TOURS MARRAKECH Details of days
MARRAKECH TO ERG CHEGAGA DESERT TOURS
Day 1 : Marrakesh – Tizi-n-Tichka pass – High Atlas Mountains – Telouet – Ait Ben Hadou Kasbah – Ouarzazate Desert Tour.
After breakfast of the first day of your TOURS MARRAKECH after your travel to Morocco , we will pick you up at 8 am from your hotel/riad in Marrakesh so as to drive to Ouarzazate a former caravan town on the silk and salt route in the eastern foothills of the Atlas Mountains. Ouarzazate is known as the Gateway to the Sahara. First of all, we will travel through the dramatic landscape of the High Atlas Mountains passing through the berber town of Taddert and over the 2260 meters high Tizi-in-Tichka pass. We will stop at Telouet, where we will see the former home of the famous Pasha Glaoui, then the famous Kasbah Ait Benhaddou, 30 kilometers from Ouarzazate.
The kasbah is one of the most intriguing red earth castles lining the ancient road of the Kasbahs, and is a UNESCO world heritage site.
We continue on our way to Ouarzazate. “the Hollywood of Africa” if you are interested to visit the Atlas Corporation Studio, a well –known cinematographic centre renowned for blockbuster productions including Asterix and Cleopatre directed by Alain Chabat; and the Oscar-wining Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott. Overnight accommodation will be at the hotel or riad in Ouarzazate.
Day 2 : Ouarzazate – Taznakht – Foum Zguid – Erg Chegaga Dunes Camel trekking tours.
After the breakfast of the second day of your desert tours at the hotel/riad we will drive through the anti Atlas mountains towards Taznakht and Foum zguid, where we will drive Off road across the gravel desert and pass by a fossil site.Our trip will lead us across the even plane of Lac Iriki, a dried-out lake in a solidary desert landscape glistening white in the sunshine in order to reach the immense sand dunes of Erg Chegaga where there are still nomads living with herds of camels today, you will enjoy the rough beauty, the endless vastness and quietude of the desert. You will experience the constant change of light depending on the position of the sun that turns this archaic countryside into a bizarre dream landscape and where you will ride camels to the high dunes to enjoy a picturesque sunset, upon the sand dunes of 300 mhigh and 40 km along, ride camels back to the camp. Dinner and night in nomad tent or under the starlit in a Bivouac.
Day 3 : Erg Chegaga Dunes – Mhamid – Tamegroute – Tagounete – Zagoura desert tours.
The third day of your TOURS MARRAKECH After the breakfast at the camp, we will drive through stony deserts, On the way we will stop in the midst of the desert to rest at a wonderful oasis that is supplied by the Source Sacré.We will then continue towards Mhamid village and Tamegroute village, which is famous for the Zaouia of the Nassirya order from the 16th century that can be visited just like the adjoined Koran library. we will pass by the Drâa village, one of Morocco’s most fertile valleys. Marvel at the gapless chain of date trees grows along the river and the wonderful oases and well-kept clay fortresses.The town of Zagora, which used to be an important and legendary camel trail station, lies in the midst of a palm oasis on the banks of the Drâa and the edge of the desert.Overnight accommodation at hotel/riad.
Day 4: Zagora – Draa Valley – Agdz – Ouarzazate – Tizi-n-Tichka pass – Marrakesh desert tours.
After the breakfast of the last TOURS MARRAKECH day at hotel/riad in Zagora we will cross a wildly ragged, rough mountain landscape and crossing the Tinififft Pass (1700 m), we will reach Ouarzazate continue through the famous Tizi –in-Tichka pass over the High Atlas Mountains. The range has snow on its peaks most of the year. Appreciate the beauty of the timeless landscapes on the twisted roads through Berber villages. Arriving Marrakesh then drop you off at your hotel/riad or at the airport, where the end of our service.