Your Morocco journey
Ait Benhaddou, Merzouga, Marrakech
Travel from Marrakech through Ait Benhaddou and Ouarzazate to Merzouga, returning via the Todra Gorges and the M’Goun Valley. The source contains conflicting duration information; ask Adil to confirm the number of days and overnight stops for your dates.
Your itinerary
Day 1 MARRAKECH – AIT BENHADDOU – OUARZAZATE
Our first day will consist of a drive through the High Atlas Mountains passing through the Tiki-N-Tichka high altitude route. We will pass farmlands, Berber villages, ruins of ancient kasbahs and the fortress of Ait Benhaddou. Finally, we will arive in Ouarzazate to visit Morocco’s finest citadels.
Day 2OUARZAZATE – SKOURA – MERZOUGA
We will set off on the road of the ”1000 Kasbahs” stopping at the oasis of Skoura before reaching to the Merzouga desert, where we will ride camels towards the edge of the desert dunes and spend the night under the stars in our nomadic desert camp.
Day 3 MERZOUGA – TODRA GORGES – M'GOUN VALLEY
Today we will rise early in the desert camp to observe the sunrise over the Sahara dunes, an absolutely unique experience. Furthermore, we will depart to Todra Gorges a trench rising more than 250 meters high, where we will have a picnic lunch before staying at a Kasbah in the High Atlas Mountains.
DAY 4 MARRAKECH
We will have breakfast and drive back to Marrakech. The journey on the road will be long but once we have arrived you will have the rest of the day for your own leisure time. We will transfer you to the airport depending on flight times.