12 Days Morocco Tour High Atlas And Atlantic From Marrakech

Arrival of your flight to Marrakech and private transfer to your charming riad with swimming pool in the medina. Enjoy the indescribable entertainment that reigns in Jemaa El Fna square on summer evenings. Walking Time: 1h to 2h Driving time: 30min to 1h (10 km) Meals included: breakfast, Dinner Accommodation : Hotel : Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Marrakech

Departure in 4x4 with your driver for Ouarzazate. You will cross the impressive Tizi n’Tchika pass (2200 m), before taking a small road in the Ounila Valley which will take you to the little-known village of Telouet. Visit the ruined palace of former Pasha Glaoui. Then visit the kasbah of Ait Benhaddou, classified as World Heritage by Unesco and best known thanks to the film Lawrence of Arabia. A splendid 360 ° view awaits you at the top of the fort! Arrival in Ouarzazate. Direction the palm grove of Skoura, the largest in Morocco (52 km2)! Small, beautiful adobe casbahs, beautiful irrigated crops, artisans in Ouled Arbia and a view of the snow-capped Atlas. Walking Time: 1h to 2h Driving time: 4h to 5h (250 km) Meals included: breakfast, Dinner Accommodation : Hotel : Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Telouet, Ait Benhaddou, Ouarzazate, Skoura

Direction the Valley of the Roses in 4x4, it is called the road of 1000 kasbahs. After a pass, you are in Kelaa M’Gouna at an altitude of 1400 m, a city where rose petals are transformed into cosmetics. Road to Boutharar, then magnificent track to observe the multiple colors of the mountain. Tea break with semi-sedentary nomads to see their basic habitat. You continue to Boulmane de Dadès, and the beginning of the gorges. You will see rocks with amazing shapes. They are called here the fingers of monkeys! Walking Time: 1h to 2h Driving time: 2h to 3h (170 km) Meals included: breakfast, Dinner Accommodation : Hotel : Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Skoura, Dades

This morning, you are going on a guided hike in the gorges at the foot of the Tamlalt Cliff nicknamed "the Monkey Fingers". Adventure guaranteed! You then take the road to Tineghir and visit the Todgha gorges. Many film scenes were filmed there, for the turquoise color of its wadi. Then you go towards the High Atlas, the landscape and the temperature change: you reach the high mountains. Arrival at the Berber village of Imilchil at 2200m above sea level, meeting place for nomads during transhumance. Walking Time: 1h to 2h Driving time: 3h to 4h (190 km) Meals included: breakfast, Dinner Accommodation : Hotel : Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Dades, Imilchil

After breakfast, go to the nearby Tislite natural lake. Then take the high mountain track. You will feel like you are alone in the world. The Anergui Valley has remained wild and has retained its ancestral Berber traditions. Located at 1800 m, the citadel villages clinging to the mountainside, will offer you unforgettable encounters with the Berbers AIt Sukhmane. Installation at your family stopover gîte. Mohammed your guide will then take you on a hike to explore the Valley. Walking Time: 2h to 3h Driving time: 2h to 3h (70 km) Meals included: breakfast, Dinner Accommodation : Hotel : Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Imilchil, Anergui

You take the superb mountain tracks, then the road to reach the reservoir lake of Bin El Ouidane (the largest in Morocco): turquoise water and mountains with multiple colors will delight photographers. Then choose: track through small isolated villages in the mountains or road to Zaouiat Ahansal. The track passes by the Cathedral of the Rocks and by the small isolated hamlets. Arrival at Zaouiat Ahansal, a Berber village at an altitude of 1,700 m, surrounded by high peaks, and surprising with its beautiful restored adobe kasbahs. Oued Ahansal offers gardens and orchards to the village. Ancient agricultural activity is omnipresent in the valley. The Amagar family welcomes you to their small typical inn with superb colorful Berber carpets: 3 generations together! Walking Time: 1h to 2h Driving time: 3h to 4h (195 km) Meals included: breakfast, Dinner Accommodation : Hotel : Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Anergui, Bin El Ouidane, Zaouiat Ahansal

From Zaouiat Ahansal, with your guide, you go up the wadi to its sources near the village of Taghia, only accessible on foot. This majestic place, a superb limestone circus, is the 4th world climbing spot for its cliffs over 800 m high. Introduction to climbing possible or mini via ferrata on the famous Berber passage, hanging 200 m above the gorges. Walking Time: 2h to 3h Meals included: breakfast, picnic, Dinner Accommodation : Hotel : Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Taghia, Zaouiat Ahansal

Enjoy a day of sporting activities of your choice in Zaouiat Ahansal: Hiking or mule trekking, canyoning (with supplement), rafting (from March to June, with supplement). You can also spend the day with the locals: visit the local souk, cooking lessons with the locals and activities in the fields. Walking Time: 2h to 3h Meals included: breakfast, picnic, Dinner Accommodation : Hotel : Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Zaouiat Ahansal

You still enjoy a little bit of the sweetness of life in Zaouiat Ahansal then you leave the Amagar family to resume the mountain road. You will pass by Azilal, a village located at 1360 m above sea level and gateway to the High Atlas. You will arrive at the Ouzoud waterfalls, an amazing 110m high waterfall falling into a lush gulf with lush vegetation. You can take a dip in the nearby natural basins and see how the old mills work. When the tourists leave, you stay to enjoy the place in peace! Walking Time: 1h to 2h Driving time: 3h to 4h (190 km) Meals included: breakfast, Dinner Accommodation : Hotel : Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Azilal, Ouzoud

After breakfast, you will leave for the Atlantic coast. Passage through Marrakech then change of landscape. Here you are in the land of argan trees! End of your tour in Essaouira. Visit the city in freedom: beautiful UNESCO listed medina, known for its fortifications (it is called the Moroccan St-Malo) and its fishing port with blue boats. Here we take the time to stroll through the charming alleys and craft shops, before a relaxing break on the beach. Walking Time: 1h to 2h Driving time: 4h to 5h (340 km) Meals included: breakfast, Dinner Accommodation : Hotel : Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Ouzoud, Essaouira

Free day of relaxation in Essaouira. Many hammams and spas in the city, beach, shopping ... Possible activities in Essaouira with supplement: horse riding on the beaches, surfing, kite surfing, stand up paddle ... Walking Time: 1h to 2h Meals included: breakfast Accommodation : Hotel : Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Essaouira

Free time then transfer to Essaouira or Marrakech airport (2h30 drive). Possibility of extension of seaside stay in Essaouira or in the region (Taghazout and its surf spots or next to El Jadida to relax). Walking Time: 1h to 2h Driving time: 3h to 4h (190 km) Meals included: breakfast Steps : Essaouira