Day 1 – Marrakech to Boumalne Dades

Pick up from the hotel in Marrakech. Drive via the highest pass in North Africa, Tiz n’Tichka, to reach the desert town of Ouarzazate. After lunch, we drive on via the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs to the Dades Valley, where you can relax by the hotel and make a walk through the oasis valley.

2* Hotel suggestion: Riad Dades
3* Hotel suggestion: Chez Pierre
4-5* Hotel suggestion: Le Berbere Palace (Ouarzazate)

Day 2 – Boumalne Dades to Merzouga

Leave Boumalne Dades for Merzouga, at the edge of the Sahara. You will visit the Todgha Gorges on the way. In the afternoon, enjoy a camel ride in the dunes of Erg Chebbi, and sleep in a desert camp under the stars. Watch the sunset and enjoy dinner in the camp. Overnight in desert camp.

2* Camp suggestion: Hotel Yasmina Standard Desert Camp
3* Camp suggestion: Hotel Yasmina Comfort Desert Camp
4* Camp suggestion: Bivouac Chergui

Day 3 – Merzouga to Marrakech

Get back to the hotel in Merzouga where we meet our driver and start the journey back to Marrakech. We drive via Agdez and the Draa Valley to Ouarzazate, and on to Tiz n’Tichka and Marrakech, where we arrive in the early evening.

Day 1 – Marrakech to Skoura / Boumalne Dades

Pick up from the hotel in Marrakech. Drive via the highest pass in North Africa, Tiz n’Tichka, to reach the desert town of Ouarzazate. After lunch, we drive on, to ‘the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs,one of the biggest concentrations of Kasbahs in Morocco, and the village of Skoura, where we can take a walk in the palm oasis and visit the Kasbah of Amridil. We stay the night here, or in Boumalne Dades, a little further along the route to the Sahara desert.

2* Hotel suggestion: Riad Dades
3* Hotel suggestion: Chez Pierre (Dades) or L’Ma Lodge (Skoura)
4-5* Hotel suggestion: Dar Ahlam (Skoura)

Day 2 – Skoura to Merzouga

Leave Skoura for Merzouga. We drive via the Dades and Rose Valley, and will visit the Todgha Gorges on the way. In the late afternoon, enjoy a camel ride in the dunes of Erg Chebbi during sunset and enjoy dinner in the camp. Overnight in the desert camp (or in the hotel at the edge of the dunes if preferred).

2* Camp suggestion: Hotel Yasmina Standard Desert Camp
3* Camp suggestion: Hotel Yasmina Comfort Desert Camp
4* Camp suggestion: Bivouac Chergui

Day 3 – Merzouga to Ait ben Haddou

Get up early today as you can see the sun rise over the dunes in Merzouga, an unforgettable experience! We then head back to the hotel where we meet our driver, and we continue our journey back south-west via the Draa Valley to reach Ait ben Haddou. Enjoy a walk through this famous Ksar, and relax at your hotel. Overnight in Ait ben Haddou.

2* Hotel suggestion: Riad Maktoub
3* Hotel suggestion: Riad Caravane
4-5* Hotel suggestion: Le Berbere Palace (Ouarzazate)

Day 4 – Ait ben Haddou to Marrakech

Drive back to Marrakech via Telouet, the Kasbah of the infamous Pacha Thami el Glaoui. We will arrive in the end of the afternoon in Marrakech. Your guide and driver will drop you off at the hotel.