Escape to the Desert

Day 1: Marrakech

Friday: Marrakech
Welcome at Menara airport. Brief review of the tour during your transfer to the hotel. Check-in, dinner and accommodation.

Day 2: Ouarzazate

Saturday: Marrakech - Kasbah Telouet - Kasbah Ait Benhaddou - Ouarzazate
Breakfast and early departure to Ouarzazate by the main road through the Tizi-n-Tichka pass (2260) with a parade of varied and enchanting landscapes and small villages arranged in terraces. Visit the sublime Kasbah of Telouet which stands on the old caravan route to the Sahara, between Ait Benhaddou and Marrakesh. Free time to have lunch at own expense. Departure for Ait Benhaddou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987, is considered one of the best preserved Ksars of all of southern Morocco. Arrival in Ouarzazate, panoramic visit of the city with a photoshoot break in front of Kasbah of Taourirt. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 3: Zagora

Sunday: Ouarzazate - Zagora
After breakfast depart to Taznakht, famous for its Berber carpets, then continue southwards to Agdz where we join again the road Ouarzazate-Zagora. From Agdz to Zagora the road is dotted with palm groves and numerous Kasbahs, most of which are falling in ruins, but some are still worth a visit. Lunch at own expense. Dinner and accommodation in Tizi Desert (12 km away from Zagora), under desert tents.

Day 4: Marrakech

Monday: Zagora - Marrakech
After breakfast, back to Ouarzazate following the same road till Agdz and then through the mountains of the Anti-Atlas. Stop at noon in Ouarzazate, lunch at own expenses. Heading on to Marrakech via the national road crossing the Tizn Tichka Pass. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel.

Day 5:

Tuesday: Marrakech
Breakfast at hotel. Departure transfer to Menara Marrakech airport.