3 Days Tour from Marrakech to Sahara

Highlights of the 3 days tour from Marrakech to Sahara

Cross the High Atlas Mountains
Visit the Famous Castle of Ait Ben Haddou
Discover the gate of the desert Ouarzazate
The Hollywood of Africa
Cinema Studios
Explore the Kasbah of Taourirt in Ouarzazate
Pass through the Palm Grove of Skoura
Drive through the Roses Valley
Overnight in the Canyon of Dades Valley
The highest Sahara Sand Dunes
Camel Trek in the Desert
An forgettable overnight on the desert starry Camp
Drive through the Draa Valley
Cross The the Saghrou Mountains

ITINERARY:

Day 1 : Marrakech –Atlas Mountains – Ait ben haddou world Heritage Site – Ouarzazate – Roses Valley – Dades Gorges.

You will be picked up by a four-wheel drive by one of our staff. We start our 3 Days Tour from Marrakech to Sahara. Heading southbound to Ouarzazate towards Tizi n Tichka (pass) with 2260 mts high. By this way we will discover oasis, kasbahs and the beauty of the High Atlas Mountains. It is an occasion as well to appreciate the Berber villages and their lifestyle. Driving through the world human heritage site of Ait Ben Haddou. It is considered as UNESCO centre since 1987. The major landscape for many movies such as:

Lawrence d’Arabie (1962)
Sodome et Gomorrhe (1962)
L’Homme qui voulut être roi (1975)
Bandits, bandits (1981)
Le Diamant du Nil (1985)
Tuer n’est pas jouer (1987)
La Dernière Tentation du Christ (1988)
Un thé au Sahara (1990)
Kundun (1997)
La Momie (1999)
Gladiator (2000)
Alexandre (2004)
Babel (2006
After, visiting this Castle, we continue our way passing through cinematographically capital Ouarzazate to reach the Roses valley with its fabulous sights and views. Then we end our journey by the Dades Gorges.

Day 2: Dades Gorges – Todra Gorges – Arfoud – Merzouga (The Desert dunes):

After breakfast, we begin the day, going through the magnificent gorges for some panoramic views. Then, we drive a head to splendid gorge of Todra. It is a canyon in the eastern part of the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Here the canyon narrows to a flat stony track, in places as little as 10 metres wide, with sheer and smooth rock walls up to 160 metres high. Later we continue our way through many small a Berber villages to reach one the biggest Oasis in Morocco. Tafilalet palm groves. Erfoud is a destination for filmmakers due to the beauty of the surrounding Sahara Desert and the towns oasis areas. It is known too by its geological situation, that make it a very famous land for Fossils. All kind of marbles products can be found here. By the late afternoon we arrive to the desert dunes area.

Day 3 : Marzouga – Draa Valley – Ouarzazate – Marrakech

Na een nacht midden in de duinen te hebben doorgebracht, keren we terug naar het hotel, waar we kunnen ontbijten en douchen. Op weg naar Ouarzazate komen we in Rissani, waar alle financiële transacties plaatsvinden en het de eerste keizerlijke stad van het land is, met de souk onder de rode bogen en zijn vele ksours. We volgen de weg naar Alnif, Nkoub en vele andere dorpen om de prachtige stad te bereiken. Vallei van de Dra. Het is de langste rivier van Marokko, zo’n 1200 kilometer lang, met 350 tot 400 kilometer vol palmbomen. Door deze prachtige vallei, over de bergen van anti-Atlas We gaan terug via Ouarzazate en steken het Atlasgebergte over om laat in de middag Marrakech te bereiken.

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