5 Days / 4 Nights
4 – 16 travelers
Marrakech → Marrakech
€350 / person
Designed for solo travelers, couples and friends who love to share the road, this small-group circuit bundles Morocco’s greatest hits into five effortless days. Travel in a modern air-conditioned minivan, stay in handpicked riads and a luxury desert camp, and let our Berber driver-guides handle every dune, switchback and mint-tea stop. Evenings are for tagine dinners, Gnawa drums and some of the darkest, starriest skies in North Africa.
Day 1
Depart 8:00 AM and wind over the Tizi n’Tichka pass with photo stops at Berber villages. Explore the fortified ksar of Aït Ben Haddou with a local guide, continue via Ouarzazate and the ‘Road of a Thousand Kasbahs’ to your hotel in the Dades Valley. Dinner & overnight.
Day 2
Morning walk in the Dades Gorges, then on to the towering Todra Gorge for a walk between 300 m cliffs. After lunch, reach Merzouga where camels carry you across the dunes for a sunset arrival at camp. Dinner, drumming and a night under the stars.
Day 3
Wake early for sunrise over the dunes. A 4×4 day trip visits the Khamlia Gnawa musicians, nomad families, the irrigation khettaras and Merzouga Lake (seasonal). Optional sandboarding and quad biking. Overnight in a Merzouga riad or return to camp.
Day 4
Travel west along the Draa Valley palm groves, stop at the fossil workshops of Erfoud and the souks of Rissani, birthplace of the Alaouite dynasty. Night in a kasbah-style hotel in Ouarzazate.
Day 5
After a relaxed morning, return over the Atlas to Marrakech with time for a final espresso in the Jemaa el-Fnaa square. Arrival around 5:00 PM.
