TRAVELING THE BERBER COUNTRY

With Plein Désert

« Saharan Dream » – 5 days leaving from Marrakesh

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Day 1 – MARRAKECH – HIGH ATLAS – DRAA VALLEY – KSAR TAMNOUGALTE

Breakfast on the way to Ouarzazate passing by the magical sites of High Atlas and the Tizin’Tichka in the heart of the High Atlas Mountains. Discovery dramatic landscapes, lush greenery, red soils and garnets, and the first contact with the Berber people of the mountains. Visit the Ksar Ait Benhaidout. Lunch. Departure south towards the famous Draa Valley through the volcanic Massif Central of the Anti-Atlas. Walk through the palm grove in the small oasis of Tamnougalte. Visit Ksar. Dinner and night at Ksar Chez Yakob.

Day 2 – THE GREAT SOUTH & HASSI OUZINA

8:00 – Breakfast is served. The day will be full of desert, sand and illusions. You will enjoy the amazing landscapes of the great South. These landscapes remind us the images of the Paris-Dakar rally. Heading mostly off-piste through virgin spaces, discovering palm groves and nomadic camps. In a deserted region only a good lunch can restore us. In the afternoon, the magic of wide outdoors becomes more and more wild. The arrival at the bivouac is simply magical. Dinner and night in bivouac in the big pink sand dunes of Hassi Ouzina.

Day 3 – HASSI OUZINA – ERG CHEBBI – MERZOUGA

Another day full of desert and sand, we will be heading to the big sand dunes of the Erg of Hassi Ouzina, These landscapes remind us the images of the Paris-Dakar rally. Heading mostly off-piste through virgin spaces. Visit the ruins in the old village of Hassi Merdani, have lunch, then go around Erg Cherby. In the afternoon enjoy a camel ride and spend the night in bivouac at the oasis in the dunes. Dinner watching a sky full of stars.

Day 4 – MERZOUGA – TODRA GORGES – DADES GORGES

Departure from the desert via Risanni, the pearl of Tafilalet located close to the place where, for centuries, desert caravaneers stored goods from “Bilad Assudan” the land of blacks. Visit Ksar El Fida, a fortified village that was once Alawite Sultan Moulay Abderrahmane´s house. Interesting visit of the place where people from the oases lived their lifestyle. Continue to the large palm groves of Ferkla, including sources of Lalla Mimouna, a real natural treasure. Visit the museum of Berber traditions created by Zaïd Abbou, where you will discover the wealth of Berber culture – “optional”. In the afternoon, head west to Todghra Valley, where large palm grove greenery contrasts with the yellow of the mountain. Arrive at Dades Gorge at the end of the day through one of the most grandiose roads in Morocco. Find landscapes of gullies and rocks in balance. Dinner and night at the hotel in Dades Valley.

Day 5 – MASSIF CENTRAL OF MGOUN & THE VALLEY OF ONE THOUSAND KASBHAS

After having breakfast, visit the amazing gorges of the Dades. Departure from The Valley of One Thousand Kashbas wich is part of Roses Valley. Stop in the palm grove of Skoura, and heading to Ouarzazate, lunch on route. Arrival to Marrakesh at the end of the afternoon.

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