Combined Atlas Mountains & Sahara Desert

Day / Day: Combined Atlas Mountains & Sahara Desert

Day 1: Home – Marrakech (or Casablanca airport):

Welcome by our team and transfer you to your hotel free time for the rest of the day.

Overnight at the Riad in Marrakech

DAY 2: Marrakech – Imlil –Tizi M’zzik –Tizi Oussem:

After Breakfast transfer to Imlil at 8am, Trek from Imlil valley to Tizi Oussem on a five hour walk which takes you over Tizi M’zzik Mountain pass 2540m and down into the spectacular valley of Azzaden, spend night in village of Tizi Oussem (gite).

A side trip to the Ighouliden waterfalls is available after lunch.

Overnight in Tizi Oussem (Berber House)

Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner

Duration: 5 – 6 hrs walking

Day 3: Azzaden – Matat – Imlil:

After breakfast, enjoy the sunshine on this colorful valley & its marvelous typical Berber villages, leave Tizi Oussem & continue down to Id Issa village, before heading up to Tizi Oudid mountain pass (2000m), cross Matat village after a wild juniper forest, get lunch under walnut groves and relax near the river. On the afternoon spend another night in Imlil, and prepare yourselves for the Sahara Desert tour 5 hrs walking.

Overnight in Imlil

Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner

Duration: 6 hrs walking

Day 4: Imlil Valley – Tizi n’Tichka – Dades:

Next! Today we drive towards the Moroccan desert. First over the spectacular pass, passing through many Berber villages.Than riverside oases and barren hillsides clustered with kasbahs. After lunch, we drive to the Roses Valley, with beautiful views of the Dades valley. Also one thousand Kasbahs is The nickname of the region.

Overnight in Dades Gorges

Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner

Duration: 6 hrs driving

Day 5: Dades – Todra Gorges – Erg Chebbi dunes:

After breakfast, we drive to Todra Gorge, and after a short stop, drive on to ‘Auberge Palais du Dunes’ at the dunes of Erg Chebbi. Once you arrive the hotel you will have some mint tea and you can get prepared for overnight at the camp in the middle of the Sahara. You drive with your camel to the camp where the cook is preparing your dinner. After dinner you will have an amazing time, there is music and you can see the sky filled with stars.

Overnight in Merzouga (Berber Camp + Camel ride)

Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner

Duration: 4 hrs driving

Day 6: Merzouga to Marrakech:

Finally, after viewing the most beautiful sunrise, you will ride the camels back to your hotel to have breakfast. From there it will be a long day driving back to Marrakech, with a half way different, via Tichka pass.

Overnight in Marrakech

Meals: Breakfast – Lunch

Duration: 7 - 8 hrs driving

DAY 7: Marrakech Guided Tour:

This day is for the exploration of Marrakech. First you will start with the famous and the UNESCO heritage site of Jamma Lfna, Alkotoubia mosque. Then walk to visit the oldest places in the city, the Bahia and Baddi palaces.

Also you will visit an old Medrassa called Iben yossef. Marrakech also is known with its traditional souks that look like a spider web. Lunch in a local restaurant.

After lunch you will see the botanical garden, the majorelle garden. And after that it will be a free time for you to wander by yourself. Overnight in the same Riad

Overnight in Marrakech

Meals: Breakfast

Duration: 30 minutes driving

Day 8: Marrakech – Home:

Transfer to the airport 2 hrs before the flight.