A slow journey with short driving days: Telouet, Ait Ben Haddou, Skoura, the Valley of Roses and two nights in the dunes.
This is a private tour of 5 days · 4 nights: the vehicle, the driver and the timing are only yours, so you can stop for photos, change hotels or add a night wherever you like. Below you will find the day-by-day itinerary.
An unhurried first day: cross the High Atlas with stops at Berber villages and the Tizi n'Tichka pass, visit the kasbah of Telouet if you wish, then Ait Ben Haddou in the soft afternoon light. Night in Ouarzazate.
Visit the Taourirt kasbah in Ouarzazate, then the Amridil kasbah hidden in the Skoura palm grove. Continue to Kelaat M'Gouna, the town of roses, and the strange rock formations of the Dades Valley, known as the 'monkey fingers'.
Drive up the famous zigzag road of the Dades Gorges, then on to Tinghir and a walk in the narrow Todra Gorge. Through Erfoud and Rissani you reach Merzouga in the afternoon, where camels carry you over the dunes of Erg Chebbi to your camp for sunset, dinner and drums.
A whole day around the great dunes by 4x4: visit a nomad family for tea, listen to Gnawa music in the village of Khamlia, see the seasonal lake of Dayet Srji and the palm grove of Merzouga. Optional sandboarding or quad. Climb a dune for sunset and spend another night at the camp.
Sunrise on the dunes, breakfast at the camp and a drive north along the Ziz Valley, with viewpoints over its palm-filled canyon. Lunch in Midelt at the foot of the Ayachi mountains, then the cedar forests of the Middle Atlas and Ifrane before arriving in Fes in the evening.
All our tours can start on any day and from any hotel, riad or airport. We can add nights, change the order of the stops or choose a more comfortable category of hotels and camps.
Ask us for your price: it depends on the number of travellers, the season and the accommodation. A small deposit confirms the booking and the rest is paid in Morocco.
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