Discover Ouarzazate and Zagora on this 2-day trip from Marrakech. Visit the Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou fortress and admire stunning views of the Atlas mountains. Ride camel through the Sahara during the sunset. Savor a local dinner and breakfast and stay overnight in a tent at the Zagora dunes. Day 1: Begin with early-morning pickup from Marrakech. Travel through the dessert sandstone city of Ouarzazate. Stop at the Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, where you will have free time to visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Continue to the verdant Draa Valley, which is well-known for its amazing ksour and kasbah. Head to Zagora and make your way to the windswept dunes for a sunset camel ride. Make camp at a campsite in the Zagora dunes and enjoy a hearty dinner of local flavors. Day 2: Wake early morning for a typical Berber breakfast before watching the sunrise from the back of your camel in the dunes. Board the bus and take the road back to Marrakech through the High Atlas Mountains.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔  Dinner
✔  In-vehicle air conditioning
✔  Accommodation in private Berber Camp
✔  Breakfast
✔  Pick up and drop off from your accommodation if it's accessible by car
✔  Camel Ride
✖  Lunch and Drinks
✖  Visit Studio Cinema in Ourazazate ( not allowed if there is not enough time or if they making movies
✖  Local guide in Ait ben Haddou Optional (Cost 3€)
Departure & Return
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Return: End right where it started.
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Itinerary

Marrakech to Kasbah ait Ben Haddou-Ouarzazate-Zagora

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Marrakech First enjoy your breakfast at your hotel before your picke up from your accommodation at 7:00am The tour Departs from Marrakech at 7:30am in a modern, air conditioned minibus.

Duration:  10 minutes

2
High Atlas Mountains Travelling over the Atlas mountains,

Duration:  60 minutes

3
Ait Ben Haddou Traveling over the Atlas mountains enjoying the magnificent views of the surrounding countryside below and we visit the Kasbah of Ait Benhaddou. This journey takes approx 3hrs .

Duration:  1.5 hours

4
Ouarzazate After our break, we continue to Ouarzazate (approx 1 hour or so) for lunch break and visit the Studio Cinema. If we have enough time . But not allowed to visit if they are making some movies Lunch is available in the local cafe's.

Duration:  60 minutes

5
Draa Valley we continue along the Drâa valley to reach our destination of Zagora. hla.

Duration:  30 minutes

6
Zagora After a break in Zagora, we will meet our Camels, who will take us on a 1 and half hour trek into the dunes to reach our desert camp in the dunes of Nakhla.

Duration:  7 hours

From Zagora back to Marrakech

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Zagora After a traditional Berber breakfast, just prior to sunrise, we have 1 and half hour camel ride at sunrise to explore the area further and we head back to Zagora on our Camels. When we reach Zagora, we have the opportunity to take a shower and then we begin our journey through the Draa valley and over the Atlas mountains, with plenty of stops for photos and lunch, to Marrakech.

Duration:  7 hours

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Marrakech We usually return to Marrakech, arriving between 17:00hrs and 18:00hrs

Duration:  7 hours

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•  Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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