15 Days Adventure And Hiking The Desert Tour From Marrakech

Arrival at Marrakech airport and welcome by your 4x4 driver. Transfer to your 3 * hotel with swimming pool. 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 with your 4x4 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 the former Pasha Glaoui, then visit the Kasbah of Ait Benhaddou, listed 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. Dinner and overnight at Aziz's small guest kasbah. You will be at home. The whole family lives here children and grandchildren. Walking Time: 1h to 2h Driving time: 4h to 5h (250 km) Meals included: breakfast, Dinner Accommodation : Hotel : Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Marrakech, Telouet, Ait Benhaddou, Ouarzazate, Skoura

This morning, your guide will take you on a hike to discover the palm grove and its daily rural activities (washing clothes in the river, working the fields by hand, etc.). Discover the beautifully renovated Timedirt kasbah dating from the 17th century. Lunch with the locals in the palm grove. In the afternoon, you calmly resume your walk to the village potter's craft workshop. Watch his work before going back to the hotel. End of the day on the terrace with a good mint tea! Walking Time: 1h to 2h Meals included: breakfast, lunch, Dinner Accommodation : Hotel : Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Skoura

Direction the Valley of the Roses 4x4 valley, 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 among semi-sedentary nomads to see their basic habitat. You continue until 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: 3h to 4h (160 km) Meals included: breakfast, Dinner Accommodation : Hotel : Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Skoura, Dades

Guided hike to the cliffs with monkey fingers and in its gorges. Then drive to Tineghir and the Todgha gorges. Many film scenes were filmed there, for the turquoise color of its wadi. Your route changes face: here is the Tafilalet valley, known for its 70,000 date palms! Many ksours on the road. Stop at Erfoud to taste the dates! End of the road in Merzouga, at the foot of the big dunes. Walking Time: 2h to 3h Driving time: 3h to 4h (240 km) Meals included: breakfast, Dinner Accommodation : Hotel : Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Dades, Erfoud, Merzouga

At the foot of Merzouga, you discover the highest dunes in Morocco: 150 m high! 4x4 ride on a beautiful track around the dunes. Then visit the village of Khamliya to listen to the Gnaoua musicians, descendants of slaves from black Africa, and eat the Berber pizza. Then go for a hike in a small quiet erg, between black stones and fine sand. End the day with a camel ride in the dunes to reach your bivouac. Walking Time: 2h to 3h Driving time: 1h to 2h (100 km) Meals included: breakfast, Dinner Accommodation : Hotel : Luxury camp Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Merzouga

Return to Merzouga. Then the sand becomes stone. The Bani foothills appear. You are on the track, in the surroundings of the Marathon des Sables and the Paris-Dakar! Isolated wells, old mines and quarries, nomad tents and dromedaries punctuate this pristine setting where few tourists pass. Stop at the small village of Ramlia and arrive in the pass of El Maharch, a sort of oasis between two reliefs. Installation at your hotel overlooking the valley, cut off from the world. Small free walk or relaxation. Walking Time: 1h to 2h Driving time: 3h to 4h (140 km) Meals included: breakfast, Dinner Accommodation : Hotel : Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Merzouga, Ramlia

This morning, there is still a track to join the road: the lunar landscapes give way to palm groves! Arrival in Zagora, a stopover town for old caravans from the South. Installation in your guest kasbah in the palm grove. Lunch possible with the locals in the palm grove. In Amzrou, visit the old Zagora Kasbah and especially the cooperative craftsmen's casbah: a real Ali Baba cave, between the Berber museum and the workplace for the restoration of old doors. Then visit the nearby village of Tamegrout, known for its artisanal green pottery workshops and its Koranic library. Free stroll in the Zagora gardens. Walking Time: 1h to 2h Driving time: 2h to 3h (130 km) Meals included: breakfast, Dinner Accommodation : Hotel : Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Ramlia, Zagora

We are gradually leaving the desert and the palm groves of Draa. Passage to Tazenakht, an important place for weaving Berber carpets. The road then passes between the Jebel Siroua and the Jebel Bani through rocky plateaus. The saffron production region begins here. The village of Taliouine, on a beautiful rocky fold at an altitude of 1000m, will allow you to buy red gold in a cooperative (harvested at the end of October). Direction Taroudant, the first capital of the Saadian sultans before Marrakech. The city has retained its beautiful ramparts. The souk, small and picturesque, is pleasant for a stroll between alleys and covered alleys. The tannery is also a great visit: one of the oldest in Morocco & a real ancestral work. Walking Time: 1h to 2h Driving time: 4h to 5h (360 km) Meals included: breakfast, Dinner Accommodation : Hotel : Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Zagora, Foum Zguid, Taznakht, Taliouine, Taroudant

Go for a hike in the Taroudant region. A 30-minute drive away, the palm grove of Tioute and its 20,000 date palms was the backdrop for the film Ali Baba and the 40 thieves with Fernandel. Hike with local guide in the palm grove, and for the more athletic climb a small pass to enjoy a panoramic view of the region. End of the day free in Taroudant. Walking Time: 3h to 4h Meals included: breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Accommodation : Hotel : Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Taroudant

Today, you are heading towards the Atlantic. After Agadir, stop at your leisure on the beaches and in the small fishing villages: Taghazout and its surf spot, Tafedna and its blue boats, Sidi M’barek and its small waterfalls, Sidi Kaouki… End of your road to Essaouira. Walking Time: 1h to 2h Driving time: 4h to 5h (250 km) Meals included: breakfast Accommodation : Hotel : Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Taroudant, Essaouira

Enjoy Essaouira, nicknamed the little St-Malo (its fort and its seagulls are very similar)! Stroll through the small medina and its fortifications. Many art galleries, small shops, traditional fishing port ... A free day to rest and enjoy the beach. Many sporting activities possible on site (kitesurfing, surfing, stand up paddle, horse riding on the beaches, etc.). Walking Time: 2h to 3h Meals included: breakfast Accommodation : Hotel : Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Essaouira

Free time in Essaouira in the morning then transfer back to Marrakech. On arrival, visit the Majorelle Garden and the Yves St Laurent museum (entrance to be paid for on site). Then check into your riad in the medina. Walking Time: 1h to 2h Driving time: 2h to 3h (190 km) Meals included: breakfast Accommodation : Hotel : Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Essaouira, Marrakech

Let's go for your day of urban hiking and cultural visits. Meet at 10:00 am with your guide Salah, a resident of the souks, to discover the secret places of the medina and the workshops of artisans. Then visit as you wish: Kasbah palace and Saadian tombs, Jewish quarter, new city… Walking Time: 2h to 3h Driving time: 1h to 2h (40 km) Meals included: breakfast Accommodation : Hotel : Option - Confort : Option - Luxury : Steps : Marrakech

Free time in the city. Then transfer to Marrakech airport and return flight. Walking Time: 1h to 2h Driving time: 30min to 1h (10 km) Meals included: breakfast Steps : Marrakech