Marrakech
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Medina of Marrakesh
Our driver will be waiting for you at the Marrakech airport exit with a sign with your name on it. And drop you off at your hotel/riad in Marrakech. In the evening, if you wish, you can explore the huge Djemaa el Fna market place, where snake charmers, water sellers, fire eaters, folklorists and storytellers meet every evening. If you wish, you can eat in the market square (customers pay themselves) - Overnight stay in an authentic riad in the old town on the outskirts that marketplace. ( advantage )
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Duration: 5 hours
Marrakech / Cascade Ouzoud / Ait Bougmez
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Cascades d'Ouzoud
After breakfast, I pick you up and drive to Ouzoud. On this road is the High Atlas with its mountains up to 4200 m high. where the waterfalls fall in cascades and over several floors totaling 110 m over red rocks and flow into a small lake. The banks of the waterfalls are covered with fig trees and jungle-like lianas. There is a footpath to get to the top of the falls and a steep path down the right side of the falls. At the bottom you can cross the river with a small ferry and go back up the stairs the normal way. (lunch break on the edge)
Duration: 3 hours
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Ait Bougmez Valley
You leave the Ouzoud trap and continue into the mountains with beautiful terraced fields that are still traditionally valued and artificially improved. Afterwards you come to the Ait Bougmez valley in the High Atlas, which (Valley of the Happy) is one of the most beautiful valleys in the central high atlas.This of course invites you to go on exciting hikes where you can admire the diversity of the valley and the mountain landscapes and also meet Berber nomads.
- We have the opportunity to provide you with a local guide who will help you get in touch with the village residents and understand the complex Berber culture.
You are also welcome to explore the surrounding area on your own.
- Overnight stay in a beautiful Kasbah hotel, typical of Morocco's south, with dinner and breakfast.
Duration: 6 hours
- ait bougmez-boutghrar - skoura - kelaat m gouna - boumalen .
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- after a leisurely breakfast and the surroundings, leave the ait bougmez valley and drive to boutghrar.
- Boutaghrar offers a landscape of lunar landscapes whose colors and geological forms create a beautiful picture. This is an opportunity to see the nomads up close, further to skoura.
Duration: 2 minutes
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Skoura
Skoura is a mainly Berber town of about 5,000 inhabitants in the province of Ouarzazate in the Drâa-Tafilalet region of southern Morocco; at the same time, the town is the center of a rural community made up of several villages. The kasbah was originally founded in the 17th century. It originally consisted of a fortified village, a ksar, occupying a strategic position along the river and at the entrance to the Skoura Palmeraie. Towards the end of the 19th century, M'hamed Ben Brahim Nasiri, a faqih from a local privileged family living in the ksar (descendants of the family associated with the distinguished Zawiya Nasiriyya in Tamegroute [5]), was chosen by Madani El Glaoui (elder brother of Thami el Glaoui) is said to teach his sons how to read the Qur'an. As compensation, El Glaoui commissioned his craftsmen to build a tighremt (fortified mansion) on the ksar at Nasiri. continue driving to el kalaat m-gouna.
Duration: 2 minutes
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El Kelaa M'gouna
Kelâa M'Gouna, also Tighremt n' Imgunen also El-Kelâa M'Gouna, El Kelaâ Mgouna or Kalaat M'Gouna is an oasis town with around 20,000 inhabitants in the province of Tinghir in the Drâa-Tafilalet region in southern Morocco. It is known as the Rose City of Morocco. (possible to visit rose water cooperative) continue to Boumalen.
Duration: 60 minutes
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Boumalne Dades
A green band of orchards, grain fields and vegetable patches winds over 30 km into the High Atlas near Boumalne. On a hike that lasts about an hour and a half, you will experience the tranquility and endurance with which the Berbers have cultivated this beautiful piece of land for centuries. On the edge of the river oasis you will experience the impressive “Monkey Fingers” rock formation and original kasbahs with wide views of the valley.
After your hike, stop at a restaurant in the Dadès Valley for refreshment. From the terrace you have a fantastic panoramic view of the green belt below you. It stands out in contrast to the red-brown, sometimes bizarrely shaped rocks. Mighty Kasbahs tower over the river and simple houses in the mud villages nestle on the slopes.
Duration: 3 hours
boumalne - tinghir - arfoud - merzouga
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Tinghir
Back in the vehicle you follow the Todra River. About 15 kilometers after Tinerhir you reach the narrowest and most spectacular passage of the Todra Gorge. Here the river has cut deep into the rocks of the High Atlas. You walk into the narrow area and cross the river on a concrete ford. On both sides of the gorge, which is only a few meters wide, the red-brown rocks rise almost vertically up to 300 meters.
Duration: 1.5 hours
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Continue via Erfoud, the rust-red oasis town with 300,000 date palms,
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Merzouga Desert
Arrival to the desert and sand dunes of Merzouga. Change to the dromedaries and ride for 30 minutes to the tent camp. (Of course, if you wish, you can also take your luggage to the camp in a jeep.) We have comfort tents for 2 people with electricity and a sink. Food around the campfire and sometimes a little music under the 360 degree starry sky. If guests prefer to stay in an auberge, that is also possible. However, we recommend the camp, which is a highlight even for those who are not experienced in camping.
