6-Days Tour of Marrakech, Ouarzazate, Todgha Gorges, Chegaga Dunes and much more


6-Days Tour of Marrakech, Ouarzazate, Todgha Gorges, Chegaga Dunes and much more

Day 1: Marrakech – Ouarzazate

Departure from Marrakech heading south, crossing the Atlas Mountains via the Tizi N'Tichka pass at an altitude of 2260 meters. On the southern side of the Atlas, you will head towards Télouet to visit the Kasbah of Glaoui. Further on, you will enter the magnificent Ounila Valley, an old trail recently converted into a tourist road. The Ounila Valley is stunning with its earthen villages and kasbahs dominating the landscape.

Exiting this beautiful valley, you will reach Morocco's most renowned ksar, Ait Ben Haddou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This ksar with its kasbahs has served as a backdrop for many films such as "Lawrence of Arabia", "The Jewel of the Nile", and "Gladiator". Meal at an inn.

After this stop, you will head to Ouarzazate, a cinema city where you will visit the film studios and the Taourirt Kasbah, also classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Overnight stay in a hotel in Ouarzazate.

Day 2: Ouarzazate, Todgha Gorges

After breakfast, you will take the road of a thousand kasbahs along the large lake. Stop in the beautiful palm grove of Skoura and visit the Amridil Kasbah. Then you will reach Kelâa M'Gouna, the capital of rose essence, marking the beginning of the Valley of Roses which you will explore up to the last village, Boutaghar. After this village, the trail will lead you to the famous Todgha Gorges, where you can admire the high limestone rocks dominating the gorges. Meal and overnight stay in an inn in the Todgha Gorges.

Day 3: Todgha Gorges, M'Hamid

After breakfast, you will drive through the Draa Valley, one of the most beautiful valleys in the country with its palm groves and earthen villages. You will visit the Kasbah of Tamnougalt, located 5 km after Agdz. Continue to Zagora and finally to M'Hamid, the gateway to the Sahara. Here you will exchange your 4x4 for camels and ride into the dunes, where you will spend the night in a bivouac under the stars.

Day 4: M'Hamid, Chegaga Dunes

Departure on the trails to enter this vast desert of hamada and dunes. You will cross oases, visit nomads, and reach the magnificent Chegaga dunes. A world of silence and beauty awaits you here. You will find your bivouac at the foot of the dunes. Camels will take you into the dunes, which you will climb to admire the sunset. Back at the bivouac, a meal and nomadic music will await you to end the evening around a campfire. You will sleep in the dunes, counting the stars and looking for a shooting star, a memory you will keep forever.

Day 5: Chegaga, Oasis of Fint

Wake up before sunrise to return to the dunes and admire the sunrise. Back at the bivouac, breakfast awaits you before you head towards the dry lake of Iriqui. You will leave this desert to find the road and arrive at Foumz Guid. After Foumz Guid, you will stop at Tazenaght to visit the Berber carpet cooperative. Then you will continue to Ouarzazate, but the night will be spent in a dreamlike landscape at the Oasis of Fint, a natural gem between mountains and river. Overnight stay in an inn in the heart of this paradisiacal oasis.

Day 6: Oasis of Fint, Marrakech

After this night in paradise, you will head back to Marrakech, crossing the Atlas Mountains again. You will arrive in Marrakech in the afternoon, allowing you to visit this city of a thousand and one nights.