Day 1: Fes – Azrou-Midelt-Merzouga
In the morning depart to Merzouga sand dunes via the beautiful city of Ifran with its sky resorts and Moroccan Swiss style town around this city is the cedar forests where you will stop in Azrou to see the monkeys climbing the trees and lunch will be in Midelt, “the apple capital”, near the Ayachi Mountain. In the afternoon, you continue over the Tizi Talromte the highest pass between the Sahara desert and the north of the country. The Ziz Valley, which is well known for its palm trees and the Berber villages over looking the oasis. Late in the afternoon, you will reach Er Erfoud, famous for its date festival and fossils. Arrive in Merzouga you will see the most beautiful sand dunes in the desert of Morocco at the sunset, Your accommodation will be at the camp or at dune line.
Day 2: Merzouga Dunes- tour around (Erg chebbi desert)
After breakfast, you can explore the near by village of Khamlia to enjoy live Gnawa traditional music, the tour will take you through the off-track road of the sand dunes then stop to have tea with nomads in Berber tents, before you get back to the hotel to relax and start your next adventure ride the camel into the ocean of sand dunes in order to see the sunset and spend the second night at the nomad camp.
Day 3: Merzouga Dunes – Todra Gorge – Dades Valley-Dades Gorge
You will wake up early and walk across the sand dunes to see the beautiful sunrise. After having a breakfast you will pack your gear, ride back to your car and drive across the desert landscapes to see many fortified villages in the magnificent palm gardens of the South. Lunch stop will be at the heart of the spectacular Todra Gorge, with its huge, breathtaking red cliffs. It is a paradise for mountain climbing you will take a small hike through the canyons and meet the nomads coming from the high Atlas Mountains to the Todra valley late in the afternoon you will continue to the dades gorge for the night.
Day 4: Dades Gorge – El Kelaa Magona – Skoura – Ouarzazate
drive along the dades valley to the Ait youl Kasbah and turn to the unpaved road toward the beautiful village of Boutaghrar. Continue along the beautiful roses valley to reach the famous Skoura palm grove where you will stop for lunch by the Berbers enjoy the local way of life.
In the afternoon you will arrive into Ouarzazate and check into your hotel.
Day 5: Ouarzazate – Ait Ben Hadou – Marrakech
In the morning, you will visit the old part of the town and the beautiful pasha Glaoui Kasbah of Taourirte. After a short visit of the film studio of the Hollywood of North Africa you will continue to the famous village of Ait Ben Hadou declared as the firs site of a UNESCO in the south of Morocco. It also used as the main place for many movies such as “Lawrence of Arabia” and “the Jewell of the Nile» and Gladiator Have lunch at the Kasbah Restaurant. In the afternoon you will head toward Marrakech driving through one of the highest passes in the country, the Tizi-n-Tishka, which is 2260 meters high. On the way, you will see the traditional Berber farmers using the terraced style of planting on the mountainsides. Arriving in Marrakech, the end of the Trip.
