Marrakech – Ait Benhaddou – Ouarzazate – Skoura – El Kelaa M’gouna – Boumalen Dades
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We will pick you up in the morning in Marrakech and depart for Ouarzazate via the Tizi-n-Tichka Pass, rising to an elevation of 2260 meters, while enjoying the attractive views of the High Atlas Mountains and picturesque Berber villages. We will then go on to visit a UNESCO World Heritage Site: the exotic Kasbah of Aït Benhaddou and have our lunch. Our next stop will be Atlas Studios, the largest movie studio in the world and host to such famous films and television shows as Lawrence of Arabia, The Jewel of the Nile, The Mummy, Gladiator, The Man Who Would Be King, Vikings, Game of Thrones, and Aladdin as well as several James Bond and Jason Bourne movies. We will then continue on to El Kelaa M’gouna (the Valley of Roses), where roses are grown and processed into perfumes, oils, and lotions.
Duration: 12 hours
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Skoura
We will pass by the beautiful palm grove oasis in Skoura, where you will see many exotic Kasbahs, such as the Taourirt and Amerhidil Kasbahs. When we reach the lovely Dadès Valley, you will stay overnight in an authentic Moroccan riad, including dinner and breakfast.
Duration: 12 hours
Boumalen Dades – Todgha Gorge – Tinjdad – Erfoud – Merzouga
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Merzouga
After breakfast, we will head toward Merzouga, stopping first at the spectacular Todgha Gorge where you can take a walk along the gorge floor between the canyon walls. We will then continue across the valley to Tinjdad, where we will have lunch. After lunch, we will drive via Erfoud, where we will visit an amazing fossil factory and learn how they excavate, polish, and shape trilobites, orthoceras, ammonites, and other fossils into beautiful objects. We will continue on to Merzouga and the Dunes Luxury Camp at the foot of Sahara Desert dunes. Each tent is beautifully appointed and the entire camp is the ultimate in “glamping.” Here you will get ready for your next adventure; camel trekking! You will ride these Ships of the Desert into the heart of the Sahara, witnessing a spectacular sunset through the dunes. Back at the Dunes Luxury Camp you will enjoy Berber food, listen to the drums under a starry night sky, and sleep in your gorgeous tent in peace and tranquility.
Duration: 1 day
Merzouga – Midelt – Azrou – Fes
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Fez
The camel man (trekker) will wake you up at dawn to see the spectacular sunrise in the desert, later you will return to the camp to have your breakfast. After the camel man takes you back to the Auberge to have a shower to refresh your body. We drive toward Fes via Erfoud, Ziz Valley, Errachidia, and Midelt. Stopping for lunch and then heading to Azrou where the largest forest of cedar trees exists, also you will have the opportunity to see its inhabitants (monkeys). after that we will continue to the final station Fes.
Duration: 1 day
