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Moroccan Travel Trips

Private 2-Day Desert Tour from Marrakech to Zagora

Two camp categories apply.

Duration 2 Days / 1 Nights
Starts from Marrakech
Group size 14-17 people
Availability To be confirmed by MTT operations.
Languages English

Day by day itinerary

1. Marrakech - Tizi n'Tichka - Aït Ben Haddou - Ouarzazate - Draa Valley - Zagora - sunset camel trek - desert camp (7h drive)

You leave Marrakech at 07:30 and head southeast over the High Atlas by way of the Tizi n'Tichka pass at 2,260 m, pulling over at Berber villages where the view earns it. At Aït Ben Haddou a local Berber guide takes you through the UNESCO-listed kasbah, and then it is on to Ouarzazate for lunch. The road south skirts the Anti-Atlas and passes the Berber village of Agdez before dropping into the Draa Valley, which is Morocco's longest oasis, and from there it runs between date palms, fortified kasbahs and henna plantations. Zagora arrives late in the afternoon, and a camel carries you out to the Berber desert camp with the sun going down. Moroccan dinner, Tam-Tam drumming round the campfire, and the night at the camp. A comfortable camp is included in the price, and a luxury camp is available.

2. Zagora - Ouarzazate (Taourirt Kasbah) - Tizi n'Tichka - Marrakech (7h drive)

An early start puts you back on a camel for a sunrise ride across the desert, after which breakfast is served at the camp, Moroccan style. The drive north retraces the Draa Valley as far as Ouarzazate, where the Taourirt Kasbah is on the list and the Atlas Film Studios can be too, with lunch taken whenever it suits you. The last leg crosses the High Atlas at the Tizi n'Tichka pass once more and brings you into Marrakech in the late afternoon, typically between 17:00 and 18:00, with drop-off at your hotel or riad.

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What to bring