6 days | Departure City: Fes
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This tour will take you to discover two methods of life of the nomads, in the Sahara in tents and mountain nomads in caves.
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Tour Highlights
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Walk in Morocco's most impressive Canyon through spectacular rock formations, Todra and Dades.
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Enjoy the beautiful scenery of the mountains through the three different ranges, High Atlas, Middle Atlas and Anti Atlas and Rif mountains to the North.
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Discover the spectacular lush valleys and over a hundred years old Kasbahs revealing your love of the great outdoors.
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Experience the real nomad life! Ride a camel, watch the beautiful sun-set over the dunes of the Sahara without missing out on the bright stars in the sky above.
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An appreciation of cultural diversity and warm hospitality of the Berbers ( Imazighen ).
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Travel on rarely frequented off the beaten track and enjoy the freedom of the drive!
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Taste the Moroccan gastronomy! A balance between spices and the rich combinations of vegetables and meat.
Day 1 : Fes - Midelt
You will leave Fes travelling towards Midelt via Ifran, a beautiful mountains village, the so called "the Switzerland of Morocco" and then on to Midelt. On the way you’ll Stop at Azrou, a Berber village in the middle of the famous cedar forest where you may well sight Barbary apes. Continue to Midelt via magnificent hills and mountains of the middle Atlas.
Day 2: Midelt - Merzouga
Continue to Merzouga via Errachidia and Erfoud. You will crooss the fascinating Tiz Ntalghamt pass and the Ziz canyons, you will travel along the luxuriant Ziz Valley, stopping for panoramic views along the way to Erfoud and Rissani. Arrive at Merzouga. Night near the dunes.
Day 3 : Merzouga - Erg Chebbi
After breakfast we will make the so called " large dunes tour " passing by several Berber villages and the highlight is Khamlia village or the African village where you will stop to enjoy live Gnoua music which is plays by the locals, continue to see the nomads of the Sahara under their tents... In the evening you will be transferred back the auberge from there you will start the camel ride for an overnight in the dunes under nomad tent.
Day 4 : Erg Chebbi - Dades Gorges
We will wake up early to enjoy a magnificent sunrise on the dunes and breakfast we’ll leave for the Todra Gorges at the end of the day you will arrive Dades gorges.
Day 5 : Dades Gorges - Ouarzazate
After breakfast in the hotel, you will travel through the Dades Valley towards Kalaa M'gouna and Ouarzazate. Today you’ll have the chance to meet Berber Nomads in their caves and then you will enjoy the fertile Rose valley. Continue to Skoura and the birds valley.
Day 6 : Ouarzazate - Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah - Marrakech
After breakfast continue to visit the famous Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, the place where alot movies were filmed like , Babel, Lawarence of Arabia ... Continue to Marrakech over the high Atlas mountains through Tizi N'tishka Pass. Arrive Marrakech.
