3-Day Tour to Merzouga Erg Chebbi visiting villages & Camel trek

Day 1 · MARRAKECH -TIZI-TICHKA-AIT BEN HADOU-ROSE VALLY-TINGHIR

1. 1

   Marrakech

   8 hours

   Visit the Atlas Mountains to begin your tour. Drive along the Tizi-n-Tichka Pass, past rural Berber villages where local shepherds tended their flocks for thousands of years. First, visit the Kasbah of Ait Benhaddou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Locals and travelers have interacted and traded here for centuries. Soak up the laid-back atmosphere before traveling to Ouarzazate with your guide for lunch at a local cafe (own expense). In the afternoon, visit the Skoura oasis with your guide. Take a break to admire the lush green palm trees towering like mirages in the arid desert, pass through deep gorges with ancient Kasbah ruins among traditional Berber villages, and follow along the Dades River. increase. Arrive in Tingir in the evening for dinner and overnight. Overnight: Hotel Saghro Tinghir

2. 2

   Tizi n Tichka

   15 min

   Tizi n'Tichka is a mountain pass in Morocco, linking the south-east of Marrakesh to the city of Ouarzazat through the High Atlas mountains. It lies above the great Marrakesh plains, and is a gateway to the Sahara Desert.

3. 3

   El Kelaa M'gouna

   15 min

   Qalaat MGouna or Tighremt NImgunen is a city in Tinghir Province, Dra-Tafilalt, Morocco. According to the 2004 census it has a population of 14,190. This town constitutes an economic and social center for the region, for its very animated nature.

4. 4

   Boumalne Dades

   15 hours

   We are going to spend the night in a hotel dades Valley.

   Boumalne Dades is a town in Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco. According to the 2014 census, it had a population of 12,328.

an Overnight in a hotel in Tinghir

Day 2 · TINGHIR-TOUDGHA GORGE-TINJDAD-ERFOUD-MERZOUGA

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   Camino al sahara

   20 min Admission included

   ‘After breakfast at your hotel, hop back aboard your minivan and travel out along the famous ‘Road of 1000 Kasbahs’ to nearby Tinghir. Stroll through the oasis to the mighty Todra Gorge, where a deep crevasse in the orange limestone provides spectacular views, then sit down to lunch at your leisure (own expense) in one of the local cafes. In the afternoon, visit the holy town of Rissani — birthplace of Morocco’s ruling royal family and the age-old capital of the Tafilalt region. Continue on to Merzouga, a small village sitting on the borders of the Sahara Desert. Meet your camel caravan and, with the sun slowly moving across the afternoon sky, set off toward Erg Chebbi and your camp in the heart of the desert. With traditional music from local nomads to entertain you, enjoy dinner and an evening under the stars before retiring to bed. Overnight: campsite in the Sahara Desert

2. 2

   Todra Gorge

   25 min

   The Todgha Gorges are a series of limestone river canyons, or wadi, in the eastern part of the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco, near the town of Tinerhir. Both the Todgha and neighbouring Dades Rivers are responsible for carving out these deep cliff-sided canyons, on their final 40 kilometres through the mountains.

Hotel camp

Day 3 · MERZOUGA TO MARRAKECH

1. 1

   Merzouga

   9 hours

   Cam back to Marrakech drive 9 hours