5 days / 4 nights
MARRAKECH
HIGH ATLAS
OUARZAZATE
SKOURA
ROSES VALLEY
DADES GORGES
MERZOUGA
RISSANI
TAZZARINE
ZAGORA
TAMEGROUTE
TAGOUNITE
TAGOUNITE-KASBAHS M´HAMID
SACRED OASIS
CHEGAGA GREAT DUNES
ERG CHEGAGA
AGO IRIKI
AVAILABLE
BASIC
4X4 5D / 4N circuit in Morocco
Pick up at your hotel in Marrakech and start the trip to the green Dades Valley. We will cross the High Atlas and its Tizi-N-Tichka summit, with 2,260 meters of altitude. Mountain landscapes and Berber villages, absolutely fantastic contrasts. We will arrive at Ouarzazate, famous for the number of films shot in his studios. We will visit the Kasbah of Taourirt, residence of the last Pasha of Marrakech. Then we will go to the palm grove of Skoura and the city of roses Kelaa Mgouna, after passing numerous Berber villages reach the Gorges of Dades, where we will spend the night.
We will continue our route through Tinghir, the Dades Valley and the Todra Gorges. For lunch we will stop at a restaurant located in the heart of the canyons at 300 meters high, with the possibility of walking for an hour inside the valley for those who are interested in hiking.In the afternoon, we will leave for Erfoud, via Tinejdad , with its old underground irrigation system, and we can discover the fossils and the places where they are extracted before reaching the Merzouga dunes in Erg Chebbi. After a 15-minute break, we will ride the dromedaries to go directly to the oasis where you can enjoy the evening with traditional dinner and entertainment
After an unforgettable night, you will wake up in the calm of the dunes in the land of nomads, you can admire the sunrise in the desert and after a typical breakfast, you will return with the dromedaries to the lodge. There your driver will be waiting for you, after a refreshing shower, you will depart to Rissani where you will visit the Moulay Ali Cherif Mausoleum and the palm grove as part of the ecotourism experience in the region. Lunch will be in Tazzarine. Then we will continue through the Drâa Valley to Tagounite. We will pass through Zagora and Tamegroute where its Koranic Library and its pottery workshops characteristic of the region stand out. We arrive at Tagounite, penultimate town before the desert, where you will be welcomed with a typical welcome tea. Dinner and accommodation.
In the morning, after a good breakfast, we will take a walk to the old Kasbahs of Tagounite, where we can enjoy an authentic tea and the hospitality of its inhabitants. We will return to Camping Les Palmeraies for lunch and then leave for the Great Dunes of Chegaga in the 4 × 4. We will pass through Ouled Driss and M´Hamid, the last town before the track that will lead us after 95 kms to Chegaga. We will make several stops contemplating the immensity of the desert, as in the Sacred Oasis, where a small stream with water runs throughout the year. We will arrive at Chegaga, the largest group of dunes in the entire region, with a height of up to 300 meters and an extension of 40 km. We will enjoy a dromedary ride between the dunes watching the sunset and sleep in a traditional nomadic haima.
After watching the sunrise for the early risers and having breakfast, we will start our trip back to Marrakech, along an old section of the Paris-Dakar track, crossing the Iriki Lake, Foum Z Guid old military post, and Tazanakht, important carpet weaving center. We will visit the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, and one of the best preserved Kasbahs in Morocco. Movies like Gladiator or the Kingdom of Heaven have been filmed here. We will continue our journey through the High Atlas and arrive in Marrakech around 18.30.
