8 days Sahara tour

Upon your arrival to Marrakesh Menara airport, you will be welcomed by your personal tour guide Explore Marrakesh, former capital of the Almohad Empire, is Morocco’s second oldest imperial city and retains the majestic splendour of its ancient past. Buildings are blushed in hues of rosy earth, and horse-drawn carriages clip along broad avenues lined with palm, lime and orange trees. Donkeys carrying carts trawl past fragrant gardens of roses, honeysuckle and jasmine. Dining and lodging at the four stars hotel Ryad opera Mogador

Tour scenic Ouarzazate, near the majestic snow-capped High Atlas Mountains. Right before you arrive to Ouarzazate, you will stop for a visit to the kasbahs of Ait Ben Hadou. Kasbahs built with mud-clay from the banks of the Draa River are often beautifully decorated. Ait Ben Hadou is one of the most impressive in the country and was given a World Heritage status by UNESCO. You’ll explore Ouarzazate. Ruled by the French in the 1920s, it has since been a popular location for film shoots. We’ll visit one of the many famous kasbahs of Morocco, Tifoultoute, used as a hotel for the cast of Lawrence of Arabia in the 1960s. Although the Kasbah Tifoultoute was once protected by a powerful dynasty, now its only guards are a sentry of large storks nesting atop its towers. Kasbahs are essentially fortified villages traditionally inhabited by specific Berber tribes and some of the small kasbahs may belong to a single extended family. Overnight in hotel Mercure

After a special Berber breakfast, you’ll depart for Tinghir, traveling the rugged Road of a Thousand Kasbahs that rise up like turreted sand castles along this ancient caravan trading route. This area has long been a popular location for Hollywood films such as The Last Temptation of Christ, Jewel of the Nile, and most recently Hideous Kinky. The central region is one of e most exciting and romantic destinations of Morocco nestled along rich river valleys, palms and burnished mud-brick homes ablaze in vibrant colors under the shelter of the blue desert sky. You'll travel through the Dadès Valley past dramatic escarpments and plunging gorges via Tinegir Erfoud .For a Camel ride for about 1hour and a half to our private Nomad camp in the Sahara for your dinner and overnight at a bedwin / Nomad tent to experiment the Nomad life style.

After breakfast, you will take your camel ride back to our auberge for Shower etc...before you continue your Moroccan adventure. You’ll depart for Todra Gorges , traveling the rugged Road of a Thousand Kasbahs that rise up like turreted sand castles along this ancient caravan trading route. This area has long been a popular location for Hollywood films such as The Last Temptation of Christ, Jewel of the Nile, and most recently Hideous Kinky. The central region is one of the most exciting and romantic destinations of Morocco nestled along rich river valleys, palmeries and burnished mud-brick homes ablaze in vibrant color under the shelter of the blue desert sky. We’ll travel through the Dadès Valley past dramatic escarpments and plunging gorges via Tinghir. Dinner and overnight in Oura

……Then you continue your adventure along the majestic beauty of the High Atlas Mountains, through the scenic route of Tizi n’Tichka’s lush oasis valleys and Tizi n’Test, mountainous areas highly popular with trekkers. You’ll stop for lunch at one of the Berber villages on your way to Ourika / High Atlas Montains past a pageantry of fragrant, dense pine and cedar forests, terraced farms and sienna mud-brick Berber villages to visit the Berber village to have a taste of the Berber life style by having a cup of tea within a Berber family. Dinner and overnight in Ourik

You will explore one of the most beautiful and unspoiled valleys of the High Atlas Valley of Ourika rise gently up to the preliminary hills of the High Atlas where small typical villages have nested. It is a pure and magnificent place where silence is only “disturbed “by birds singing, water streams and wagtails. Ourika is famous for its pottery, minerals and crystal. An afternoon of a day Spa at Kasbah Omar or a couple of hours hiking to discover one of the hidden water falls of the high Atlas Dinner and overnight in Ourika

In Marrakesh, we’ll spend a full day exploring this majestic Imperial City. Thrill in the bewitchery of the night that beats in the heart of the famed square, Djemaa el-Fna, where delectable fare is grilled over coals in bustling torch-lit open-air markets. Mystical snake charmers, hustlers and mischievous monkeys are part of the nightly drama that unfolds, as Berber acrobats, fortune tellers, musicians and engaging storytellers seduce rapt crowds. Then wind your way through the serpentine labyrinth of the spice-filled air of the bustling souk, unchanged for over 1000 years, where you’ll discover the best of traditional Moroccan craftsmanship. We’ll cap off our journey at the dinner event of Fantasia as we bear witness to a splendid dramatic display of Arabian Nights filled with belly dancing, folkloric troupes, and stately Arabian steeds charging in dynastic battles as of yore. Overnight in Ryad Opera Mogador

The 60’s music legends Jimmy Hendrix and the Rolling Stones were drawn to Essaouira’s idyllic charm, which continues today to lure musicians and artists alike to the sparkling whitewashed fishing village trimmed with the brilliant azure of its skies. A former Portuguese settlement in the 18th century, its stone ramparts overlook an emerald sea where dolphins sometimes frolic near the fringe of silvery beach, and camels ferry passengers across fine sand. Dream on the beach, stroll through serene squares, browse artisan shops or the fish market, bursting with a plethora of fruit of the sea to be grilled to a succulent finish before your eyes. Top it your repast with the national drink of Moroccan mint tea and savour delectable French pastries at one Essaouira’s many charming cafes. Essaouira is the place where you can take a camel or horse ride at the beach of Morocco. A full day will be spent at Essaouira before return to Marrakesh. You’ll cap off our journey at the dinner event of Fantasia as we bear witness to a splendid dramatic display of Arabian Nights filled with belly dancing, folkloric troupes, and stately Arabian steeds charging in dynastic battles as of yore chez ali in Marrakesh. Overnight in Marrakesh