Private Desert Tour 3 days

Your departure from Marrakech is at 08:30 am. In order to reach the Dades Gorges you will cross the Atlas Mountains, from Marrakech to Ouarzazate. You will enjoy scenic roads, beautiful landscapes with different colors , as well as Berber villages along the way. Your first stop will be ‘Aït Ben Haddou Kasbah’ classified since 1987 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Of all the remaining Kasbahs in Morocco, the walls and interior of this area are the most intact. Aït Ben Haddou Kasbah has been used in many film and television productions like Gladiator, Lawrence of Arabia, Kingdom of Heaven, Game , among others. Then you will head to Ouarzazate and you will have free time to visit the old  “Taourirt Kasbah”. Then, you will hit the road again and head towards the Roses Valley, through the Skoura palm grove and continue on to the Dades Valley. You will arrive at Dades Gorges around 5 pm where you will have dinner and spend the first night in a typical Moroccan hotel.

After a traditional Moroccan breakfast, you will leave your hotel in Dades Gorges at 8 am and take the road to Toudra Gorges. After arrival you will have  free time to walk around and enjoy the amazing  985 ft (300m) canyons. Your trip will  continue on to the Big Dunes of Merzouga where you will be spending the night in nomadic Bedouin tents. You will have the option to experience short camel ride, and you will  be able to revel in one of the most stunning  sights  in the whole world:  the incredible sunset in the desert. Then you will have dinner and get settled  for a night in the middle of the desert.

On the last day you will be woken up  half an hour before the sunrise to enjoy  the magical view. You will see the sunrise and then return to the tents  on camelback . You will be able to have a shower and have breakfast,  after which you will return from Merzouga to Marrakech via Tazarine and the Draa Valley. The Draa Valley is a fascinating oasis home to Berber villages, Kasbahs, streaming sand dunes, lush green plains, palm trees, views of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains and the Draa, which  is  Morocco’s largest river. On the way you will  stop for lunch to try a typical Berber tagine, before  you  finally continue to Marrakech where you will arrive at around 7 pm.