1. Marrakech - Tizi n'Tichka - Aït Ben Haddou - Ouarzazate - Draa Valley - Zagora - sunset camel trek - camp (7-8h) / Over the Pass, Down the Draa, Camels at Dusk
The minibus picks the group up from Marrakech hotels and riads at around 07:30. The road heads southeast into the High Atlas, climbing past Berber villages and almond groves, with photo stops on the way up to the Tizi n'Tichka pass at 2,260 m. Around midday comes Aït Ben Haddou, the UNESCO-listed ksar, which the group walks together: earthen alleyways, a climb for the panoramic view, and the classic photograph taken from the far bank. Then on to Ouarzazate, where lunch is at your own expense. The afternoon heads south with the Anti-Atlas alongside, passes the village of Agdez and drops into the Draa Valley. This is the longest oasis in Morocco, and the way through it is lined with date palms and fortified kasbahs, fields of corn, barley and henna between them. You arrive in Zagora late in the afternoon. A camel trek at sunset then carries you over the desert to the Berber camp, where dinner is Moroccan, the Tam-Tam drums come out by the fire, and the night sky is clear.