Best for: Couples, families, photographers, slow travelers.
Every day can be adjusted to your pace and interests: combine it with another of our journeys, extend it, or reshape it completely.
- Route
- Marrakech → Aït Benhaddou → Ouarzazate → Skoura → Dades Valley → Todra Gorge → Merzouga (Erg Chebbi) → Draa Valley (Agdz) → Taroudant → Marrakech
- Duration
- 10 days / 9 nights
- Starts
- Marrakech
- Ends
- Marrakech
- Style
- Private, mid-luxury to luxury
- Price
- Price on request
Highlights
- Camel trek into the Erg Chebbi dunes at sunset
- Two nights in a luxury Berber desert camp under the stars
- Walking tour of Aït Benhaddou, UNESCO World Heritage site
- Stay in a family-run Berber guesthouse in the Dades Valley
- Walk through the Todra Gorge, between canyon walls up to 400 m high
- Visit a women's argan cooperative
- Taroudant, the walled town known as “Little Marrakech”
Day by day
Day 1 · Arrival in Marrakech
Welcome to Morocco. Your private driver meets you at Menara Airport and transfers you to a handpicked riad in the medina. Settle in, then ease into Marrakech with mint tea on the rooftop as the call to prayer echoes across the rooftops.
Day 2 · Marrakech to Aït Benhaddou via the Tizi n'Tichka Pass
Cross the High Atlas through the spectacular Tichka Pass, with stops for panoramic photos and a Berber bread-making demonstration. Continue to the fortified village of Aït Benhaddou.
Day 3 · Ouarzazate & the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs
Explore Ouarzazate, home of the Atlas Film Studios, where films have been shot since the 1980s, and the Taourirt Kasbah. Then follow the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs east.
Day 4 · Skoura to the Dades Valley
Wind through rose-scented valleys to the Dades, where red-rock formations rise above ancient Berber villages.
Day 5 · Todra Gorge & on to Merzouga
Walk the floor of the Todra Gorge, then drive south toward the desert. By late afternoon, mount your camel and ride into the Erg Chebbi dunes.
Day 6 · Sahara Day
A full day in the dunes. Sleep in, then choose your pace: 4×4 desert expedition to nomadic families, sandboarding, or simply silence on the crest of a dune.
Day 7 · Draa Valley & the Agdz oasis
After a last sunrise, ride out of the dunes and drive west to the Draa Valley, whose palm groves line Morocco's longest river.
Day 8 · Anti-Atlas & Taroudant
Cross the Anti-Atlas to Taroudant, a quiet walled town often called “Little Marrakech” for its ramparts and souks.
Day 9 · Taroudant to Marrakech
Drive back to Marrakech over the High Atlas, with a stop at a women's argan cooperative where you can see the traditional stone-press method.
Day 10 · Departure
Private transfer to Marrakech Menara Airport. Until next time.
What’s included
Included
- Private air-conditioned vehicle and driver throughout
- English-speaking local guides in each region
- 9 nights accommodation (riads, guesthouses, luxury desert camp)
- Daily breakfast, 5 dinners, 2 lunches
- Camel trek and all desert activities
- All monument and workshop entrance fees
- 24/7 local support
Not included
- International flights
- Travel insurance
- Personal shopping and gratuities
Good to know
- Best Time to Visit: October through April, when the desert is mild and the skies are clear. Late April to mid-May is rose-harvest season in Kelaa M'Gouna, a quiet highlight of Day 4.
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