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2-day Zagora desert tour from Marrakech
When you choose to travel to Zagora, you choose an excursion from Marrakech that alternates like few incredible landscapes. Zagora is the gateway to the Great Desert, in its dunes surrounded by mountains of volcanic origin, you will enjoy a night with all the ingredients to become unique. Being less touristy than Erg Chebbi has allowed him to retain his authenticity. It is a recommended trip for both a short 2-day getaway and for more complete trips and circuits around it: The Draa Valley, the M’Hamid Desert and the trail route that connects it to Merzouga are more than enough ingredients for a great travel.
Additional Info
* Duration: 2 days
* Starts: Marrakech, Morocco
* Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> 4WD, ATV & Off-Road Tours
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2-day Zagora desert tour from Marrakech
When you choose to travel to Zagora, you choose an excursion from Marrakech that alternates like few incredible landscapes. Zagora is the gateway to the Great Desert, in its dunes surrounded by mountains of volcanic origin, you will enjoy a night with all the ingredients to become unique. Being less touristy than Erg Chebbi has allowed him to retain his authenticity. It is a recommended trip for both a short 2-day getaway and for more complete trips and circuits around it: The Draa Valley, the M’Hamid Desert and the trail route that connects it to Merzouga are more than enough ingredients for a great travel.
Itinerary
Day 1: Ait Ben Haddou – Draâ Valley – Zagora
Stop At: Ait Ben Haddou, Ait Ben Haddou, Souss-Massa
The day begins the excursion begins by visiting the High Atlas that we will cross by the vertiginous Tizi N’Tichka 2,260 m place of our first stop, to take photos or it will simply be time to start enjoying the first panoramic views of the Atlas with its houses adobe. We deviate to visit the Ksar of Ait Ben Haddou of the eleventh century, and its Kasbah declared a World Heritage Site and historical treasure by UNESCO. The Kasbah Ait Ben haddou is one of the examples of the most typical defensive “berber architecture” given its situation which allows you to observe the plains that surround it, a place to enjoy the changing colors. It is a must stop on the old Sub-Saharan routes that from Timbuktu to Marrakech distribute the goods to the rest of the world, its excellent state of conservation has made it the perfect setting for many films.
Duration: 2 hours
Pass By: Agdz, Agdz, Souss-Massa
We will cross the Anti Highlands and see the Berber village of Agdez, the Draâ Valley and its palm grove, the last glimpse of vegetation before entering the desert.
Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in Jaima Berber in Zagora Desert which we will arrive in dromedary
Day 2: Zagora – Draâ Valley – Ouarzazate – Marrakech
Pass By: Ouarzazate, Ouarzazate, Draa-Tafilalet
After enjoying the sunrise we return on the backs of our dromedaries to Zagora, today the most important stop will be the Kasbah Teloulet and the movie studios again cross Tizi Tichka and arrival in Marrakech.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
