Luxury Desert tour - 4 Days
JamalLuxury Desert tour - 4 Days
$835.00
per person
What we'll do
DAY 1: MARRAKECH - DADES VALLEY
Description: You will be picked up from your accommodation in Marrakech at 9.00am and head out over the Atlas Mountains, driving over the stunning Tizi-n-Tichka mountain pass. You’ll pass through lots of Berber villages, and once you’re in the desert, you’ll see riverside oases and barren hillsides dotted with kasbahs (fortified dwellings that house families and their livestock). Along the way, you will have the option either to take a break and visit the Ouarzazate Film Studios or stop for a hike. Once you reach Dades Gorge, you have the option of going for a hike, or relaxing at your hotel. Overnight in Dades. (Total driving time 4 - 5 hours) Meals: Breakfast and Dinner. Night at Auberge Chez Pierre, Xaluca Dades or La Perle du Dades
DAY 2: DADES VALLEY - TODRA GORGE - MERZOUGA
Description: Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer from the Dades Valley to Todra Gorge - a massive fault dividing the High Atlas mountains, rising up 300 metres in a narrow valley with palmeries and Berber villages. Here, you can go for a hike to explore the palmery, a green oasis full of large date palms. After lunch you’ll head further into the desert to the gateway town of Merzouga to pick up supplies for your desert trip. You will then drive on to a kasbah to pick up your camel. At sunset, you’ll trek for an hour-and-a-half by camel to a Berber camp where you will enjoy a traditional Moroccan dinner, and sleep under the stars or in tents at a desert camp. (Total driving time 3 - 4 hours) Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Night at Desert Luxury Camp (main camp)
DAY 3: MERZOUGA - AIT BENHADDOU
Description: Wake to a desert sunrise and then return to the kasbah by camel. You will then have a chance to freshen up and enjoy a breakfast. Once you are refreshed, you will head out of the desert for a drive to Ait Benhaddou. This is an ancient fortified city containing countless kasbahs and has been the atmospheric subject of numerous hollywood movies (The Mummy, Gladiator, Alexander, Lawrence of Arabia...) You will have the chance to walk around the buildings and explore with your guide. You will overnight in a hotel close to Ait Benhaddou. (Total driving time 5 - 6 hours) Meals: Breakfast and Dinner Night at Riad Caravane
DAY 4: AIT BENHADDOU - MARRAKECH
Description: Travel along the Ounilla Valley to the Telouet Kasbah, a crumbling kasbah that was once an important stop for traders. Explore the Kasbah and then after lunch, you will head back over the Tizi-n-Tichka Pass to Marrakech (Total driving time 4 hours) Meals: Breakfast only
Where we'll go
Meeting point
Pick up from your accommodation in Marrakech at 7:00 am
Good to know
Cancellation and refund
The booking fee ($45.00 p.p. included in the displayed price) is non-refundable if you cancel your booking. If a local cancels a booking or does not show up at the agreed time and place, you receive a full refund of the booking fee.
You are buying a unique experience that also empowers local communities and people to improve their lives by sharing their knowledge and lifestyle.
We give space for creativity. The locals themselves decide and develop the activity idea and design it in a way they find interesting.
Locals get 100% of the price they want. The booking fee is added separately.
Meet the Local
The man behind Toubkal Guide is Jamal Imerhane. Originally from Imlil (A Berber village in the Atlas mountains), he started out as a muleteer with individuals and groups. Today he is an experienced guide for trekking tours and excursions in the mountains and deserts of Morocco. Jamal is a certified guide with a Diploma from the Centre for Professional Guides and has been working with different international travel organisations, such as Shoestring, Imaginative Travels and Intireizen. He has organised and lead countless tours and treks in the Atlas mountains and around the Kingdom of Morocco. From basic one day guided walks to full package tours and treks including transfers, accommodation, food, guides, mules, tents, kitchen materials and much more! Toubkal Guide works together with a team of enthusiastic and experienced (certified) local guides. By booking with Toubkal Guide you also support the local people in Morocco.
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