FOLLOW THE TRAIL OF THE OLD CARAVANS
EXPERIENCE THE BERBER SPIRIT
A unique experience, plunged in the silence of the Sahara Desert, following the rythm of the old nomadic caravans that crossed this wild land to Mauritania and Mali.
DEPARTURE FROM: MARRAKECH
DURATION: 4 DAYS/ 3 NIGHTS
PRICE : DEPENDING ON NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
INCLUDE SERVICES: TRANSPORT, DRIVER/GUIDE,TWO NIGHTS IN THE HOTEL, NIGHT IN BERBER CAMP, CAMEL RIDE, ENTRANCE , THREE DINNERS AND THREE BREAKFASTS.
EXCLUDE SERVICES: TIPS , DRINKS, LUNCHS.
► Ancient Caravans Tour 4 Days from Marrakech
DAY 1: MARRAKECH, OUARZAZATE, SKOURA, DADES VALLEY.
our desert trip from Marrakech to Dades valley begins with our driver`picking you up from you at 8:00 Am from your hotel or your riad in our in our conditioning 4WD car or mini bus depending of group size. our journey starts by crossing the high atlas moutains to ouarzazate through the Tizi ntichka pass 2260 metres above the sea level, giving an awe insipiring view of colorful landscapes and the berber villages along the way. in ouarzazate, we will stop to visit the famous taourirt kasbah and have lunch in it, afterwards we continue our travel through the palm road of skoura palmerie to Dades valley and city of Rose valley for dinner and overnight stay.
DAY 2: DADES GORGES, TODRA GORGES, MERZOUGA.
day 2 begins with breakfast then a drive to Todgha Gorges passing by Tinghir. Todra is very popular for its canyons and its panoramic plam plantations by the river ,all of zhci covered and visited later on. we continue our trip to tinjdad for lunch at a local restaurant, then we proceed to Erfoud to visit the local fossil craft workshop. eventualy we will reach the captivating dunes of Erg chebi dunes. after checking into the hotel. you will have an hour long camel trek prepared for you at sunset, the camel trek will ends when we reach the nomad tents camp by nightfall for an animated dinner by the fire camp before spending the night before spending the night in a bivouac under the starry skies of the dunes.
DAY 3: MERZOUGA, RISSANI, DRAA VALLEY, OUARZAZATE.
well wake up before the sunset to catch the first eclipes of the sun as its rays of the dunes of erg chebi, followed by a breakfast in the camp and a camel treck back to the hotel for a quick shower. afterwards, we drive to Rissani, a small saharian town in the southeast of Morocco to visit another fossils workshop before continuing to agdez and Draa valley { 200 km of palm groves } junction where we head north to ouarzazate after crossing the volcanic Atlas moutains. we will spend the night in ouarzazate.
DAY 4: OUARZAZATE, AIT BEN HADDOU, TELOUET, MARRAKECH.
the final day also begin with a breakfast. then a visit of the famous cinema studios known as africas holywood. afterwars we head to to the UNISCO wold heritage site of ait ben haddou kasbah where some of the modern classics like Gladiator, lawrence of Arabia and Indiana jones where shot. we will also get the chance to visit this kasbah to learn about the berber archetecture. finaly we drive through ounila valley to talouet, then we will be taking the Tizi ntichka pass and High Atlas mountains to return to Marrakech. Ancient Caravans Tour 4 Days from Marrakech ends.
