We pick you up from your hotel or riad in Marrakesh and depart at 8am to travel into and across the High Atlas Mountains. After a spectacular drive on the Tizi-n-Tichka pass, we take a side road to the Telouet Kasbah, a superb example of Moorish architecture, which belonged to the Lords of the Atlas, the Glaoui family, and which now stands in ruins after the last Pasha fled the country following the departure of the French from The Kingdom of Morocco. From there we continue on to lunch at Ait Ben Haddou. This is the most famous Kasbah in Morocco and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Many films have been shot in Ait Ben Haddou including Gladiator, Prince of Persia and parts of the series Game of Thrones. Later we continue south to Agdz, where the Dra’a Valley starts. We spend the night here.

After breakfast there is time to further explore the Kasbah before taking the ancient caravan road between the river and the mountains. On the way we pass many villages, farms, palmeries and gardens so that you can gain a better idea of the way of life in southeastern Morocco. Once we reach the Zagora oasis, we stop for lunch in the town of Zagora, renown for having the best dates in the country. In the afternoon we drive to M’hamid, the gateway to the Moroccan Sahara desert, to enjoy the sunset in the dunes close to the village. Here we have dinner, be entertained by local musicians then spend the night in our riad or optionally in nomad tents.

We trek by dromedary (camel) for three days and nights discovering the most beautiful Moroccan desert. With plenty of time to explore the varying features of the desert; from rocky plains (reg), small and vast dunes (erg), clusters of isolated vegetation (oasis) and broad, high and rocky plateaus (hammada). Each day in the 3 day trek will involve two and a half hours walk/or camel ride in the morning, a stop for lunch followed by two and a half hours walk/or camel ride in the afternoon. Other camels are there to carry the equipment. Our guides and camel drivers, who also set up the camp and tents each night, prepare all your meals. We arrive in the afternoon of the third day at the famous Erg Chegaga, where you can climb the largest dunes in the area to watch the sunset from the top. After watching the sun set at Erg Chegaga we have dinner and spend the night in nomad tents among the dunes.

After breakfast at Chegaga, we travel the desert by 4WD, which takes us through a further 90km travelling by Lake Iriqui, the desert mountains and fossil sites. 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 via the village of Taznakht, famous for its Berber carpets and rugs. We stop at a local Berber carpet cooperative where local female artists create their artwork and sell direct to the public. We can watch the process from dying the raw wool, spinning the fiber into strands before weaving the carpet or rug. We then travel the rest of the way to Ouarzazate and spend the night in either a riad or hotel.

After breakfast, we go into Ouarzazate to visit Kasbah Taourirt (which used to belong to the Pasha of Marrakesh) and the cinema studios of Ouarzazate. We then return north over the Tizi-n-Tichka pass to reach our destination of Marrakesh in the early evening. Optionally taking you to the airport or your accommodation.