You will be picked up from your accommodation in Imlil at 8.30am and head out over the Atlas
Mountains, driving over the stunning Tizi-n-Tichka mountain pass. You’ll pass through lots of Berber
villages, and once you’re in the desert, you’ll see riverside oases and barren hillsides dotted with
kasbahs (fortified dwellings that house families and their livestock). Along the way, you will have the
option either to take a break and visit the Ouarzazate Film Studios . A side trip is possible to Ait
Benhaddou. This is an ancient fortified city containing countless kasbahs and has been the
atmospheric subject of numerous hollywood movies (The Mummy, Gladiator, Alexander, Lawrence
of Arabia…) You will have the chance to walk around the buildings and explore with your guide..
Once you reach Dades Gorge, you have the option of going for a hike, or relaxing at your hotel.
Overnight in Dades. (Total driving time 6hours)

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer from the Dades Valley to Todra Gorge – a massive fault dividing the
High Atlas mountains, rising up 300 metres in a narrow valley with palmeries and Berber villages.
Here, you can go for a hike to explore the palmery, a green oasis full of large date palms. After lunch
you’ll head further into the desert to the gateway town of Merzouga to pick up supplies for your
desert trip. You will then drive on to a kasbah to pick up your camel. At sunset, you’ll trek for an
hour-and-a-half by camel to a Berber camp where you will enjoy a traditional Moroccan dinner, and
sleep under the stars or in tents at a desert camp.(Total driving time 5h30hours ):

Wake up early , just prior to sunrise, we have a 1h30 camel ride at sunrise to explore the area further
and we head back to Merzouga on our Camels. When we reach Merzouga, have breakfast & have the
opportunity to shower and then we begin our journey through the stony desert and over the Atlas
mountains, with plenty of stops for photos, exploring and lunch as we return to Marrakech. The usual
arrival time in Marrakech is between 17:00hrs and 18:00hrs.