Agadir to Agdz
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Taroudant
Visit Taroudant before you continue your drive through the Anti Atlas to Agdz. On the journey you’ll drive through the fertile Souss Valley, passing banana and citrus fruit plantations.
Enjoy a local brunch of freshly squeezed orange juice, mint tea, and Moroccan pastries. Admire the 11th century ramparts and the five monumental gates of Taroudant. Explore the busy square of Place Assarag in the heart of the city.
Enjoy a guided tour of the souks where traditional crafts are on display featuring silver jewelry, leather, engraved limestone, saffron, spices, and Argan oil. You’ll have free time to wander around and explore the area on your own, plus there's time to enjoy a refreshing mint tea before leaving Taroudant. To be sure, this tour is a great introduction to Morocco’s traditional past.
Duration: 2 hours
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Drive to Taliouine through the Sous valley farms and Anti/Hight Atlas Mountains with a stop to admire Argain trees and the Goats. Then continue through the local berber villages. Stop for lunch in a local restaurant in Taliouine which is famous for its production of saffron and is one of the main exporters of this spice worldwide.
Duration: 2 hours
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Tazenakht
Stop in Tazenakht for a coffee before you continue to Draa valley in Agdz where you will spend the night.Taznakht is a town in Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet region, southern Morocco, on the road from Ouarzazate to Agadir.
Duration: 30 minutes
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Agdz
Agdz, Entrance of the Drâa Valley
Dominated by the Kissane Jbel, recognizable with its tajine dish shape, Agdz opens to the Drâa valley, 69 Km south of Ouarzazate.
Located on the old caravan road connecting Marrakesh and Timbuktu, Agdz, which means “resting place“, is a well deserved name. It is now articulated around the main square with its small souk (market).
Duration: 30 minutes
Agdz to Erg Chebbi desert
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Draa Valley
After breakfast start your day for a walk inside the oasis to explore the local life and get to visit Tamnougalt Kasbah.
Duration: 60 minutes
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Nkob
Drive through Draa valley to Tansikht then continue to Nkob for a coffee. N'Kob is a rural municipality in the Zagora province, in the Atlas Mountains. It is located at approximately 30°52′10.594″N 5°52′1.652″W, near the Jbel Saghro and 24 kilometers from Tamsahelte.
Duration: 60 minutes
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Tazarine
Drive to Alnif through Tazarine Known by Hena Plantation. Possibility to stop and take fotos...
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Alnif
Stop for lunch in Alnif before you continue to Rissani and Erg Chebbi desert.
Duration: 60 minutes
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Erg Chebbi
After two hours driving we´ll reach the wonderful Merzouga dunes. “Desert of powdery sand dunes”. We´ll change there our motorized transportation for one of animal traction to go inside the heart of the the desert. When we reach the camp, we accommodate in the tents, that are tents made of camel hair, just like the ones used by nomad families. Dinner and overnight in a traditional Bivouac Camp under the beautiful stars.
Duration: 15 hours
Erg Chebbi desert to Dades Valley
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Erfoud
Wake-up to a spectacular sunrise in the desert and enjoy breakfast. Bivouac trekkers will return by camel, and then travel via Erfoud to Tinerhir for lunch.
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Gargantas del Todra
Visit the dramatic Todra Gorges.Being stuck between a rock and a hard place is a sublime experience in the Todra Gorge, where a 300m-deep fault splits the orange limestone into a deep ravine at some points just wide enough for a crystal-clear river and single-file trekkers to squeeze through. The road from Tinerhir passes green palmeraies (palm groves) and Berber villages until, 15km along, high walls of pink and grey rock close in around the road. The approach is thrilling, as though the doors of heaven were about to close before you.
Duration: 60 minutes
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Dades Gorges
Next you will continue through Boulmane Dades to the spectacular “Valley of Dades” where you will spend the evening at Dades Valley.Stretching from the High Atlas Mountains in the north to the rugged Jbel Sarho in the south, the Dades Valley is scattered with oases, palm groves and elaborate kasbahs. The valley itself is made lush and green by the Dades River, which rises from the High Atlas Mountains before emptying into Morocco’s largest river, the Draa. The waters of the Dades provide life for a variety of almond, fig, walnut and birch trees on the valley floor offering a spectacular contrast to the earthen-colored rocky formations rising from the valley floor.
Often referred to as the Land of a Thousand Kasbahs, the Dades Valley is home to many kasbahs that were built here for the added protection the valley provides.
Duration: 15 hours
Dades Valley to Marrakesh or Agadir
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Vallee Des Roses
The Valley of the Roses has been carved by the Assif M’Goun river as it twists and turns its way down to the town of Kalaat M’Gouna. An exhilarating windy 30 km paved road runs alongside the river, with excellent views of the mesmerizing red rock / green valley combination.
But, it’s the valley’s namesake that brings life to the area – literally and economically. Each April and May the valley is flooded with local women picking roses to be shipped off to factories in nearby Kalaat. Here they are turned into everything from shampoo to hand creams; cure-alls and nasal decongestants.
It’s well worth taking the time to stop and smell the roses.
Duration: 20 minutes
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Skoura
Skoura is one of Morocco’s beautiful oases and it offers weary travellers a chance to rest their weary feet and enjoy the abundance of nature. At first glance from the road, it resembles a sort of thin, long, oasis. However once you get off the road you discover that Skoura in Morocco is very large and that what appeared to be a line of trees is actually a flourishing oasis.
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Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
Ait-Ben-Haddou in Morocco is a beautiful mudbrick ksar located in the southeast of the country and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987. The small village was built around 1000 years ago and was then an important point along the caravan route. Today, Ait-Ben-Haddou is one of the most interesting places to visit in Morocco and the most attractive stop for round trips across the country. Due to its unique architecture and incredibly magical ambience, the Kasbah Ait-Ben-Haddou has become a film set for many famous movies. For example, Game of Thrones, Gladiator and Lawrence of Arabia were filmed here.
Duration: 60 minutes
