Taste of the Desert

Marrakech - Ait Ben Haddou - Draa Valley - Zagora - Ouarzazate - Marrakech

2 days/1 nights Morocco Holiday

Day 1     Marrakech - Ait Ben Haddou - Agdz - Zagora

We will depart from Marrakech to cross the Tichka pass in the High Atlas Mountains We will stop to visit the argon oil cooperative before continuing to UNESCO World Heritage site, Ait Ben Haddou.   After lunch at a local restaurant, we will  pass by the Anti Atlas mountains, the Berber villages of Agdez  and the amazing Draa Valley  with its valleys of palm trees.  We will arrive early evening in Zagora to prepare for departure on the camel into the desert to see the sunset on top of the dunes. We will have a traditional tagine dinner, drink delicious mint tea and listen to traditional berber music while watching the stars in the amazing Sahara desert.  We will spend the night in a  traditional nomad tent

Day 2     Zagora - Draa Valley - Ouarzazate - Marrakech.

We will rise early to see the spectacle of the sunrise over the dunes of the Sahara before making our way back to Zagora hotel for breakfast and a shower. We will return via the Draa Valley to Ouarzazate to visit the Taourirt Kasbah and have lunch at a local restaurant before returning to Marrakech in the late afternoon.

      

Do you want to relax in the Sahara? Add another night in the dunes.

Would you like to explore Ouarzazate?  Visit the Atlas film studios?

You are welcome to take another day (or more) to explore and enjoy.