5-Day Morocco Tour from Ouarzazate: the Sahara & Todgha Gorges
Overview
A 5-day private tour of Morocco, beginning and ending in Ouarzazate. It is built as a loop, so no stretch of road is driven twice.
Highlights
- The Skoura palm oasis and the Amridil Kasbah on the old road east
- The Dades gorge and its switchback road
- The Todgha Gorges, where the cliffs close to a few hundred metres apart
- A camel trek into Erg Chebbi and a night at a desert camp beneath the dunes
The route
Ouarzazate – Skoura – Dades Valley – Todgha Gorges – Merzouga – Alnif – Nkob – Agdz – Ouarzazate
5 days, 4 nights. The day-by-day itinerary is below.
Good to know
- One night is spent at a desert camp, reached by camel in the late afternoon.
- The tour runs as a round trip, starting and finishing in Ouarzazate, with pickup and drop-off at your accommodation.
Included/Excluded
- Private air-conditioned vehicle
- Driver throughout the tour
- 4 nights accommodation
- Breakfast & Dinner
- Camel Ride at Erg Chebbi
- Two nights at Erg Chebbi
- Pickup and drop-off at your accommodation
- International flights and airport taxes
- Lunches, except where stated in the itinerary
- Drinks and beverages
- Entrance fees to monuments, museums and sites
- Travel insurance
- Tips and gratuities
- Personal expenses and anything not listed as included
Tour Plan
An easy day east along the old kasbah road. We follow the valley through the Skoura palm oasis and the rose-growing villages below Kelaat M'Gouna, reaching the mouth of the Dades gorge in the afternoon. Around three hours of driving.
- The Skoura palm oasis and the Amridil Kasbah
- The old kasbah road along the Dades valley
- Kelaat M'Gouna, where the rose harvest is distilled each spring
- Lunch en route
- The Valley of Roses and its terraced fields
- Arrival at Boumalne Dades
- Late afternoon walk up the gorge to the switchback viewpoint
Overnight in the Dades Valley.
A day that ends on foot. We follow the road east through Tinghir to the Todgha Gorges, then cross the hamada to Merzouga, timed so the camels leave in the late afternoon and you reach camp as the light goes.
- Morning through the Dades gorge and its switchback road
- Tinghir, with its palm oasis strung along the valley floor
- The Todgha Gorges, where the cliffs close to a few hundred metres apart
- Lunch in Tinghir
- Afternoon across the hamada by Tinejdad and Erfoud
- Arrival at the edge of Erg Chebbi
- Camel trek into the dunes, roughly ninety minutes
- Dinner and Gnawa drumming at camp
Overnight in a desert camp at Erg Chebbi.
The day a round trip makes room for. With no transfer to drive, the desert opens up past the dune crest: nomad families still working the hamada, the Gnawa village at Khamlia, and the dry lake north of the erg.
- Sunrise over the dunes, then breakfast at camp
- Camel trek back to Merzouga
- 4x4 circuit around the erg
- Khamlia, the Gnawa village, for a session of their music
- Visit to a nomad family living out on the hamada
- Dayet Srji, the dry lake where flamingos gather after rain
- Afternoon at leisure, or sunset from the dune crest
Overnight in Merzouga.
We leave Merzouga after breakfast and take the southern road west, running below the Jbel Saghro through Alnif and Nkob before dropping into the Draa. It is a quieter road than the way out, and the palm groves along the river are the longest in Morocco. Around six hours.
- Sunrise over Erg Chebbi before breakfast
- Rissani and its souk, on the site of the caravan city of Sijilmassa
- The southern road below the Jbel Saghro
- Alnif, known for its fossil beds
- Nkob and its cluster of kasbahs
- Lunch en route
- Descent into the Draa valley
- The palm groves running north along the river
Overnight in Agdz.
A short final day. We follow the Draa north out of Agdz and are back in Ouarzazate by midday, which leaves the afternoon for Ait Ben Haddou if you have not already seen it.
- Morning through the Draa palm groves
- The Jbel Kissane above Agdz
- The Tizi n'Tinififft pass and the view south over the valley
- Arrival in Ouarzazate around midday
- Afternoon at Ait Ben Haddou, the UNESCO-listed ksar
- The Taourirt Kasbah in Ouarzazate
Drop-off in Ouarzazate.
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