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ATLAS KASBAH SAHRA

8 days in the desiert

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Day 1
Marrakech

Arrival at Marrakech airport and transfer to the riad located 5 minutes away from the famous Jemma fnac square. .

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Day 2
Marrakech – Cascadas Ouzoud – Imilchil

We will start by visiting the OUZOUD Falls (a splendid 100 meter high waterfall).
Lunch. Afterwards, we will visit the immense Ben EL OUIDANE Lake, which is in the magnificent picture of the High ATLAS Mountains.
Arrival at AZILAL, a small city located on top of the ATLAS Mountains.

We will continue our trip to IMILCHIL, a Berber town famous for its customs because according to their traditions the girls of the AIT HADIDDOU tribe usually pick their husbands.
This town is in the middle of High Atlas. Overnight in a Riad.

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Day 3
Imilchil – Gargantas de Amellago – Goulmina – Merzouga

This journey will allows us to discover the magnificence of the High Atlas Mountains. We will travel 150 km by track passing by the Berber towns of AGOUDAL, AIT HANI and ASSOUL. Dinner. We will continue our trip to the Amellago Gorges. We will continue on the track to the TADIGHOUST town and will get to GOULMIMA.
We will take the road to the ERFOUD town, which is surrounded by tamarinds and palm trees. The road ends here and the desert tracks begin. We will take one of them until we get to the golden dunes of ERG CHEBBI (MERZOUGA). Overnight in Riad Madu.

Day 4
Merzouga – Erg chebbi

After breakfast we will cover 130 km by track along the dunes and we will see the 2 oasis of MERZOUGA, the nomads, the KHAMLIA town (a town of black people), the MIFISS mines, the desert plateaus and the TISSARDMINE oasis. We will be back at the hostel at around 3.00 p.m. Later, we will go to the heart of the dunes riding dromedaries and we will watch the sunset. Overnight in a luxury Haima camp in the middle of the desert.

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Day 5
Merzouga – Gargantas del Todra – Gargantas del Dades

Visit to RISSANI city, economic capital of Morocco and the country’s first imperial city.
We will visit its great souk under the red arcades and its numerous ksours.
Then we will take the road leading to the TINGHIR town where we will visit the valley and the spectacular TODRA Gorge.
Dinner and asphalt road to the Dades Valley and its gorges.
Overnight in Riad.

Day 6
Dades – Valle de rosas – Ait Benhaddou – Marrakech

Transfer by road to the Ouarzazate town by the Route of the Thousand Kasbahs. We will visit AIT BEN HADDOU and TAMDAKHT kasbahs. Afterwards, we will go to Marrakech by the TIZI N’ TICHKA port. The port landscape is magnificent and it offers a wonderful contrast of colors. Overnight in a Riad.

Day 7
Marrakech

Visit to MARRAKECH, center of Morocco, with its old city (Medina), its red souks, its famous JAMAA el FNA Square, which is full of life during day and night time, its celebrated historical monuments: the MENARA, EL BAHIA and EL BADIA palaces, the Saadian Tombs… Overnight in the same Riad.

Día 8
Transfer to the airport