Duration: 12 hours
MERZOUGA - RISSANI - ALNIF - TARBALTE - TAZAINE - TAMGROUTE - ZAGORA- agdz TO THE ACCOMMODATION
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Merzouga Desert
After breakfast, half a day in the Sahara. Opportunity for a camel ride or jeep tour. Or simply unwind in the sand dunes. GO ON
Duration: 4 hours
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Rissani
- Visit to Moulay Ali Sherif's mausoleum and the ksar
aknous
Duration: 60 minutes
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Alnif
In Alnif we take a lunch break, then look at the fossil and trilobite exhibition and continue on to Tazarine
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Rock Carvings Nkob Tazzarine
Discovery continues - drive to Tarbalt to Tamgroute
Duration: 1 minutes
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Tamgrout
In Tamegroute you will learn about the centuries-old art of pottery and the treasures of Tamegroute's unique library. A German-speaking employee will guide you through the venerable library. It houses one of the most valuable and oldest collections of books and scripts of the Koran in all of North Africa. Afterwards, walk with your guide to a traditional pottery workshop. For centuries, pottery families have been making the green glazed pottery, Tamegroute's trademark, by hand.
continue to Zagora
Duration: 2 minutes
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Zagora
Today there is a weekly market in Zagora. When strolling through the market with your driver/guide, you will mainly meet locals who are stocking up on groceries and everyday goods, selling fresh fruit, vegetables and dates, or exchanging news with acquaintances from the region over mint tea. Browse through traditional handicrafts and taste the culinary delicacies while the scent of oriental spices wafts through your nostrils - the Zagora market is a feast for all the senses! Breakfast. Detour to Tamegroute (Zaouia with its famous library), 22 km away, then continue through the Draa Valley to Ouarzazate. Over a million date palms grow in the Middle Draa, as well as fruit trees, almond and olive trees. The journey goes through old villages, through sand and stone deserts, past herds of camels. Dinner and overnight stay in a well-kept house in Agdz
Duration: 2 hours
. AGDEZ - OURZAZATE - AIT BEN HADDOU - TELWET - TICHKA PASS - MARRAKECH
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Agdz
After breakfast we leave Agdz to Ourzazate via Ait SAOUN-PASS 1600 m with its spectacular mountain rocks where we say goodbye from above to the Draa valley and its million date palms.
Duration: 1.5 hours
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Ouarzazate
Ourzazate is known as a small Hollywood in Morocco. We visit the Kasbah of Taourirte (on request, a short tour of a film studio)
Duration: 2 hours
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Ait Ben Haddou
via Ait Benhaddou, a Berber fortress (ksar) built into the rocks and a UNESCO World Heritage Site (visit) lunch break
Duration: 1.5 hours
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from ksar AIT BEN HADOU detour into the Ounila valley, 22 km away, we follow a smaller road via Telouèt through the very rugged, here barren mountains. In the valley, the Ounila River is accompanied by a green band of vegetable gardens and oasis fields that contrast with the red-brown rocks of the canyon. During several stops you can enjoy wonderful views of the picturesque valley.
Duration: 60 minutes
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From Telwet to the bustling royal city of Marrakesh, we drive through fertile plains, pine forests and, accompanied by gnarled juniper trees, wind our way further up the Atlas Mountains. we cross the High Atlas at the Tizi-n-Tichka Pass at an altitude of 2,260 meters. In winter and spring there is often snow here.Arrival in Marrakesh, the world of the Arabian Nights.
- Depending on the time of the accommodation, you can visit the huge Jemaa el Fna marketplace, where snake charmers, water sellers, fire eaters and storytellers gather every evening. Overnight stay in an authentic riad in the old town with breakfast only.
Duration: 4 minutes
MARRAKESH
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Medina of Marrakesh
Breakfast. City tour, including: The Menara Gardens, Grand Bazaar, Saadian Tombs, Koutoubia Mosque with its famous minaret. A visit to equestrian games (fantasy shows) outside of Marrakech is a mass tourist spectacle, but is possible on request. Instead we go to the Jardin Majorelle (home and botanical garden of Yves St. Laurent). In consultation with me, a visit to the garden and house with the exhibition “Anima Garden” by the Austrian artist André Heller is possible. Overnight stay like day 1.
Duration: 12 hours
8th day breakfast. During the day from Marrakech, Casablanca or Agadir (depending on flight time and airport if desired)
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Marrakech
Day-8 Breakfast. During the day from Marrakech, Casablanca or Agadir (depending on the flight time and airport as desired) there will be a transfer to the airport for the return flight home, the end of the trip. or, if you wish, the subsequent stay in Marrakesh city or Essaouira, Agadir stood for relaxation and brewing.
