3 Days to Merzouga Desert

Itinerary

Day 1: Marrakech_ Ait BenHaddou_skoura_Dades Valley

Stop At: Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou, Douar Ait Ben Haddou, Ait Ben Haddou 45000 Morocco
Departure around 8 a.m towards Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah through the High Atlas mountains by the Tizi n Tichka pass (2260 meters high). The landscape is very beautiful and you will appreciate lot of berber villages in steps with the color of the mountain.

After 3 hours driving you will arrive to Ait Ben Haddou kasbah where a break is planned for visiting and having lunch. After that you take the direction of the Rose valley via Ouarzazate to reach Tinghir then Todra Gorges, Splendid and impressive place that was used as natural decoration for many films.
Duration: 1 hour

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 2: Todra Gorges _ Erfoud _Rissani _Merzouga Desert

Stop At: Merzouga Desert, Merzouga Morocco
After having breakfast, departure toward Erfoud via Tinejdad. Lunch on the road and after crossing Erfoud, you reach the area of Merzouga through a succession of ksour (fortified villages), oasis and palm plantations. From here, the caravan begins by exchanging your transportation by camels, a camel trek over the dunes at the sunset, this is where you can spend the night in a beber tent in the middle of Merzouga desert.
Duration: 45 minutes

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 3: Merzouga Desert _Alnif _Draa Valley _Marrakech

Stop At: Marrakech restaurant, 517 8th St SE, Washington, DC 20003, USA
Early morning departure to admire the sunrise, if you wish it of course, then departure toward Ouarzazate across the Tafilalet and the vast mineral Bougafer massif to reach Alnif then Tazzarine, N'Kob and Tansikht. You go up the course of the Draa river bordered of palm trees and pink bay-trees sprinkling a string of oasis and irrigating the long valley of more than 200 km. Break for having lunch in Tamnougalt palm grove close to Agdez village, Then we drive back to Marrakech crossing the High Atlas mountains.
Duration: 1 hour

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.