6 Day Morocco Tour – Marrekech Start
Day 1 Arrival Day - MarrakechGroup Dinner Day 2 Marrakech - Ouarzazate Tizi-n-Tichka pass - Ait-Benhaddou - Ouarzazate. Today we head to the mighty and spectacular Tizi-n-Tichka pass, the road connects Marrakech with the pre-Sahara Oasis. We will visit Ait-Benhaddou, one of the best preserved casbahs in the whole Atlas region, after this we arrive to Ouarzazate and share a cold beer at the hotel New Belere's swimming pool terrace. On our ride through the Tizi-n-Tichka section, we will see many people offering coloured rocks and fossils, this region is famous for its minerals and rocks formations. Day 3 Ouarzazate - M'Hamid Dráa valley Oasis - Zagora - M'Hamid. Today we ride south through the magical Dráa valley Oasis, up to Zagora, where the open Plaines start and will surround us all the way down to M'Hamid. The Oassis of M'Hamid is the end of the road, the goal of the long trip south, M'Hamid used to be an important marketplace for the trans-Saharan trade, and the town has many different ethnicities, blue Men, Harratine, Berber, Chorfa and Beni M'hamed, here we will pass an authentic night under the stars at the Erg Chigaga dunes. Erg Chigaga, a spectacular 40km stretch of 300m Saharan dunes, we will have the opportunity of sleeping in the typical Haima and enjoy the Sahara night, an unforgettable experience Day 4 M'Hamid - Tazenakht Anti Atlas – Tazenakht Today we will have the chance to ride on some non tarmac surface, on our way north, to the Anti Atlas, the last mountain range before the Sahara, the pink and ochre colored chain of the Anti Atlas and the open plateau will transport us to a totally different scenery, more "in the desert" than M'Hamid, it's the other desert, the stunning desert. Day 5 Tazenakht - Marrakech Tizi-n-Test pass – Taliouine Today we will cross the Tizi-n-Test pass, one of the most spectacular and perilous passes in the country, the views are often breathtaking from numerous points along the way, we will be riding around the Toubkal mountain from south to north, this mountain is 4.167 meters high, the panoramic are stunning on this route. We will finish the tour with an evening feast in Comptoir Darma restaurant Day 6 Departure day Total Distance Travelled 1100kms |