5 Days from Agadir to the Desert

Pick-up around 8:00 am at your hotel or riad in Agadir (we can also pick you up at the airport). Departure in a private air-conditioned vehicle.

Taroudant, the “little Marrakech”, surrounded by very well-preserved adobe walls.

Taliouine, the land of saffron: visit to a cooperative where it is grown and sold.

Tazenakht, famous for the Berber carpets woven by the women of the region.

Ouarzazate, the “gateway to the desert”: view of the Taourirt Kasbah and the Atlas film studios, where dozens of international productions have been shot.

We stop for lunch at a local restaurant on the way (lunch not included) and for photos at the viewpoints you like best.

Arrival in Ouarzazate in the afternoon and overnight at the accommodation.

Breakfast and departure from Ouarzazate towards Skoura.

The Skoura palm grove, an oasis dotted with old kasbahs such as Amridil, one of the best preserved in the south.

Kelaa M'Gouna, the Valley of Roses, famous for its rose water, its cooperatives and the rose festival in May.

The Dades Gorge and its famous mountain bends, with reddish rock formations (“the monkey fingers”) and villages perched above the river.

We stop for lunch at a local restaurant on the way (lunch not included) and for photos at the viewpoints you like best.

Arrival at the Dades Gorge in the afternoon and overnight at the accommodation.

Breakfast and departure from the Dades Gorge towards the Todra Gorge.

Walk through the Todra Gorge, a canyon with walls up to 300 metres high and a crystal-clear river, a paradise for climbers.

Erfoud, the capital of dates and fossils: visit to a workshop where they work fossilised marble that is millions of years old.

We stop for lunch at a local restaurant on the way (lunch not included) and for photos at the viewpoints you like best.

In the late afternoon we arrive in Merzouga, where the camel caravan is waiting. We leave the big luggage at the guesthouse and, with a small backpack, cross the Erg Chebbi dunes by camel (approx. 1 h 30 min) as the sun sets over the Sahara. Arrival at the camp, welcome tea, Berber dinner and music around the fire under a sky full of stars.

We get up early to watch the sunrise from the top of the dunes. Breakfast at the camp and return by camel (or 4x4) to the guesthouse, where there are showers and we pick up the luggage. Departure towards Rissani.

Rissani, cradle of the Alaouite dynasty: its traditional market (the “donkey car park” on market days) and the old ksar.

Alnif, one of the most famous fossil (trilobite) areas in the world.

N'Kob, the village of 45 kasbahs, at the foot of the Jbel Saghro massif.

Agdz and the Jbel Kissane viewpoint, at the entrance to the Draa Valley.

Ouarzazate, the “gateway to the desert”: view of the Taourirt Kasbah and the Atlas film studios, where dozens of international productions have been shot.

We stop for lunch at a local restaurant on the way (lunch not included) and for photos at the viewpoints you like best.

Arrival in Ouarzazate in the afternoon and overnight at the accommodation.

Breakfast and departure from Ouarzazate towards Tazenakht.

Tazenakht, famous for the Berber carpets woven by the women of the region.

Taroudant, the “little Marrakech”, surrounded by very well-preserved adobe walls.

Agadir, the south's big beach city, with its seafront promenade and the Agadir Oufella Kasbah.

We stop for lunch at a local restaurant on the way (lunch not included) and for photos at the viewpoints you like best.

Arrival in Agadir in the late afternoon and transfer to your hotel, riad or the airport. End of our services. See you soon!