Agadir → Taroudant → Taliouine → Tazenakht → Ouarzazate
We pick you up in Agadir and drive east through orange groves and argan trees to Taroudant. Walk through the souk inside the old red ramparts and enjoy the quiet streets. Then the road climbs into the Anti-Atlas, and the land turns brown, red and purple.
In Taliouine, visit a saffron cooperative and taste the golden tea. Pass Tazenakht with its carpet shops, and reach Ouarzazate in the late afternoon. Visit Kasbah Taourirt, the old house of the Glaoui family, with its painted ceilings and small windows, then relax at your hotel.
Key stops
Taroudant · Taliouine · Tazenakht · Kasbah Taourirt
Ouarzazate → Agdz → Draa Valley → Zagora desert
Today the road climbs over the Tizi n'Tinififft pass, with wide views of black and red mountains, and then drops into the Draa Valley. From here to Zagora, the road follows a long green ribbon of date palms. We stop at Tamnougalt, an old kasbah village where you can walk through dark passages and see how people lived here long ago.
In the afternoon we reach Zagora. Do you know the famous old sign that says "Tombouctou 52 jours"? It reminds you that camel caravans once left from here to cross the Sahara to Timbuktu. A little later, you meet your camels and ride into the dunes for sunset. Dinner is served in the camp, under the stars, with music by the fire.
Key stops
Tizi n'Tinififft · Tamnougalt kasbah · Draa palm groves · Zagora
Stay
Desert camp near Zagora
Zagora → Ouarzazate → Aït Ben Haddou → Tizi n'Tichka → Marrakech
Wake up for sunrise over the dunes, then ride back and have breakfast. We drive north again through the palm groves to Ouarzazate and on to Aït Ben Haddou. Cross the river and walk up through the old clay village to the top, where the view goes all the way to the mountains.
After lunch we climb the High Atlas on the Tizi n'Tichka road. It twists and turns past small Berber villages and walnut trees, and at the top you are more than 2,200 metres high. In the evening we come down into Marrakech and drop you at your riad.
Key stops
Sunrise · Aït Ben Haddou · Tizi n'Tichka
Stay
Tour ends in Marrakech
