Day 1: Ouarzazate
Upon your arrival at the Ouarzazate airport our guide will take you to the riad and after settling in, we will visit the largest and most famous film studio of Africa, the Atlas Studios, where movies like the Gladiator were shot and then we will visit the Kasbah of Taourirt close to Ouarzazate. We will then go to the Kasbah of Ait Benhaddou declared UNESCO World Heritage and which was the scene of films like The Gladiator, Babel, Lawrence of Arabia, The Legionary, The Sheltering Sky, and many others. The day will end with dinner by the pool in this very romantic riad where you will spend the night.
Day 2: Ouarzazate/Zagora
Departure from Ouarzazate around 8 to go to the Kasbah of Storks with panoramic view over the reservoir. Then we go to Agdz (we make a short stop in Agdz) through the Tizi-n-Tinififft mountain (1660 meters above sea level) to take the track that goes to the Alkaid Ali Tamnougale kasbah, and have lunch at a restaurant. After lunch we continue on the track passing through the Draa Valley, where we stop for a leisurely stroll through the palm trees and the ksour to Zagora (arriving at the end of the day in Zagora). Dinner and overnight in Zagora in a beautiful riad.
Day 3: Zagora/Tazarine/Alnif/Rissani/Merzouga
Departure from Zagora after breakfast to visit the Tamegroute village, famous for its typical pottery. We go back through the Draa valley to reach a track leading to the Ait Taftechna and Ouaazique villages with its rock caves. Along the way we come to Tazarine Et Alnif where we have lunch noon and after lunch we proceed to the magnificient Merzouga dunes (Erg Chebbi), reaching Merzouga in the late afternoon to stop in a typical hotel with swimming pool. You will enjoy the sunset taking a walk to the nearby Erg Chebbi dunes.
There will be a dinner with a fire accompanied by drums and songs of the Berber people, the Touareg and the people of southern Morocco.
Day 4: Merzouga Tour
After breakfast and a refreshing dip in the pool will take the 4x4 for a tour to the caves where natural fossils found in the desert. We will then move on to the small and ancient Tissrdmin village where many films were shot, taking the road which was also used by the Paris Dakar rally and then pass through the black desert with its black volcanic rocks to take tea with a Touareg family. Then we arrive at the Kamlia village, famous for its black population from Africa and for their music. This village is also famous for the music and dance festival that takes place every year during the first week of August. From here we will see the Dayet Srji lake with its pink flamingos. We will return then to Rissani to eat Berber pizza with its 44 spices with a Touareg family, which will show us the traditions and customs and will show us items that arrive here with the caravans. Rissani was once the economic capital of Morocco and the center from which the caravans left for the desert. We will also visit the Kasbah of this town.
We will then return to the hotel to relax before taking the camels to go into the dunes. After a trek of about an hour and a half on the camels, we will reach the Berber tents to watch the sunset and spend the night. Here, the camel driver will prepare a typical dinner, you will enjoy a walk up a 300 m high dune to watch the stars, shooting stars and if you are lucky even the Milky Way. Unforgettable!
Day 5: Merzouga/Todra Gorge/Dades Valley/Dades Gorge
Wake up early in the morning to watch the sunrise and the colors of the dunes different that are different from those seen at sunset. Then we will return to the hotel on the camels and, after a shower and breakfast, we resume the tour in the south. Will take the road through the Todra Gorge, where the Lawrence of Arabia movie was shot, among the most beautiful South Morocco. Here we will also stop for lunch and from here, proceed towards Boumalne Dades from where the 25 km long Dades valley starts, reaching gorges, where we will take a walk through the lush and green vegetation stickingly contrasting with the surrounding red rock where pis buildings are the same color of the rocks. This valley is full of ksours, in the heart of cultivated fields and orchards. Then we will continue to the Dades gorges and stop for dinner and to spend the night in a typical hotel.
Day 6: Gorges of Dades/Valley of Roses/Skoura/Ouarzazate
After breakfast we will visit the lush Dades valley in the morning sunlight and admire how its colors change during the day and then procees to the Roses Valley, along the Road of the 1000 Kasbas, the typical buildings of southern Morocco. We will make a stop in the main city of this valley, El-Kala M'goun, famous specifically for the blossoming of Roses, the flowers used to make many products for body care. We will also visit a laboratory for the extraction of this precious essence and take walk after lunch. From here we will drive to Skoura to visit the Kasbahs of this area. We return again in the late afternoon in Ouarzazate where we will have dinner and spend the night in the same riad we stayed on the first day and where you can also take a refreshing dip in the pool. For those interested, after dinner we could go to a club to enjoy traditional Berber music.
Day 7: Ouarzazate/Airport
After breakfast, depending on the time of flight, there we may visit the Fint oasis. We will then take you to the airport, assistaing you during check in formalities. Goodbye!.
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