Itinerary

1. Day 1 : Marrakech – Atlas Mountains - Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou - Boumalne Dades Valley

   • The guide will pick you up from your Marrakech hotel at 7.15 a.m. and escort you to the departure point. We will travel over the Atlas Mountains range and descend into the Kasbah at Ait Ben Haddou. The Kasbah (six within a walled city) is a place of wonder. Here you will feel almost like you have returned to the days of gladiators, desert nomads and ancient trading markets. 
   • After the guided tour, lunch on the first day will be taken in the Kasbah at Ait Ben Haddou.
   • The next stop on the first day will be at Ouarzazate. Admire the scenery of a city where several blockbuster movies have been filmed. Classics like The Mummy and Lawrence of Arabia are among the many films taken in a city often called “The Gateway to the Desert”.
   • In the desert’s gateway city, stop at a café before venturing onto the Dades Valley. Once here, you can relax and unwind at a private guesthouse in Dades with an en-suite bathroom and enjoy the culinary delights of a Moroccan evening dinner.

2. Day 2: Boumalne Dades Valley - Tinghir - Todra Gorge - Merzouga

   • Enjoy a hearty breakfast at our guesthouse and leave for the Todra Gorge. 
   • After lunch, on the second day, travel on to Merzouga. Merzouga really is a place in the heart of the desert. Here we will get onto our camels, traverse the Dunes of Erg Chebbi, and finish off at the Berber desert camp to rest for the night. 
   • At the desert camp, enjoy an evening meal and breakfast in the morning before completing the final day’s journey back to Marrakesh.

   Overnight stay in a desert camp.

3. Day 3: Merzouga - Ouarzazate - Atlas Mountains - Marrakech

   • Our camels will transport us back to Merzouga; from there, it is another trip back through the Draa Valley, where we will see the sights at Rissani. The Moroccan architecture in the palaces, gateways and temples is worthy of many photographic opportunities.
   • The final leg of this tour sees us moving through Nqob, then Tamnougalt, before the familiar city of Ouarzazate. 
   • Lunch can be taken at any café before we head back through the Atlas Mountains and back into Marrakech for our journey’s end. Arrival in Marrakech is expected around 8.00 p.m.