DESERT DREAMS: A SAHARIAN BALAD'S FANTASTICAL VOYAGE.

A SAHARIAN BALAD

 Indulge in the enchanting dreams of the desert as you set sail on A Saharian Balad's fantastical voyage, where reality blurs into a canvas of imagination.

DAY 1: MARRAKESH

MARRAKESH

 Arrival at Menara airport. Warm welcome by the guide. Transfer to hotel. Dinner and night at hotel.

DAY 2 : MARRAKESH / TELOUET / OUARZAZATE

TELOUET

 After breakfast, depart to Ouarzazate on a 4x4 car via the Tizin’Tichka pass (2260m). After Taddart, a secondary road leads to the Village of Telouet, a visit of the kasbah, a typically Berber building that served once as the residence of the Pasha Glaoui.

 Lunch under nomad tents in front of the Kasbah. Then continuing by the track, ancient road of caravans, the scenery is of exceptional beauty passing by Berber traditional villages. The track ends at 25 Km before Ouarzazate, at Aït Ben Haddou. Visit of the famous kasbah which was the subject of many international shootings and which is now an international heritage of the Unesco.

 Dinner and night at the hotel.

DAY 3 : OUARZAZATE / TANSIKHT / ZAGORA

OUARZAZATE

 Departure early in the morning, after breakfast, for Zagora. The itinerary consists of 80 Km of tarred road until Tansikht. At Tansikht, you take the track of the Draâ valley, the green depth of the valley strongly contrasts with the Arid mountain. The way of life has been the same for many centuries.

 Arrive in Zagora, then visit Tamegroute, an old religious center with a library possessing precious manuscripts of illuminated Koran and ancient works of history and medicine.

 Excursion to Tinfou, the first heralding dunes of the desert. Return to Zagora. Dinner and night at the hotel.

DAY 4 : ZAGORA / NEKOB / TINEGHIR

TINEGHIR

 Breakfast then departure for a new adventurous journey in the desert through strikingly beautiful panoramas. First, you will pass the tarred road until Tansikht then the track leads you to the Berber village of Nekob.

 The road, then, goes through the Jebel Saghro mountain with its beautiful panorama profound valleys, and rocky plateaus…You will join Tineghir.

 Lunch paquet. By the end of the afternoon, arrive in Tineghir. Dinner and night.

DAY 5 : TINEGHIR / TODRA GORGES & DADES / OUARZAZATE

TODRA GORGES

 Breakfast, then departure for an unforgettable step in the Atlas. Before taking the track, stop for a magnificent view of the extensive palm groves of Tineghir. An incursion into the Todra Gorges an impressive canyon of which the two cliffs of 300m are rigorously vertical. You will pass the Msemirir, a fortified Village, then the Aït Toukhousine and Imdiazen.

 Lunch paquet...you will see the magnificent panorama in the Dades valley. road to Ourzazate, arriving by the end of the afternoon.

 Dinner and night at the hotel.

DAY 6: OUARZAZATE / OASIS OF FINT / MARRAKESH

OUARZAZATE

 After breakfast, depart to the oasis of Fint through a 15-kilometer rocky track. Welcome tea in a Moroccan house with dates and almonds according to the tradition.

 Then road to Marrakech via the Tizin’Tichka col through the high Atlas. Arrival in Marrakech in the evening.

 Dinner and Night at the hotel.

DAY 7: MARRAKESH

MARRAKECH

 After breakfast, visit the capital of the south, which once gave its name to the country. The Koutoubia mosque is a strikingly beautiful example of the combination of apparent simplicity and superb craftsmanship of the HispanoMoresque art. The Saadien Tombs, an outstandingly beautiful feature of 16th-century architecture. The Bahia Palace, with its luxurious apartments, opens into an inner courtyard. The Menara Gardens were planted with olive trees and disposing of a great system of irrigation.

 In the afternoon, continue your way with a panoramic tour of the ocher-red ramparts built in the 12th century. Then on to the famous Jamaa El Fna Square, the traditional meeting place of astonishing characters, storytellers, acrobats, and snake charmers a spectacle that defies belief. From there reaching the souks with its various quarters of craftsmanship in the central area of the Medina.

 In the evening, depart for a farewell dinner in an ancient palace in the medina with belly dance and Moroccan folklore. Night at hotel.

DAY 8: MARRAKESH

MARRAKECH

 After breakfast, and according to flight hours, free time then transfer to the airport. Assistance for the registration formalities.