Today, a native guide will take you on a sightseeing tour of Marrakech Medina. The famed Koutoubia Mosque, the Medina, and its souks and narrow passageways are all included on the tour.

Discover more about Marrakech’s charms and unique attractions by visiting Ali Ben Youssef Koranic School, Saadian, the Bahia Palace, and the beautiful Majorelle Gardens. Get back to your riad.

The 7-day desert tour from Marrakech will begin with a visit to the Dades Valley, followed by a visit to the UNESCO World Heritage site at Ait Benhaddou Kasbah, where you will have lunch in a local restaurant near the Kasbah.

Then it’s on to Ouarzazate, often called «The Gate to the Desert,» where you’ll see the Kasbah Taourirt and the Atlas Studios. Along with its position and the nearby castles, this little city has attracted a number of foreign film producers. Until it was called «Africa’s Hollywood.»

Then we travel via the Roses and Dades valleys to the Dades gorges. Overnight in a riad or hotel among the Dades gorges with a typical Moroccan meal.

Continue to the valley after a hearty breakfast to see «the monkey toes,» a stunning rock outcropping, and the Kasbah of Ait Yul, a nineteenth-century kasbah. Then we’ll leave the Dades valley and head to Tinghir and the Todra gorges, where we’ll be treated to breathtaking views of old clay Berber settlements situated high above the canyon.

We’ll continue our journey to Alnif for lunch before departing for Merzouga’s beautiful sand dunes of Erg Chebbi. Once we arrive, a competent camel driver will be waiting to take us on a camel ride across Erg-Magnificent Chebbi’s undulating sand dunes. You’ll take a break to relax, take in the scenery, and sandboard

After that, spend the night in a luxury desert camp in a traditional Nomadic tent beneath the stars. Following a delicious dinner, there will be a musical celebration around the fire.

We’ll start our off-road desert adventure today with a tour of the sand dunes, followed by a visit to Khamlia village, a settlement of dark-skinned people who were previously slaves in African countries but now live in the region and play Gnawa music. We’ll also pay a visit to the miners’ community and nomadic Berber families still living in the desert.

We left Merzouga after a farewell breakfast and shower at the lodge and continued our drive to Ouarzazate along a different route that passes through Berber villages in the Atlas Mountains, such as Agdz and the Draa valley. Until we get to Ouarzazate in the evening. For supper and the night, we slept at a local riad.

After a visit to the studios, we will depart Ouarzazate in the morning for Marrakech, traversing the High Atlas Mountains through the Tizi N Tichka pass, which offers magnificent views of gorges, mountains, and various Berber towns nearby, and arrive in Marrakech in the evening.