The Majestic Dunes ..holidays of morocco
Marrakesh – Agdez 8 o'clock departure from your hotel / riad in Marrakesh to Ouarzazate, crossing the High Atlas and the pass of Tizi-n-Tichka (2260m). At panoramic viewpoints, there’ll be opportunities to stop to take pictures. After lunch in Ouarzazate, we visit the Kasbah of Taourirt in the town centre, once the residence of the Pasha of Marrakech and a symbol of the feudal period of the lords of the Atlas. In the afternoon we drive along the Dra’a Valley to reach the village of Agdez for the night in a kasbah.
Agdez – M’hamid After breakfast, a visit to the Kasbah is planned, before driving off-road further down the Dra’a Valley to Zagora for lunch. In the afternoon, the trip takes us to M’hamid which marks the end of the paved road and the beginning of the desert. A two-hour camel ride takes us to the bottom of the highest dune where the view of the sunset is magnificent. The night is spent in a nomadic tent close to the dunes of Erg Lihoudi.
M’hamid – Cheggaga After breakfast return to M’hamid, across the now usually dry Dra’a River, to visit the old village. In the afternoon, the 4x4 takes us to the Erg Cheggaga dunes, travelling some 60km off-road. This route passes different features of the desert: ‘erg’, ‘reg’, ‘hammada’, and the Sacred Oasis to dunes far away from civilization, in the desert proper where the silence and the expanse of sand is overwhelming. Dinner and the night are in a bivouac of nomadic tents.
Cheggaga – Ouarzazate After breakfast, the road takes us through another 90km of desert with varying scenery: Lake Iriqui, mountains and fossils. Lunch will be in Foum Zguid, the first village after the desert, where it is also possible to freshen up with a shower. From here the drive back to Ouarzazate is along paved roads via the village of Taznakht, famous for its Berber carpets and rugs, and we arrive in the course of the afternoon. Here in Ouarzazate you stay in a riad for the night.
Ouarzazate – Marrakesh After breakfast we make a morning departure to the Kasbah of Tifoultoute and the cinema studios, continuing to the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, the backdrop to many Hollywood blockbusters and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lunch will be there at Ait Ben Haddou, before driving to Kasbah Telouet, the palatial residence of the former Pasha of Marrakesh, Thami Glaoui. From here we cross the Tizi-n-Tichka pass, the highest pass in Morocco, and reach the city at the end of the afternoon.
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