8 day Morocco tour from Marrakech

DAY 1: Arrival in Marrakech

8 day Morocco tour from Marrakech, we will pick you up at the airport and transfer you to the Riad, located right next to the Jemaa el Fna square, the most important square in the city, where the public life of Marrakech takes place both day and night. Dinner will be at the Riad.

DAY 2: Visit of Marrakech

We will spend the day discovering Marrakech, known as the red city, with its great wall of 17 gates and its great wall that borders the medina. In the morning we will visit the souk, the Majorelle Gardens, the Menara Gardens, the Saadian Tombs, Dar si Said, the Bahia and Badi Palace etc..

Lunch and return to the Riad to rest a little. The afternoon will be free to explore the city and enjoy the atmosphere of the Jemaa el Fna square, you can dine on typical dishes in their food stalls. Overnight in the same Riad (8 day Morocco tour from Marrakech).

DAY 3: Marrakech – High Atlas – Telouat – Ait Ben Haddou – Ouarzazate

Pick you up at the Riad at 08:30 am and? leave towards the south crossing the High Atlas through the port of Tizi Ntichka with 2,260m altitude. Stop in the panoramic areas, you will be able to contemplate landscapes of great chromatic diversity and take incredible photos.

We will arrive at the village of Telouat where we will visit its kasbah and have lunch in a typical restaurant of the area. In the afternoon, we will continue our trip through numerous Berber villages where families live in
villages where families live in adobe houses lost in the mountains. We will arrive at “Ait Ben Haddou” one of the most beautiful and fascinating places in Morocco, is the fortified city where movies like “Gladiator” “Kingdom of Heaven” or “Sahara” with Penelope Cruz were filmed. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Dinner and overnight in a Riad/Kasbah in the city (8 day Morocco tour from Marrakech.

DAY 4: Ouarzazate – Rose Valley – Todra Gorges – Merzouga

After a hearty breakfast we will leave for the Valley of Roses, with its heady scents is made up of acres of roses whose aroma is appreciated throughout the month of May. Here you can immerse yourself in a dazzling and enchanting landscape. After several stops we will arrive at the Todra Gorges, the Todra River has formed a gorge of vertical walls of enormous proportions and great beauty, a unique place. It is a paradise for climbers.
After lunch in a typical restaurant in the area we will continue our journey to the desert of Merzouga,
Rest a little and be invited to a rich hospitality tea at the hotel where we will leave our bags. You will have the possibility to climb the immense, you will have the possibility to climb the immense dunes of Merzouga and enjoy the incredible sunset. Dinner at the hotel.

DAY 5: Merzouga – Dunes tour – Nomads – Night in tents

After a hearty and rich breakfast we will surround the Erg Chebbi (extension of sandy desert where the Great Dune of Morocco with more than 250m high) and connect with part of the route followed by the old Paris Dakar, see the mountains bordering Algeria. Visit a nomadic settlement where they kindly invite us to a delicious mint tea and explain the secrets and customs of their life. Climb to a panoramic point where you can contemplate the incredible landscape of Erg Chebbi as a whole.
The night will be spent in one of the tents, you will enjoy the peace and silence that the desert offers us (8 day Morocco tour from Marrakech).

DAY 6: Merzouga – Rissani – Alnif – Draa Valley – Zagora

Have to get up early to not miss the sunrise, watching the sunrise from the Great Dune is something you can not miss, the stunning desert sunrise!
After a shower and a delicious breakfast in the tents we will return by camels to the hotel and continue our journey to Rissani (First imperial city of Morocco) known for its market, is one of the liveliest villages and with more personality of the desert. The Alaouite dynasty stands out in the history of Rissani.
We will leave the desert behind and cross arid valleys where we will make several stops to immortalize with photos the incredible scenery that has the valley along the river that bears his name, Draa, this being the longest in Morocco and crossing the entire country to Mauritania.

Continue our journey to Zagora, the current administrative center of the area and from where formerly the caravans departed to Timbuktu in a long journey that lasted 52 days, from here overlooks the entire Draa Valley and the oasis of the same name, considered the largest in Morocco as well as the richest in the production of dates.

DAY 7: Zagora – Ouarzazate – High Atlas – Marrakech

After having a rich breakfast we will leave to see the sign showing the 52 days trip to Timbuktu (very important commercial center of Mali) before climbing towards the Anti Atlas. We will arrive in Ourzazate where we will visit the kasbah of Taourit and the film studios (the name of this city has its origin in a Berber phrase meaning “No noise”…

Departure to Marrakech through the port of Tizi N’Tinchka and stop for lunch in a restaurant in the middle of the mountains (8 day Morocco tour from Marrakech). Already in Marrakech you will be able to enjoy a free walk in the Jemaa el Fna square and have dinner in the typical stalls that crowd the square. Overnight in a Riad.

DAY 8: Marrakech – Airport

You will have breakfast at the Riad and you can rest and enjoy the city for the remaining hours before your flight. We will transfer you to the airport at the agreed time ending our 8 days trip from Marrakech to the southern desert of Morocco.

What is included:

Private tour, there will be no other people in the group.
Pick up at the hotel, riad, airport or wherever you want.
Accommodation with half board in Hotels/Riads.
(Dinner + Room + Breakfast).
4×4 all-terrain vehicle with air conditioning.
Driver
English speaking guide during the whole route.
Fuel.
Camel ride to get to the camp (one per person).
1 night in haimas in the middle of the dunes with dinner and breakfast.

What is not included:

Flights
Midday meals
Entrance fees to the monuments
Drinks
Tips and what is not in the program.