Excursion Details
⏳ 2 Days & 2 Nights
Marrakech > High Atlas Mountains > Ouarzazate > Zagora > Fraa Valley
Location
Tour Description
Embark on a 2-day adventure from Marrakech to Zagora Tinfou. Journey through the stunning High Atlas Mountains, visit the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah, and explore Ouarzazate. Continue your route through the Draa Valley towards Zagora, where you’ll enjoy a camel trek to a desert camp. Discover the Jewish quarter of Amzerou, the historic town of Tamgroute, and the Mhamid dunes. Enjoy a picnic lunch and a spectacular sunset at Erg Chegag.
Included
- Private air-conditioned vehicle, 4x4 Toyota Land Cruiser + fuel
- Driver speaking English/French/Spanish during the tour
- Camel trek and overnight stay in a Berber camp (in the desert)
- Free time to explore the sites, take walks, visit the canyons, photo stops, etc.
Excluded
- Lunch
- Drinks
- Entrance fees to monuments
Itinéraire
- Early morning departure from Marrakech towards the High Atlas Mountains.
- Drive through the Tizi n’Tichka pass, reaching an altitude of 2,260 meters.
- Visit the Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
- Lunch break in Ouarzazate, known as the “Hollywood of Morocco.”
- Explore the Kasbah of Taourirt in Ouarzazate.
- Continue the journey through the Tizi-n-Tnifift pass, the village of Agdz, and the Draa Valley.
- Arrival in Zagora, where a camel caravan awaits you.
- Camel ride into the desert to reach the camp.
- Dinner and overnight stay in a traditional nomadic tent.
- Breakfast at the camp, then return to Zagora.
- Drive through the Draa Valley, with its palm groves and picturesque rivers.
- Continue the journey through Erfoud, the Ziz Palm Valley, the town of Midelt, and the cedar forest of Azrou, where you may spot wild macaque monkeys.
- Visit Ifrane, often referred to as the “Switzerland of Morocco.”
- Explore Tamgroute, historically important as the cradle of the Saadian dynasty.
- Visit the ancient Quranic library and the underground Kasbah in Tamgroute.
- Picnic lunch amidst the dunes of the Mhamid desert.
- Continue to Erg Chegaga to witness a spectacular sunset over the dunes.
- Camel ride to the camp in the desert.
- Dinner under the stars and overnight stay in a nomadic tent.
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