1st Day: Ouarzazate - Dades Gorges
Departure from your hotel in the morning along the lake and the golf of Ouarzazate, then track through the palm grove of Skoura where you discover magnificent kasbahs. Back to the road for El Kelâa M’gouna, big village at the altitude of 1450 m Then you take the track of Roses Valley through Ait Saîd, Tourbist, and Tamalout, which are fortified small villages. In Bou-Thahrar village: about three hours guided pedestrian walkin the gardens near the M’goun river, passing through small villages interesting by their traditional architecture. After that you continue the track to join the Ait -Youl Kasbah. After a rest for lunch, splendid road of the Dades Gorges : wonderful colours of the rocks, beautiful kasbahs, specific landscape…. Dinner and night at a small guesthouse in the gorges.
2nd day: Dades gorges- Todgha Gorges
After breakfast, guided pedestrian walk (approximately three hours) which will enable you to join Dades Canyons, and to meet the nomads in the mountains. After a rest for lunchtime, you come back from the Dades gorges to Boumalne and you continue the road towards Tineghir and the Todgha Gorges. After a walk in the famous gorges, you’ll have dinner and night in a small hotel.
3rd : Tineghir - Merzouga
After breakfast, walk in the Tineghir palm grove, which extends on 15km. Then visit of Tineghir and road towards the villages of Tinejdad and Goulmima (old Ksar in the middle of the oasis) then Jorf and Tafilalet palm-grove through Erfoud and Rissani. Arrival in Merzouga in the middle of the afternoon to take your camel and to contemplate the sunset from the top of the dunes (camel –ride or walk during one hour approximately ) are the only ways to reach the camp where you’ll get your dinner and spend the night under nomad tents ; the camp is located in the middle of Erg Chebbi dunes.
4th : Merzouga - Ouarzazate
Early wake up to look at the sunrise on the desert. Departure after breakfast in direction of Ouarzazate. Visit of Rissani, capital of the Alaoui dynasty (tomb of Moulay Ali Charif)Way through the Bougafer mineral vastness to reach Alnif. Break for watching the fossils near Alnif ; Lunch in Tazzarine, then arrival in Tansikht via N’kob. From here track of Tamnougalt on the left side of the Draa river, up to Agdez.. At last mountain road with the Tizi n’tinifift pass and end of your circuit at Ouarzazate in the afternoon ; our driver drops you at your hotel.
