Welcome to Morocco! You will be picked up by your driver after arrival at Marrakech Menara Airport and we will bring you to your Riad in the Medina. Depending on your arrival time, you have some free time to relax in the Riad, or you can go out on your own to explore the old town with its huge Souks. Individual lunch and dinner in the Medina or at Jemaa el Fna-square while observing the bustle of the snake charmers, henna tattoo artists and water sellers. Overnight in a Riad in the Medina.
10 Days Private Tour Southern Morocco incl. 5 days Trekking from/to Marrakech
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Itinerary
This combined tour of a Private Tour and Camel Trekking in the Region of Zagora combines the experience to live and eat with a typical berber family together with a 5 days camel trekking crossing flat desert plateaus, mountains and golden dunes. It is a perfect opportunity to learn more about the life of the Berber people in the desert of southern Morocco.
Tour program
Day 1
Arrival in Marrakech
Start point
Marrakech - Tensift - Al Haouz, Morocco
08:00 - 20:00
Day 2
Marrakech – Aït Ben Haddou – Ouarzazate (200 km)
After a rich moroccan breakfast in your Riad, the adventure begins! This memorable trip starts with the scenic drive from Marrakech over the Tizi-N-Tichka pass (2’260 m), where you can spot the traditional Berber villages with its inhabitants working and chatting at the roadside. At lunchtime and shortly before the desert capital Ouarzazate, you have the opportunity to visit the famous Kasbah Aït Ben Haddou, the fortified clay city with its numerous ksars and kasbahs, where several famous movies have been shot. This photogenic city is also listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site. Afterwards, you can visit the old kasbah of Ouarzazate with its medina named Taourirt or have a look at the movie museum just on the other side of the road. Dinner and overnight in a Riad in Ouarzazate.
Day 3
Ouarzazate – Zagora (160 km)
After breakfast in your Riad you have the opportunity to visit one of the film studios of Ouarzazate. In the Atlas Corporation film studios you can join a 1 h guided tour, and you can discover the diverse sets and listen to the anecdotes of the multiple movies and actors. Several famous movies like Gladiator, Babel, Prince of Persia and recently The Physician have been shot in those studios. After crossing the Anti-Atlas, you arrive at the green and peaceful Draa Valley which is famous for its huge date groves and henna fields.
Now it is time for the desert! Zagora is the last city before the real wilderness starts. The rural house of your host family Hatouchi lies in a little berber village outside the city.
Enjoy a mint tea with the family and learn how they live with their animals in the middle of their crops. Enjoy a traditional Berber Dinner with some members of the big family and spend the night in their home. If the weather allows it, during summer time, you can sleep outside under the starry sky next to the house.
Day 4
Start of the Trekking (Hiking distance 18 km/flat)
After a typical berber breakfast, the guides will pack your equipment on the camels and we start the trekking at about 9 o'clock. We are hiking from the house towards the Draa Valley and then turning to cross the Fajia-Plateau in direction Bani Mountains. This flat plateau is partly black with volcanic stones, partly sandy.
Extended lunch break and time to relax, then continue towards the mountains. In the late afternoon, we build up our camp at the bottom of the mountains. Freshly cooked dinner under the evening sky and first night in the tent or on matresses under the sky.
Day 5
Trekking (Hiking distance 15 km / mountain pass crossing)
After your first breakfast in the desert, we will start our second day of hiking with the crossing of the Bani mountains taking a winding path over the Djenia pass. We'll have a small break at the top of the mountain to enjoy the view over the plateau, the Draa Valley and as far as the high mountains.
We are descending again by following a hiking path through a rock valley until we reach the small berber village named Malili Ate Asfoi where we'll enjoy our lunch in the shade of big acacia trees.
After lunchbreak we continue our way for another 2 hours to the dunes of El Mariar, where we'll install our camp under a big tree in the middle of the golden dunes. Dinner will be prepared by our guides and you'll enjoy your second night in your tent or outside.
Day 6
Trekking (Hiking distance 15 km / over sand dunes)
Today we enjoy a full day of hiking in the desert with its golden dunes. We'll walk to the Oasis Mouzmou and continue our journey after lunch to the dunes of Erg Bartam. Enjoy the mesmerizing silence of the desert and the beautiful sunset. Sit around a campfire and listen to some berber music.
Dinner will be prepared by our guides and you'll enjoy your third night in your tent or outside.
Day 7
Trekking and Ouled Driss (Hiking distance 17 km / over sand dunes and flat desert)
After sunrise and a nice breakfast, we depart for our last day of trekking to the village of Ouled Driss, where we will spend the night in a Berber tent or small room of the camping (shared bathroom and showers). In the late afternoon, you can take a walk to the center of the village Ouled Driss with its old Kasbah.
Dinner will be prepared by our guides and overnight in the camping.
Day 8
Ouled Driss – Zagora – Ouarzazate (240 km)
After breakfast in the camping, we'll leave our caravane and take a transfer back to the house of the family Hatouchi in Zagora. There, we'll have a typical lunch with the family and pack our staff in the car again before saing bye bye to our hosts. We'll start our drive with our 4x4 back to Ouarzazate in the afternoon and enjoy the views of the Draa Valley along the way. Dinner and overnight in a Riad in Ouarzazate.
Day 9
Ouarzazate – Marrakech (200 km)
After breakfast, we continue our way back to Marrakech crossing the Tizi-n-Tichka pass and arrive in your Hotel/Riad in Marrakech in the late afternoon.
The best after a Trekking trip is to relax in a Hamam and let yourself be treated and cleaned in a beautiful athmosphere. We will be glad to assist you with the booking of a Hamam treatment on your last evening.
Individual dinner in Marrakech and overnight in your Riad in the medina.
Day 10
Departure to airport of Marrakech
Breakfast in your Riad and transfer to the airport for your flight back or start of your individual program. Have a safe journey and see you soon again!
End point
Marrakesh, Marrakech - Tensift - Al Haouz, Morocco
08:00 - 17:00
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1. QUAD & BUGGY EXCURSIONS
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Tour Details
Accommodation
• 2 Overnights with breakfast in Marrakech
• 2 Overnights with dinner and breakfast in Ouarzazate
• 1 Overnight with dinner and breakfast in the family's home near Zagora
• 1 Overnight with dinner and breakfast in the camping in Ouled Driss
• 3 Overnights in tents with full board incl. water, tea and snacks during the Trekking
Transport
• Transportation in a comfortable 4x4 car/Minivan incl. fuel
• Airport transfers
Insurance
Insurance is not included. Travel insurance is required for this tour. Please make sure you are adequately covered.
Flights
No flights included. You need flights from/to Marrakech
Additional Services
• Camels as luggage porters
• Equipment for the kitchen tent and for the relax area (matresses and blankets)
Additional Services
• Lunch, drinks (except during the 5 days of Trekking)
• dinner in Marrakech
• entrance fees for museums, Kasbahs etc in Marrakech and along the route
• personal tent and sleeping bag (possible to rent if you don't want to bring yours)
• Tips and Graduities
Meals
• 9 x breakfast
• 7 x dinner
• 5 x lunch
Guide
• Private tour with local guide (english/spanish/french)
• Additional french speaking local guide/cook/camel driver during the Trekking
Good to know
Currency
MAD
Moroccan Dirham
Morocco
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