2 Days tour from Marrakech to Zagora desert

2 Days tour from Marrakech to Zagora desert

The 2 days 1 night tour to Zagora desert is a condensed experience that lets the traveller enjoy a big part of Morocco’s landscapes, geography and lifestyles. The tour takes you from the metropolitan city of Marrakech to the perched berber villages on the foothills of the mountains along the Atlas chain where the mountains change their color and form frequently making each and every corner of the road new to the eye. The road continues through beautiful small oases before arriving to the immense palm grove of the Draa valley. Once in zagora, the tour includes a camel ride for about 40 minutes during a majestic sunset to reach the nomad tents in the bivouac behind the hills. On the way back during the second day of Zagora tour, you have the opportunity to visit many attractions on the road, including the beautiful kasbahs in Ouarzazate and Ait Benhaddou and some cinematographic locations before heading back to Marrakech.

Schedule:

Pickup point: from your accommodation
Time of departure: 7:00 AM
Duration: 2 days/ 1 Night

Highlights:

Cross the High Atlas Mountains & Tizi Ntichka pass.
Visit the UNESCO world heritage Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou
Drive along Draa Valley
Ride your camel over Zagora dunes and watch the sunset
Overnight in a Berber desert camp in Zagora dunes
Visit Ouarzazate

Day 1: Marrakech to Zagora

At 8:00 am your driver we will pick up from your hotel or Riad in Marrakech. Heading south from Marrakech to Ouarzazate and Zagora, crossing thedramatic landscapes and scenery of high Atlas Mountains via tizi n Tichka’s pass (2260m above sea level) the highest road pass in Morocco. The road goes on along Draa Valley to reach Zagora and the dunes, where you will have a camel trek while you witness the magic sunset. Have a typic dinner and overnight in the dunes at our nomad desert camp.

Day 2: Zagora To Marakech

Rise early to greet the new day and to witness the spectacle of the sunrise in the heart of the sand dunes. After mint tea and breakfast,return north, taking another short off-road route.From Ouarzazate to Marrakech, you leave the main road to get to the very famous UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou and then . We reach Marrakech at the end of the afternoon.

What is included :

Private Morocco Tour and transport in A/C vehicle
Experienced private driver / guide (English speaking)
Dinner and breakfast
Accommodation in riad/hotel
Camel ride in desert and desert accommodation in Sahara tent

What is not included :

Lunch
Drinks
Tips

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