Guide

All group trips are accompanied by one of our Driver Guides. Our aim is to take the hassle out of your travels and to help you have the best trip possible.

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Meals

9 breakfasts, 3 dinner This tour offers Vegetarian, Vegan, Halal food options on request. This tour offers Vegetarian, Vegan and Halal food options on request. Simply let our Customer Support team know the food option that you prefer.

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High-end private vehicle with AC Driver/guide, Fuel 3 night at the hotel in Marrakech (with breakfast) 1 night at the hotel in Taroudant (with breakfast) 1 night at the hotel in Essaouira (with breakfast) Camel ride each person one camel 1 night in Camp in the dunes of Erg Chigaga, in nomad camps with dinner and breakfast 1 night in the hotel in Ouarzazate with dinner & breakfast 1 night in the hotel in Zagora with dinner & breakfast Transfert and pick up from airport Pick up and drop you at your accommodation in Marrakech Marrakech - Taroudant Guided Tour with official tour guide

Transport

There are some long travel days and some rough travelling in areas away from the main tourist routes. High passes, windy roads, and rough surfaces make for some challenging travel experiences. On some long travel days, we depart early in the morning to ensure we optimise our time at our next destination. If you experience travel sickness we recommend you consider medication to help ease the discomfort. The best part about all of these long drives is the spectacular views and fun stops en route such as mountain passes, kasbahs, palmeries, sand dunes, goats up trees, etc.

Accommodation

We’ve sourced our accommodation very carefully and picked the best possible hotels, but please note that service and accommodation in Morocco may be different from standards you are used to at home. RIADS: On each departure of this trip, we aim to spend at least one night in a traditional Moroccan riad.

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Optional

Optional experiences are available on this tour for an additional cost ( quadbike ,dinner show ,airballon ,alchol...)

Flights

International and domestic flights are not included

Insurance

Insurance is not included. Travel insurance is required for this tour. Please make sure you are adequately covered. If you require travel insurance, TourRadar has partnered up with World Nomads to provide a hassle-free experience. More information can be found here (https://www.tourradar.com/travel-insurance).

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Lunches Drinks Any Private Expenses or Extras tips Entrance fees Dinner in Marrakech - Taroudant - Essaouira

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Day 1 Day 1: Arrival In Marrakeh
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Arrival In Marrakeh

Our stuff will be waiting for you at Menara airport to take you to your riad in Marrakesh. An early flight arrival you will give you so much time to make the most of it.

Overnight in your riad.
Day 2 Day 2: Marrakech - Tizi N Tichka - Telouet - Ait Benhaddou - Ouarzazate
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Marrakech - Tizi N Tichka - Telouet - Ait Benhaddou - Ouarzazate

Beautiful scenery and small villages built in tiers succeed among oak trees, walnut groves and snow patches before arriving at the Tizi n Tichka pass, at 2100 meters high. Once over the pass a totally different picture is unveiled: the lunar landscape of the Anti Atlas. Scent of thyme from the bushes around fills the air.

Just after the pass, the tour leaves the tarmac and goes off road to then reach Telouet and former pasha’s palace dominating the village, a fortified citadel that is both a microcosm of an empire and its demise. Pacha Glaoui overshadowed the sultan by controlling most of nowadays Morocco and decided to erect a palace in the middle of nowhere.

Leaving Telouet behind, our Moroccan itinerary crosses spaghetti western backgrounds to then follow the canyon. The gardens by the river bed melt into a gigantic green serpent imprisoned between the barren light brown walls of the canyon, only to escape out into the horizon. Here and there, decaying kasbahs stand witnesses of an age soon resolute. Late afternoon. The right time to visit UNESCO site of Ait Benhaddou, the postcard- like adobe citadel. A fat, red sun, only underlines the beige tones of the mud and straws mixture and through the covered passages and stone walls, the past filters itself into the present. In spite of the local ‘guides’, the best is to just lose yourselves in its alleyways. There is always a new way to reach its peak, from where the snowcapped Atlas Mountains framed by the denim blue sky will steal your breath away. If the climb up hadn’t alread.

