Itinerary
- Day 1
Marrakech to Dades Gorges
You'll leave your hotel and drive through the Tizi-N-Tichka pass in the Atlas Mountains, making a stop around 10:00 AM in Ait Barka Village for breakfast and photos. The route takes you climbing higher to the Atlas Mountains' highest point where you'll have another chance to take pictures. After that, you head to Ait Ben Hadou, a UNESCO heritage site, with a local guide showing you around. You get about an hour free for lunch before continuing through the rose valley and Skoura Palm Grove. By evening you'll reach Dades valley and the gorges, where you spend your first night in a traditional Moroccan hotel. Temperature around 68°F/20°C in the mountains, warmer during the day.
- Start point
- Marrakesh, Marrakech - Tensift - Al Haouz, Morocco (your driver will pick you up from your hotel in Marrakech, 08:00 - 08:00)
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast in Ait Barka Village around 10:00 AM), Dinner
Included Activities
- Drive through Tizi-N-Tichka pass (2260m) in Atlas Mountains
- Stop in Ait Barka Village for photos and breakfast
- Visit second Atlas Mountains viewpoint at Thicka pass
- Guided tour of UNESCO-classified Ait Ben Hadou with local guide
- Drive through rose valley and Skoura Palm Grove to Dades valley and gorges
Optional Activities
- Lunch in Ait Ben Hadou (free time available, approximately 1 hour)
Landmarks Tizi-N-Tichka Pass Ait Barka Village Ait Ben Hadou Skoura Palm Grove Dades Gorges 
- Day 2
Dades Gorges to Merzouga Sahara Desert
After having a traditional Moroccan breakfast at your hotel, you depart at 8:00 AM and travel through the road of 1000 kasbahs, passing through colorful Berber villages in Dades valley. You'll reach Tineghir, which is known for its palm groves and the old Jewish quarter, then continue to Todra Gorges. There you get free time to trek along the canyons, which rise about 300m high. Following lunch, you head toward Erg Chebbi dunes in the Merzouga Sahara desert. The highlight is a 1 hour 30 minute camel ride at sunset to reach the bivouac camp. At night you stay in nomadic tents with the option to sleep outside under the stars and spend time playing drums with the camel drivers. Temperature drops to around 50°F/10°C after sunset.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Traditional Moroccan breakfast at hotel), Dinner
Included Activities
- Travel through road of 1000 kasbahs and Berber villages
- Drive through Tineghir
- Camel ride for 1 hour 30 minutes at sunset to bivouac camp
- Overnight stay in Merzouga Sahara desert bivouac
- Drum session with camel drivers
Optional Activities
- Trek along Todra Gorges canyons (approximately 300m high) - free time available
Landmarks Dades Valley Tineghir Todra Gorges Erg Chebbi Dunes Merzouga 
- Day 3
Merzouga Sahara Desert to Marrakech
Rise early to catch the sunrise over the Erg Chebbi dunes, then have a traditional breakfast back at the bivouac. You'll ride camels again to meet your driver and start the return journey to Marrakech, heading through Rissani, Tineghir, and back via Dades valley with free time for lunch somewhere along the way. The drive takes you across the Tizi N'Tichka pass and through Berber villages between Ouarzazate and Marrakech. By the end of the day you're back in Marrakech, completing your desert trip. Temperature will warm up to around 72°F/22°C as you descend from higher elevations.
- End point
- Marrakesh, Marrakech - Tensift - Al Haouz, Morocco (drop off you to your hotel / riad in Marrakech, 18:00 - 18:00)
- Meals
- Breakfast (Traditional breakfast in Merzouga bivouac)
Included Activities
- Sunrise viewing over Erg Chebbi dunes
- Traditional breakfast in Merzouga bivouac
- Camel ride back to meet driver
- Return drive via Rissani, Tineghir, Dades valley, and Ouarzazate
- Cross Tizi N'Tichka pass
- Drive through Berber villages
Optional Activities
- Lunch break along the way (free time available)
Landmarks Erg Chebbi Dunes Merzouga Rissani Tineghir Dades Valley Ouarzazate Tizi N'Tichka Pass 
