Marrakech Trip Overview
The High Atlas, Anti Atlas / Desert / Kasbahs / Atlantic Coast / Marrakech And Essaouira
11-day round trip (authentic morocco)
– Country and people
On this trip you will discover Morocco with all its facets. It is the most beautiful route through mountain landscapes in the High Atlas, through the golden deserts with spectacular dunes towards the Atlantic coast. Just as these landscapes merge, so do the cultures of the Arabs and Berbers. The diverse Moroccan cuisine ensures that your experiences are rounded off.
Additional Info
Duration: 11 days
Starts: Marrakech, Morocco
Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> 4WD, ATV & Off-Road Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco
The High Atlas, Anti Atlas / Desert / Kasbahs / Atlantic Coast / Marrakech And Essaouira
11-day round trip (authentic morocco)
– Country and people
On this trip you will discover Morocco with all its facets. It is the most beautiful route through mountain landscapes in the High Atlas, through the golden deserts with spectacular dunes towards the Atlantic coast. Just as these landscapes merge, so do the cultures of the Arabs and Berbers. The diverse Moroccan cuisine ensures that your experiences are rounded off.
Itinerary
Day 1: – Marrakech (arrival warm welcome)
Stop At: Marrakech, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi
– Marrakech (arrival)
You will be met by your driver at the airport who will drive you to your riad in the medina. Depending on the time of arrival, there is the possibility of making first visits.
Overnight in an authentic riad in the old town with breakfast. Overnight in an authentic riad in the old town with breakfast.
Duration: 10 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: – Overnight in RIAD BAHIA SALAM (an authentic one in the old town with breakfast.)
Day 2: – | Marrakech – telouet – Ait Ben Haddou – Ouarzazate (approx. 225 km)
Stop At: Ouarzazate 45000, Morocco
– Procedure:
Today the trip goes to Ouarzazate and runs on one of the most scenic routes in Morocco. You drive over one of the great Atlas passes – Tizin-Tichka (2260 m) and then you reach the village of Ait Ben Haddou, where you visit one of the greatest Kasbahs in Morocco. With its red-brown adobe walls, it is a beautiful example of traditional Berber architecture and has already been used as a backdrop in many Hollywood films. Ouarzazate, called “gateway to the desert” – fascinates with a diverse and contrasting landscape: innumerable clay kasbahs, mountains and dry plains alternate. Valleys and green oases, palm groves and villages made of red-brown earth make up the charm of the region.
Overnight in an authentic riad on the outskirts of the city with dinner and breakfast.
Duration: 11 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: continontal
• Dinner: buffet
Accommodation included: – Overnight in DAR CHAMAA (an authentic riad with dinner and breakfast.)
Day 3: – Ouarzazate – skoura – kelaat m gouna – boumalen – Tineghir (approx. 190 km)
Stop At: Tinerhir, Tinerhir, Souss-Massa
– procedure
You continue your journey to Tineghir along the Dadès River. The street is lined with original oasis villages, date palms and numerous kasbahs. The journey continues on the famous “Road of the 1000 Kasbahs”, where you will discover the oasis “El-Kalâa-M’Gouna” in the Rosen Valley. In the afternoon you will reach Tineghir. The area offers the opportunity for small hikes.
– Overnight in DAR AYOUR (an authentic DAR HOTEL with dinner and breakfast.)
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: continental
• Dinner: Menu
Accommodation included: – Overnight in DAR AYOUR: (an authentic DAR HOTEL at the entrance to todra gorge with dinner and breakfast.)
Day 4: – TINRHIR – TIZI N TZAZERT – DRAA TAL – ZAGORA – / 210 KM
Stop At: Zagora, Zagora, Souss-Massa
-PROCEDURE:
After breakfast we head towards Sahara and caravan station over tizi n tzazert pass 1500m. It is possible to take a break in draa-tal. Then the journey goes to Zagora, the largest place in the Draa Valley. You make a symbolic stop in front of the famous table “Timbuktu 52 days”. This is the last testimony of a time when Zagora was an important transit point for caravans. At that time the caravans, loaded with salt, spices and leather goods, moved from here to sub-Saharan Africa to return with gold, ivory and slaves.
Overnight in RIAD LAMANE an authentic riad with dinner and breakfast.
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: continental
• Dinner: Menu
Accommodation included: – Overnight in RIAD LAMANE (an authentic riad in the oasis with dinner breakfast.)
Day 5: – ZAGORA – TAMGROUTE – M HAMID EL GHIZLANE -ERG CHEGAGA (CA.160 KM)
Stop At: Atmospher Erg Chigaga, M’Hamid El Ghizlane, M’Hamid Morocco
-PROCEDURE :
With the off-road vehicle you drive on the old path that led the caravans from Draa to Timbuktu. On the drive through the “Hammada du Draa” you can take the time to let this new landscape take effect on you. In M’Hamid you can have a picnic in the great outdoors. You cross the stone desert and dunes to Erg Chegaga, the largest and Morocco’s less visited sandy desert, then ride the dromedary to enjoy the magical sunset on a high dune.