After That , our trip crosses Ouarzazate, made famous by its film studios where scenes of ’Game of Thrones’ and ’Gladiator’ were shot and Kasbah Taourirt .Overnight in Ouarzazate .
Day 3 Day 3: Ouarzazate- Agdz- Draa Valley - Zagora
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Ouarzazate- Agdz- Draa Valley - Zagora

we leave Ouarzazate behind, the road skirts through desolate arid landscapes. Soon after, the road climbs, twists and turns its way through bleached volcanic ridges, before breaking through the scarp at the pass of Tizi n’Tinififft and descend onto the lush palmgrove of Agdz. Right after the pass you catch a first glimpse of the valley and the oases, the green swath of palms snaking up into the haze bordered by the Kasbahs,

We will stop at Tamnougalt and roam through the eerie kasbah before crossing over the palm grove and stopping to see a small untouched community of Harratin, likely descendants from traded slaves. Further on, you can also admire megalithic rock paintings depicting animals and hunting scenes. Our itinerary today concludes with reaching the tranquil town of Zagora. A mock serious road sign spelling ’Timbuktu – 52 days by camel’ still greets the visitors. We will stop for accommodation and dinner in a beautiful guest house nested in the palmgrove nearby.
Day 4 Day 4: Zagora- Tamegroute- Mhamid- Erg Chigaga
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Zagora- Tamegroute- Mhamid- Erg Chigaga

The nearby village of Amezrou, carries on the Jewish tradition of silver crafting and the local adobe . We will stop for a break in Tamegroute where century old Qorans and Arab treaties on astronomy and sciences are neatly arranged behind glass windows at the local library. The same village carries a pottery tradition known throughout Morocco and it is of interest to witness the shaping and baking of the emerald pots and dishes inside traditional earth ovens. Crossing Jbel Bani, we wave hello to Mount Tagine on our right and, before long, we reach M’hammid, where the tarmac ends - the last village before the Sahara.

The next two hours of our tour make full use of the four wheel drive as rocky desert gives way to gravel and then sand dunes, past the occasional water well and oasis. The anticipation built doesn’t quite prepare you for the spectacle ahead of you: sleepy yet shifting leviathans of sand as far as the sight can stretch, dotted by the occasional desert camp. These are the dunes of Erg Chigaga. Here, we can arrange for you to be met and taken by camel ride to the camp for the last bit of the way. While the staff of the camp is unloading your luggage and preparing your dinner, you climb onto the highest dune you can find. And lose yourself in the moment. As the sun slowly sets over the dunes, there is nowhere else you would rather be. At night, dazed by the millions of stars glittering above, the silence is so thick you feel you could cut a strip and wear it as a scarf as you fall asleep. Dinner and accommodation in a private tent.
Day 5 Day 5: Erg Chigaga- Foum Zguid- Tazenakht- Taroudant
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Erg Chigaga- Foum Zguid- Tazenakht- Taroudant

Should you have missed the sunrise… well, try not to. If yesterday was about getting away from civilization, today is about getting back to it. After toddling across sand dunes, our trip reaches the perfectly flat Lake Iriki, nowadays completely dry, where the Draa river used to form its estuary. Later on, we will have tea with a family of nomads and search for fossils. Then, we take on the hamada, the much dreaded stony desert, to finally reach Foum Zguid. Farewell Sahara. On the way to Taroudant, we pass through Tazenakht, a carpet weaving center and center of Berber carpets trade and then Taliouine with its magnificent Kasbah. In the right season, learn how the saffron is turned into the spice.

