5 Days Tour from Marrakech to Erg Chigaga New Year’s Eve

Day 1: Marrakech – Ait Benhaddou – Ouarzazate

Pick up from your hotel or Riad in Marrakesh at 8 a.m. to Ait Benhadou via the High Atlas mountains Tizi n’Tichka, we will have time to stop and enjoy impressive landscapes and Berber hamlets, and break for coffee and mint tea. In the afternoon we will get the chance the visit the universal Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou Kasbah as it was named by UNESCO in 1987. This Berber Kasbahs which has been used as a very important destination for international filmmakers for more than 20 films was also one of the most important fortress strongholds on the old Salt Road where caravans brought slaves, gold, ivory, salt, and silk from sub-Saharan countries to Marrakech and beyond. Our next stop is Ouarzazate, or what we call the Hollywood of Africa since it has been as well a very famous destination for filmmakers. Here you will get the chance to visit many filmmaking studios. Dinner and overnight in Ouarzazate.

Day 2: Ouarzazate – Agdez (Draa Valley) – Merzouga Dunes (Erg Chebbi)

On the second day of your Tour from Marrakech, we’ll pass through Afterwards, we cross the Anti Atlas Mountains to Agdez village where the Draa valley starts. We head east to Nkob, a popular village for its 45 Kasbahs as a background of a palmary, through the arid Saharan landscapes till the largest oasis of Tafilalet appears. We continue deeper into the desert dunes of Erg Chebbi. You stop in a hotel at the dune line for bathrooms before the camel ride takes place around sunset time for the overnight in the Auberge Du Sud Camp, dinner & & night.

Day 3: A day in the desert

Today, you can enjoy your day in the desert area, there is a 3 hours drive beyond the dunes where the nomads live in tents and look after their herds, as well as a stop at Khamlia village where you can assist with a demonstration of the local musicians of the African tribes who settled there for centuries. The other option is to attend the local market of Rissani where you can purchase spices, have a local Pizza for lunch, and take a look into the mausoleum of Moulay Ali Chrif. For those who love fun, an ATV ride in the dunes is available and can arranged at the hotel in the dune, for this you can contact the reception. After you can relax at the hotel and get ready to celebrate New Year’s Eve in the Morocco Sahara desert.

Day 4: Erg Chebbi – Erfoud – Todra Gorges – Skoura or Dades Valley

After having breakfast, the camel trek back to meet your driver. We drive to Skoura via the Todra gorges (300m high canyons) where you can hike and lunch in a local restaurant. We continue along the road of 1000 Thousand Kasbahs since there are enormous kasbahs on both sides of the road. Some of those old fortified houses are restored but unfortunately, a lot of them are ruins. We pass through Dades Valley and the City of Roses before we attend the Skoura palmery where a huge number of Kasbahs such as “Amrhidil” are surrounded by gardens and palm trees. 45km further, we reach Skoura for dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 5: Skoura – High Atlas Mountains – Marrakech

After breakfast, the travel day via the High Atlas Mountains and Tizi n’Tichka pass. Break for lunch on the way. Drop off at your Marrakech hotel. You will make stops in Ouarzazate why not cinema studios or museums or allow some time for shopping in the city before taking the windy road to Marrakech? The end of the 4D/3N New Year’s Eve desert tour from Marrakech.

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