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The two-day desert tour to Zagora is famous for its sunset and the impressive Draa Valley,
Camel ride and lodging in a desert camp. Once you arrive in Zagora, you will find its beauty to take you through the desert.
Departure
Menara Casablanca International Airport
itinerary
Día 1 Casablanca - Traslado del aeropuerto al hotel
Recogida en el aeropuerto de Casablanca y traslado al hotel. Dependiendo de la hora de llegada, existe la posibilidad de tener un primer contacto con la Mezquita de Hassan II, el más grande fuera de La Meca y experimentar la localidad costera de Cornualles, alojamiento en (Hotel).
Dia 2 Casablanca - Xauen
Después del desayuno, salida hacia Chaouen, Chefchaouen como muchos lo llaman, que se encuentra en el parque natural única intercontinental declarada reserva natural de la biosfera. Es un pueblo que cuelga en la montaña pintada de blanco y azul, poblado por sabia, amable y respetuoso personas, y que ofrece al visitante paisajes urbanos, preciosas muestras de artesanía local, y una paz y serenidad. Alojamiento en (Riad).
Día 3 Chefchaouen - Volubilis - Meknes - Fes
Después del desayuno, nos dirigiremos a las ruinas romanas de Volubilis para explorar las ruinas de 2.000 años de antigüedad y obtener una imagen de la vida durante el Imperio Romano. El almuerzo será en Meknes una de las ciudades imperiales de Marruecos. Después del almuerzo, el conductor le llevará en un recorrido de Meknes y, a continuación, dirigirse a Fez, la capital espiritual y cultural de Marruecos. Alojamientos (Riad).
Día 4 Fes patrimonio de la humanidad.
Este día vamos a dedicar por completo a saber Fez de la mano de un guía local. Fez es la más antigua ciudad imperial de Marruecos, es también la ciudad más intelectual en el reino. Numerosos son los monumentos que se pueden visitar: Medersas (escuelas coránicas): Chahrij, Bouinania Attarin. Zocos, Fes El-Jedid, la Mezquita Karaouine (primera universidad en el mundo). Alojamiento en (Riad).
Day 5Fes – Ifrane – Azrou – Erfoud – Merzouga
From Fes we will go to the Middle Atlas, to visit Ifrane, known as the Switzerland of Africa. The next village will Azrou “the rock”, Berber village known for its monkeys, then arrival in Midelt. Follow the road for the Tizi Talghemt or Cuello del Camella, at 1,907 meters altitude. The relief is impressive, the mountains are completely bare, covered in a purple coat. Arrival in Errachidia and commit to the crossing of the Tafilalet massif to the palm grove of Erfoud. Desert address and accommodation in Merzouga (Hotel).
Day 6Merzouga – Nomadic families – Khamlia village – camel trek – Night in the camp
This will be a day of great adventure where we will meet a different Morocco! With the 4 × 4 we passed in the village of Khamlia where you will stop to enjoy the music of Gnawa then we will follow the path we will cross mountains that at first sight seem hard rocks but when walking we will verify that it is fossilized sand that has been deposited there millions of years ago . We will practice a bit of trekking to reach the site where remains dedinosaurs are extracted. We will visit the interior of one of these excavations, feeling the daily experience of the expedition in our skin. Along the way, in the company of an inhabitant of the small town of Bega, we will enjoy the calm of the arid landscape and begin to play the search for the Rose of the Desert. Why not? And whoever finds it will have a surprise prize! Later, along stone paths, we will travel parallel to the border with Algeria until we reach the area where marine fossils are extracted. In a unique landscape we will make a picnic in the Berber style: on one side the mountains and on the other the orange dunes of the Sahara. And to conclude our day of extreme adventure we will pass behind the dunes along little-traveled roads and visit the cemetery of the French and an abandoned village from the colonial era and set off in a caravan of dromedaries of an hour and a half that will take us to the feet of the Great Dune, wrapped in the beautiful sunset of the desert. Dinner at the camp and overnight in a tent in the heart of the desert under its spectacular star mantle (Camp).
Day 7 Merzouga – Ramilia – Tafraoute
The camel man will wake you up early in the morning to see how good the best sunrise of your life may be. Afterwards, we will walk in peace towards your hotel, appreciating the unique beauty of the spectacular dunes of the Erg Chebbi, which change with the light as the day progresses. After breakfast and a shower, you will leave for the town of Ramlia, a remote village in the middle of the desert. There you will meet the local people and you will experience the real rural Morocco, a small oasis.And there you will eat and then you will follow the road to Tafraoute a small town where we visit your nomad and lodging in (Riad).
Day 8Tafraoute – Todra Gorges – Dades Valley
After breakfast in our Riad by tafraouet we will head towards Rissani origin of the Alaouite dynasty and first imperial city of Morocco. We will take the road to Erfoud, black stone and rich in marine fossils (if you wish, we can stop at a factory fossil) and reach the palm grove of Tafilalet. We visit the Todra Gorges and arrive at the Dades Valley and accommodation in (Kasbah).
Day 9Dades valley – Boutghrar – Skoura – Ouarzazate
After breakfast we will continue on the “Route of the Thousand Kasbahs”. We will visit the Gorges of Dades, and by track we will enter the High Atlas where we can discover another way of life of the Berbers of the mountains and we will see the caves where they live as they did in the past. We will pass through the town of Boutghrar and the Valley of Roses where its inhabitants make creams, soaps and rose water. After we will continue to Ouarzazate passing through Skoura which is a large palm grove and the state of most of the kasbah that were concentrated in that palm grove, we will make a visit, and then we will continue to Ouarzazate. Hotel accommodation).
Day 10Ouarzazate – Ait ben haddou – Atlas mountains – Casablanca
After breakfast, visit the Kasbah of Taourirt, Patrimony of Humanity, residence of one of the most powerful governors of the region, currently headquarters of the organization in charge of the conservation of the architectural heritage of southern Morocco. Inside the kasbah are beautiful rooms like the favorite wife, which has a large balcony on the patio or the main room decorated with quotations from the Koran. We will visit the Atlas cinema studios and then go to the famous Kasbah of Aït Benhaddou, an old fortified city, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987 and where famous films such as “Lawrence of Arabia”, “La Last Temptation of Christ “,” Gladiator “,” Alexander the Great “. We will cross the Tizi N’Tichka to eat and visit one of the Argan oil cooperatives that we have in our country. There the women who run the cooperative will teach us the different processes through which the argan fruit passes and will explain the properties of the oil. Arrival in Casablanca in the afternoon. Accommodation in (Riad).
Day 11 Visit Casablanca with local guide
Free day to practice the art of haggling through the souks or discover the most recondite places of the medina at your leisure. Accommodation in (Riad).
Day 12Transfer from Riad to Casablanca airport
Breakfast and free morning until the agreed time (2 hours before taking your flight), transfer to the airport where we will accompany you to check your bags and show you the boarding gate, here we finish our services and end of trip.