MARRAKECH TOURS
HIGHLIGHTS
If you have just one week in Morocco, consider booking this itinerary for a comprehensive exploration of Marrakech and the southeast, including the Atlas Mountains and Sahara Desert. This standout 7 days Morocco tour from Marrakech to Desert covers key attractions on the route from Marrakech to Erg Chebbi Dunes. Along the way, you’ll enjoy scenic stops at the High Atlas Mountains, visit the UNESCO World Heritage site Ksar Ait Ben Haddou, explore Ouarzazate’s Atlas Studio, and journey through the Skoura Oasis, Valley of Roses, Dades Valley, and Todra Gorges. You’ll also experience a camel ride to witness a stunning desert sunset atop Erg Chebbi Dunes, spend a night in a luxurious Berber camp, and have opportunities for thrilling dune activities like sand-boarding, ATV rides, buggies, and horseback riding.
Our 7 Days morocco tour from marrakech will continue After Breakfast in your Riad you will travel to the south and cross the second pass which is Tizi N’Tnifift at 1710m and Ait Saoun village, the former route of caravans for Sahara traders coming from “Tombouktou”, you will reach the first administrative centre called “Agdez Village” that marks the source of Draa Valley, with it’s 6 successive palm groves stating (Mezguita palmary, Fezouata…) and Kasbahs stating the famous Tamnougalt Kasbah.
You will continue through the lunar landscapes and the Pre-Sahara routes until you get to Zagora which is a small town, the native region of Saadian dynasty (Saadian tombs in Marrakech) who used to rule Morocco in the XVII century. 18 km further more you will arrive to Tamgroute, a small village where most of locals are pottery handicrafts, Tamgroute is also well know by it’s old Coranic school and library collecting the old books. You will be back to Zagora where you spend the first night. Overnight include Bed, Dinner and Breakfast your Moroccan authentic Riad.
In the morning after breakfast your excursion will start from the hotel taking you through the sand-sea dunes near the Algerian border where you can have the chance to take photos and see the black volcanic rock, also you may meet a nomad families and see their nomadic lifestyle. Next you will pass close to tiny Berber villages like Tamrdanite before you reach Khamlia. In Khamlia (very little village in desert) you will enjoy moments of spiritual Gnawa music that is played with black people whom are the inhabitants of this village.
In our way to the hotel you will be enchanted with the view of the lake of Ait Sareji (especially In springtime) which attracts pink flamingos and many others birds. Back to the hotel for rest and getting ready for an adventure (camel trekking) in the heart of the desert . While heading to the bivouac, you will see the spectacular sunset through the dunes. You will enjoy Berber food, listening to the drums in a starry night and sleeping in a traditional tent (camel hair tent) in calmness and tranquility.
A wake up early morning to enjoy the beautiful sunrise over the dunes, or take a climb one of the highest dunes of Merzouga, in front of your bivouac to dominate the complte view of the sunrise, followed by a typical breakfast and return to the hostel to take a shower, meet our driver. You leave to Erfoud, another city known for fossils, you will cross the Tafilalt oasis, a short break to see the ancient system of irrigation before you arrive to Tinejdad.
Continuation to Todgha Gorges where you will have free time for lunch and you can take a walk along the gorges, local restaurant are available between the canyons of Todra gorges. In the afternoon, you visit the former Jewish district in Tineghir city and continue the road towards the Dades valley and go up to the Dades Gorges, one of the most beautiful touristic sites of the southern Morocco. The 3rd night of Desert tour from Marrakech will be in the heart of Dades gorges. Overnight include Bed, Dinner and Breakfast your Moroccan authentic Riad.