Marrakech Trip Overview
Enjoy an adventure day trip from Marrakech to Ouarzazate and its amazing old kasbahs, we start the day trip around 8M acrossing the high Atlas Mountains towads Ouarzazate and Ait Ben Haddou kasbah. On this guided, full-day trip from Marrakech. We will travel across the Tizi n’Tichka mountain pass 2,260 meters (7,410 feet) high. explore the Berber villages and ever-changing landscapes en route to Ait Ben Haddou, a UNESCO world heritage site, and the hollywood of Africa a film-making location.
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Duration: 8 to 10 hours
Starts: Marrakech, Morocco
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Enjoy an adventure day trip from Marrakech to Ouarzazate and its amazing old kasbahs, we start the day trip around 8M acrossing the high Atlas Mountains towads Ouarzazate and Ait Ben Haddou kasbah. On this guided, full-day trip from Marrakech. We will travel across the Tizi n’Tichka mountain pass 2,260 meters (7,410 feet) high. explore the Berber villages and ever-changing landscapes en route to Ait Ben Haddou, a UNESCO world heritage site, and the hollywood of Africa a film-making location.
Stop At: Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou, Douar Ait Ben Haddou, Ait Ben Haddou 45000 Morocco
This day trip takes you right across the chain of the high Atlas Mountains and over the famous “TIZI N’TICHKA” passes 1412 miles (2260 meters) high, the highest in the whole of Africa. All along the road you can see the Berber villages perched on the side of the mountains, sometimes hardly distinguishable from the mountains themselves.
As you reach the far side of the mountains the landscape changes dramatically, becoming semi-arid and desert-like. Here is the Kasbah architecture with turrets on all the buildings, adorned with grilled windows and soft peach coloured walls. These traditional houses are made of adobe, highly suitable for the climatic conditions of the south.
Following you journey through the beautiful valleys you will arrive at the ancient Kasbah of AIT BEN HADDOU, which is a UNESCO world Heritage listed site. After visiting the Kasbah you will then journey onward to OUARZAZATE, world renowned as the Moroccan Hollywood because of the famous films which have been shot there, including the “Lawrence of Arabia”, “Sodom et Gomorra”, “le joyful du Nil”, “Jesus de Nazareth”, “kingdom of heaven”, “the Mommy”, “Gladiator”, “7 days in Tibet”, “Alexander the GREAT”, “Babel”…
You can also take the chance to visit the TAOURIRT Kasbah, classified by UNESCO as world heritage listed site. You may also stop by a cinema studio if this would interest you
Duration: 8 hours