Arriving in Taroudant, there is hardly anything more relaxing after the desert trip than a plunge in the refreshing pool and/ or ridding off the sand inside the in- house hammam ( steam bath) at the local guest house. As the lights start to twinkle, in the gardens the scent of jasmine perfumes the air while dinner is set. Dinner and accommodation inside the medina of Taroudant .
Day 6 Day 6: Taroudant- Agadir - Essaouira
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Taroudant- Agadir - Essaouira

Less than 1 hour drive from Taroudant lies Agadir and the wide beaches of Taghazout, famous for their surfing and warm currents. Our tailor made Morocco tour is now headed towards Essaouira folows the Atlantic coast, past surfer villages and unspoilt beaches. Past Taghazout the region lays claim to a windswept, untouched spot on the western coast with empty, golden beaches, clear blue sky and waves to surf on. Before long, a curious town comes into sight, white cubic buildings with blue doors and windows. With its strong breezes, Essaouira is one of the world’s top windsurfing and kite boarding spots. It has a lot more going for it though, besides water sports, glorious trading past and European military architecture. In recent years, the city has become a cultural center, a place where the calendar is studded with two world-class music festivals and galleries display internationally known local artists. Should you arrive before sunset, you can have a quiet walk on the vast beach . overnight in Essaouira .
Day 7 Day 7: Essaouira - Marrakesh
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Essaouira - Marrakesh

The present Essaouira dates from 1765, when the sultan decided to build a port on the site of the ancient Mogador, a Phoenician settlement, which would open Morocco up to the world and develop commercial ties with Europe. The influence of the French architecture of the time as used at Saint Malo can be seen within the ramparts, especially the Sqala of the Port and the Sqala of the Medina and the Bastion of Bab Marrakesh. The new port became one of the country’s main commercial hubs; it was called the ’port of Timbuktu’ as it was the destination of caravans bringing a variety of products (including slaves) from black Africa. The local Jewish community played a very important role as the sultan made use of them to establish commercial relations with Europe.

Leaves Essaouira behind and, for a couple of hours , there is not much to see, except the occasional argan oil cooperative. Later, the deserted landscape around us softens while the panorama changes from arid beige to vivid green. Goats go up in trees feeding on the argan fruit. In the distance.overnight in Marrakech .
Day 8 Day 8: Marrakech Sightseeing
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 8: Marrakech Sightseeing

Past Place des Epices and its shops stuffed with turtles, colorful spices and witchcraft accessories, we make our way into the Kasbah. Not before entering the gardens of 19th century Bahia Palace, an epitome of Islamic art of the era and residence of the grand vizier. Uncovered by chance in 1917, the nearby Saadi Tombs hold the remains of the sultans responsible for the last golden age of the city , the 16th and 17th century. The Carrara marble stands witness to the wealth of the dynasty and so does the nearby El Badi palace, albeit only a ruin nowadays. The sultan had sent a powerful army over the Sahara, led by Spanish mercenaries which conquered the gold mines of present Mali and Ghana and made him one of the wealthiest men of his time.

Majorelle Gardens were subsequently acquired by Yves Saint Laurent and then made available to the general public ( 2018 has seen the opening of Yves Saint Laurent museum adjacent to the gardens). They are best visited early in the morning before they become too crowded.
Day 9 Day 9: Marrakech Airport
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 9: Marrakech Airport

get dropped off at the airport to take your flight back home .

9 days tour

Sahara Desert Trip 9 Days From Marrakech , Ouarzazate , Erg

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Itinerary of your trip Sahara Desert Trip 9 Days From Marrakech , Ouarzazate , Erg

Day 1: Arrival In Marrakeh

Day 2: Marrakech - Tizi N Tichka - Telouet - Ait Benhaddou - Ouarzazate

Day 3: Ouarzazate- Agdz- Draa Valley - Zagora

Day 4: Zagora- Tamegroute- Mhamid- Erg Chigaga

Day 5: Erg Chigaga- Foum Zguid- Tazenakht- Taroudant

Day 6: Taroudant- Agadir - Essaouira

Day 7: Essaouira - Marrakesh

Day 8: Marrakech Sightseeing

Day 9: Marrakech Airport

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