– Overnight in a comfort nomad tent or after wunch under the beautiful starry sky with dinner and breakfast.
Duration: 11 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: continental
• Dinner: Menu
Accommodation included: – Overnight in a comfort nomad’s tent or after wunch under the beautiful starry sky with dinner and breakfast.
Day 6: – ERG CHEGAGA – FOUM ZGUID – VALLEY SINE – TATA (APPROX. 230 km)
Stop At: Tata, Tata, Guelmim-Oued Noun
– PROCEDURE: You drive on the slopes of the “Paris – Dakar” rally to the “Iriki” lake. This once huge lake has now become a completely dry salt flat, but it is known for its fantastic mirages. Your very own mirage awaits you! From Foum Zguid we continue on the country road N12 accompanied by the vast stone desert with its bizarrely shaped mountain ranges. In the afternoon you will reach Tata. The oasis town is surrounded by well-tended vegetable gardens and shady palm groves.
– Overnight in a dar hotel with dinner and breakfast
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: CONTINENTAL
• Dinner: MENU
Accommodation included: – Overnight in TATA in an authentic Dar hotel with dinner and breakfast.
Day 7: – TATA / – AIT MANSSOUR VALLEY AND CANYON / – TAFRAOUTE – (180. km)
Stop At: Tafraoute, Tafraoute, Souss-Massa
-procedure –
Today’s journey takes you into the Anti-Atlas Mountains, into the ait manssour vallée gorge and deep into the Berber culture to Tafraoute. Nature has formed a grandiose mountain landscape with astonishing gray granite rocks that shimmer pink in the sun. The area around Tafraoute offers many interesting opportunities for small hikes in the magnificent mountain landscape. Various festivals spread all year round offer variety in the otherwise relatively isolated place.
– Overnight in HOTEL LES AMANDIER (a very nice HOTEL. With dinner and breakfast.)
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: continental
• Dinner: Menu
Accommodation included: – Overnight at HOTEL LES AMNDIER (an authentic HOTEL with dinner and breakfast.)
Day 8: TAFRAOUTE – TIZNITE – AGADIR – ESSAOUIRA (APPROX. 350 km)
Stop At: Essaouira, Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi
– PROCEDURE;
From Tafraoute we continue to the Atlantic coast to Agadir, where a short detour is worthwhile. You drive to the viewpoint of the city “Agadir Ofla”, from which you have a wonderful view over the city, the beach and the port. If you like, you can take a lunch break here. Then you drive further along the Atlantic coast past the fishing villages and at surf camps towards Essaouira.
Overnight in RIAD-RAYHAN (an authentic riad in the old town with dinner and breakfast.)
Duration: 11 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: continental
• Dinner: Menu
Accommodation included: – Overnight in an authentic riad in the old town with dinner for breakfast.
Day 9: ESSAOUIRA (STAY)
Stop At: Essaouira, Essaouira, Marrakech-Safi
– ALAUF: Essaouira (city tour)
Essaouira, the “well-drawn”, a city with the only medina that was drawn before it was built. After a hearty breakfast you can explore the city: the harbor, the Sqala, the old town and the Mellah, the former Jewish quarter. Discover Essaouira There are many ways to relax: lying on the sandy beach, riding a dromedary, taking a hammam or thalasso to recharge your batteries, taking a boat tour, the lively medina invites you with its cozy restaurants, lively streets, idyllic squares and colorful shops Let the day end in a barbecue at the harbor with grilled fish and overnight in RIAD-RAYHAN (an authentic riad in the old town with dinner and breakfast).
Duration: 12 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: continental
• Dinner: Menu
Accommodation included: – Overnight in RIAD-RAYHAN (an authentic riad in the old town with dinner breakfast.)
Day 10: – ESSAOUIRA – MARRAKECH – 160 KM.
Stop At: Marrakech, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi
procedure:
– marrakech 🙁 city visit)
– Overnight in RIAD BAHIA-SALAM (an authentic riad in the old town with breakfast.)
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: continental
Accommodation included: – Overnight in RIAD BAHIA-SALAM an authentic riad in the old town with breakfast.
Day 11: -TRANSFER TO MARRAKESC AIRPORT-
Pass By: Marrakesh Menara Airport, RAK Mhamid saada 6 n209، Marrakech 40000, Morocco
PROCEDURE :
After so much relaxation, your trip ends here if you don’t want to extend your stay.
EXCURSION TRAVEL MOROCCO wishes you a nice flight home for the next time.
Meals included:
• Breakfast: continental
No accommodation included on this day.
