2 days Hiking combined with 3 days Merzouga desert tour

2 days Hiking combined with 3 days Merzouga desert tour: This tour combines 2 wonderful days of trekking with 3 days 2 nights in the southern side of Morocco. This tour is a perfect option if you are keen on an overnight trek in the Beautiful Atlas Mountains, Pathfinders will create a path that make you be an insider, get in touch with locals and learn a lot about their way of living. On the last 3 days of the trip, it’s time to be on the former caravan rout in order to visit the hidden Kasbahs and fortified villages of the southern side of Morocco, be a Laurence of Arabia and experience a camel ride through the golden dunes of Merzouga Erg Chebbi and spend a memorable night under stars.

After breakfast you will start your journey towards the southern side of Morocco crossing the High Atlas Mountain range via Tichka pass (2260m), which considered as the highest mountain pass in Morocco, you will stop near the top to take some awesome photos of the snow capped Mountain etc…We will also have an opportunity to visit the UNESCO heritage site of Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah. Then pass through Ouarzazate; sometimes called Hollywood of Africa, since it has been a famous destination for filmmakers. After Ouarzazate we will continue to Dades valley where we will spend the night in a riad.

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer from the Dades Valley to Toudra 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 palm groves, 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.