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Tour Guide Marrakech
See the High Atlas!
Sahara Tours
Photos of Marrakech
Sahara Adventure |
This is a personal, guided excursion outside the usual, budget tour bus crowd who view the Sahara as though it were a theme park. For us? We start early from Marrakech with freshly squeezed orange juice and take off in a 4x4 jeep into the High Atlas, in the way of the palm choked, Draa Valley Road heading for Ourzazate. |
| You will see Ait Haddou Kasbah, a riveting 16th century fortress, the very place where Gladiator and Laurence of Arabia were filmed. |
Merzouga is where the big dunes are. And here you might even take in a Berber wedding. Also, we take you to a home cooked tagine meal where you may feast in a home with a family in the village. After riding along a camel caravan, you sleep in a desert tent. Here you sense the desert calling you into its harsh and powerful, quiet space. |
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SAHARA PREMIUM TOUR |
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| Length of Tour: 4 days and 3 nights. Transportation: Jeep 4x4 |
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Ouarzazate – Gorge Dadas: We leave early but start with a breakfast; fresh fruit and crepes with coffee or Moroccan, mint tea. We take our time driving in order to stop whenever you like and take in some very stark scenery along with gorgeous palm groves. We view all this through the eyes of those who live in this region and and spend the afternoon at Ait Haddou Kasbah, an idyllic village where many films have been produced, including Diamonds of the Nile and Lawrence of Arabia. |
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Tingirt – Merzouga: After breakfast, we journey into the gorges of Tingirt, not to mention valleys lined with date palms and terraces cut into the sides of mountains where pomegranate, almond and olive trees thrive. You view villages among lush palms and journey into Tinjdad. After lunch, you will head directly to Merzouga. You enjoy refreshment and travel by camel for 2-3 hours. You return to your tent. Relax to the sunset and wake into a new sunrise. |
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Afternoon in Merzouga: We take a lazy but adventurous drive into the red sand dunes of Merzouga. It is a time to catch the breezes of the Sahara and to wonder through the local village in N'Kob where the tagine lunch is tasty mutton or chicken flavored with parsley and lemon. If we are lucky we may be able to see a local wedding, though it is more likely we can set up a dinner at a local home so that you might enjoy family life in the village before resting at the riad for the night. |
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Return to Marrakech on the scenic Draa Valley Road: We get up early to a fine Berber breakfast with cakes and bsemin with melon slices. We make our way back to Marrakech, taking our time to stop for lunch in Ouarzazate, taking the road through the incredibly beautiful palm choked Draa Valley on our way back into Marrakech through the High Atlas Mountains. |
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Price for 2 persons: 12800 DH ($1,653 USD/1130 EUR) |
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| SAHARA 2 DAY TOUR |
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| Transportation: A sedan (Jeep 4x4 with A/C is also available). |
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Day 1: |
Ourzazate-Zagora.First, we drive directly to Ourzazate. We eat lunch and head into Zagora. We drive along a small panoramic road into Arg Lihoudi, which is off the typical, beaten path. Then, we take the camels for over one hour to the Nomadic tents and enjoy music of the desert beneath brilliant stars, staying warm by the fire.. Tea is waiting! You listen to Berber music and enjoy a traditional Berber tagine or cous cous. |
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You wake up early for the sunset, during which you may relax on a dune and look out over the expanse, into the Bani Mountains . Then, we take lunch in Ourzazate and visit the Casbah Taou Rirt. We visit Ait Haddou Kasbah, take tea in the house of the Berbers, take photos from the terraces (if you like), and head back to Marrakech. |
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Price for 2 persons: 5600 DH ($571 USD/386 EUR) All is included. |
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Tel: (0.212) 671.886.045 Tel inside Morocco: 0671.886.045 |
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