The High Atlas Mountains provide the backdrop for an 8-day journey from Marrakech to Merzouga (Erg Chebbi). Come see the sights of Ait Ben Haddou and Telouat Kasbah. We’ll make a photo stop in Ouarzazate and go around the area around the Atlas Studios, Rose Valley, and the Dades Gorges. Traveling the Sahara Desert on camel and staying at a tent for the night. We will spend the night in Berber tents in the midst of the dunes and then continue on our journey to Fez. We’ll go to Rissani Market, Erfoud, Errachidia, Midelt, and Azrou. Next, we’ll visit Volubilis, Chefchaouen, Rabat, Casablanca, and finally Marrakech. The nicest aspect about signing up for our 8-day journey from Marrakech to Merzouga is that guests get to choose their own departure dates and times. Our trip is customized to fit your interests and schedule. While traveling through scorching deserts, we make sure our guests are as comfortable as possible by transporting them in contemporary, air-conditioned cars.
We leave Marrakech in the morning and make our way to Ouarzazate, where several well-known films were made, including Alexander the Great, The Mummy, The Jewel of the Nile, Kingdom of Heaven, etc.
The beauty of the landscape is undeniable. As a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Kasbah of Ait Benhaddou is a must-see on our tour of Southern Morocco. Ouarzazate, known as “The Hollywood of Africa,” is where you’ll have lunch. We’re off to the valley of the roses now, where there’s a big celebration every May when the roses are picked. Travel to Dades Valley and stay the night.
We start the day with breakfast and a trip to the Todra Gorges, a popular destination for rock climbers. Later, we’ll keep on, passing a string of walled settlements with impressive architecture along the old Bedouin trade routes that ran parallel to the Middle Atlas. Some of the most scenic drives in the South may be found on the way to Erfoud. The French established the town as an administrative hub amid an arid, red desert landscape. Those looking for black marble with plenty of fossils need go no further.
Stoneware such as ashtrays, washbasins, and more are carved to feature fossils in high relief. We go to the magnificent Merzouga dunes, which mark the beginning of the great Sahara Desert. We ditch the car and ride camels into the desert to a Berber outpost. If you want to make your trip really unforgettable, why not try sand dunes boarding in the Sahara? Soon after supper, we all congregate around the fire to listen to the desert night, maybe accompanied by traditional Berber drums.
Your camel guide will wake you early to view the spectacular dawn of your life. Following breakfast, you will camel trek back to your Riad or Hotel in Merzouga, where your driver/guide will start our off-road adventure excursion over sand dunes.
Explore Merzouga. Begin Berber village exploration in Khamlia, the black people’s settlement. Served tea and mystical Gnawa music.
Admire the panoramic view of sand dunes and see nomads living in tents and tending goats and camels.
Explore derelict mines and a palm oasis. Return to Merzouga. Free hour to explore Merzouga streets.
We depart the Sahara Desert today after a terrific off-road journey and amazing nomad encounters.
Following breakfast, we’ll drive to Midelt via Rissani and Erfoud to browse at the local souk. We pause to admire the Ziz valley’s palm palms as we drive to Midelt.
We’ll follow the volcanic Rich Ziz Gorges after Errachidia. Midelt through Tizi N Talghamt. Dinner, bed, and breakfast in Midelt.
After breakfast in your accommodation, we will drive from Midlet to Fes via little ancient mud Berber villages in the Middle Atlas Mountains on our 8-day tour from Marrakech to Merzouga.
We visit the Barbarian apes (monkeys) in the Cedar woodland before Azrou. After Ifrane, reach Fes. Fes Hotel/Riad drop-off.
See Fez city’s oldest magnificent structures when visiting Morocco. A native guide leads a half-day medina walking tour, leaving the afternoon free to explore the city. The Fes medina, a UNESCO property since 1981, is the biggest living old medina.
You’ll also see the Nejjarin Museum, Al Quaraouin, Fes’ oldest university, the Jewish Quarter, and Fes’ famed leather tannery from above in the Old Medina (Fes-el-Bali). Hotel or Riad overnight.
Fes-Rabat-Meknes after breakfast. We will stop at Volubilis to learn about Roman Moroccan life. 1997 UNESCO World Heritage Site.
At Meknes, we’ll see Bab El Mansour, Africa’s most renowned gate, Lahdim square with its spices souk, and the Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail, Morocco’s only mosque that allowed non-Muslims.
Later we’ll go to Rabat, Morocco’s seaside capital, where we’ll see the crenelated red ocher walls, the Kasbah of the Udayas, the Hassan 2 tower, and the Mohamed 5 tomb. Medina hotel/Riad night.
Our 8-day Marrakech-Merzouga trip’s last day. Early morning Rabat-Casablanca-Marrakech. Our excursion begins in Casablanca’s Hassan II Mosque after breakfast. Africa’s second-largest mosque. Its 689-foot minaret is the second-tallest in the world (210 meters). Before returning to Marrakech.
After arrival, the day is yours. Go wander around Djemaa El Fna plaza or do what you planned in Marrakech before your trip.
According on your departure schedule, we will leave you off to the hotel, Riad, or airport. Our 8-day Marrakech-Merzouga-imperial cities vacation ends. We will take pride in giving you lifelong memories and experiences.
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