over the Tizi n'Tichka Pass while enjoying superb views of the High Atlas Mountains and of the Berber villages. You will have a chance to visit the  Atlas Film Studio. Stop for lunch and tour the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Aït Benhaddou which is located on a hill along Ouarzazate River. This glorious site of southern Moroccan architecture has been used as a backdrop for hundreds of  movies  including The Kingdom of Heaven, The Last Temptation of Christ , Alexander , Prince of Persia. Drive through Valley (Valley of One Thousand Kasbahs).You will spend the night in the edge of Boumalne Dades. Later your destination will be towards El Kelaa of M'gouna (Valley of the Roses), where you will spend the night.


Day 2: Dades Valley- Merzouga via Todra Gorge

After breakfast you will depart for Boumalne Gorges and  Todra Gorges. The latter  is a canyon in the eastern part of the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco, near the town of Tinerhir. Both the Todgha and neighbouring Dades Rivers have carved out cliff-sided canyons on their final 40 kilometres (25 mi) through the mountains. The last 600 metres (1,969 ft) of the Todgha gorges are the most spectacular. The long  valley is lined with palmery and up on the rocks you may see the Nomad families tending sheep and goats. Probably, you will see  the eagles that nest in the Todra and other amazing birds. Lunch will be surved in the  midway. After, continuing the way to Sahara, the largest desert  in the world , where you will camel trek into the beautiful Erg Chebbi Dunes. You will stay overnight   in a bivouac (camp) ; have a chance to taste a typical  berber  dinner, and sleep in a traditional Nomad camel hair tent under millions of stars.


Day 3: Merzouga area, culture and customs

Wake-up to an amazing sunrise between high golden sand dunes. Enjoy wandering, boarding and breakfast. The camel man will escort you back on camels to the Hotel Inn to shower. Next, have an opportunity to see an African Diaspora within the African continent itself; this diaspora is located in a village ( the Gnawa people, originally slaves brought from Sudan, to enjoy their music and lifestyle . Continue to Rissani, where you will visit the Ksours and Kasbahs of Tafilalt, stopping in the Tafilalt Palm Grove on the way. You will visit  Moulay Ali Sherif mausoleum ( the Alaouit dynasty  founder) and explore the local traditional market  in Rissani . Once called Sijilmassa. It used to be a meeting place for the caravans, coming from Subsaharan countries. You will explore the hugest souk in the south east of Morocco in which there are different goods: spices, vegetables, traditional clothes,etc.  After a lunch pizza in Rissani, you will head to Zagora  via Alnif and Tazarine.

Day 4: Zagora – Ouarzazate

After breakfast, you will go to Ouarzazate via Drâa Valley, Agdz, visiting the Tamnougalt Kasbah and palm trees oases which are located in a desertic area. Overnight in a traditional kasbah in Ouarzazate.

Day 5: Ouarzazate – Marrakesh

Enjoy breakfast and continue the trip to Marrakesh through Tizi n’Tichka  Pass over the High Atlas Mountains stopping along the way for having lunch and for  enjoying  the fabulous scenery in the heart of the High Atlas.

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