Departure at 8 o’clock from your hotel or riad in Marrakesh to cross the High Atlas Mountains. After the Tichka pass, you leave the main road and take a side road to the Telouet Kasbah, which belonged to the Lords of the Atlas, the Pasha Glaoui. From there you continue for lunch at Ait Ben Haddou along the newly asphalted connecting road. This is the most famous Kasbah in Morocco and is a UNESCO World Heritage site, which we visit after lunch. Then we continue the short distance to Ouarzazate where you spend the night
2nd day: Ouarzazate – Mhamid
After breakfast, the trip continues to Agdez, where you stop to visit Kasbah Tamnougalte, the oldest Kasbah in the Dra’a Valley, before taking the ancient caravan road between the river and the mountains. On the way, we pass many villages and gardens so that you can gain a better idea of the way of life along the oases. Once in Zagora we stop for lunch. In the afternoon we drive to M’hamid, the gate to the desert. camel ride for one hour and half leads to the the camp to enjoy an unforgettable sunset and to spend the beauty of the night in a nomad tent.
3rd day: M’hamid – Chagaga
After breakfast you return to M’hamid to visit the old village across the now frequently dry river Dra’a. In the afternoon, there is the departure for the Erg Chagaga dunes (300m) with 60km of off-road. This route passes different features of the desert; dunes, ‘hammada’ and the Sacred Oasis to dunes. Once there you enjoy the sunset on the the highest dunes in Morocco. Dinner and a night’s sleep are in a bivouac of nomad tents.
4th day: Chagaga – Marrakesh
After breakfast, the road takes us through another 90km of desert with varying scenery; Lake Iriqui, the mountains and fossils. Lunch will be in Foum Zguid, the first village after the desert,. From here the drive back to Marrakesh is along paved roads via the village of Taznakht, famous for its Berber carpets and rugs. From there we cross the High Atlas again to reach Marrakesh at the end of the afternoon.
