On our 7-Day Coast, Desert & Mountain Tour of Morocco, you will get to discover the three most vital elements of Moroccan nature. We will drive you by the Atlantic coast to see Essaouira, take you to the Moroccan desert to visit Erg Chigaga and its surroundings, and show you around the Atlas Mountains to capture the beauty of Berber villages.
Our 7-Day Coast, Desert & Mountain Tour of Morocco begins. After we pick you up in Marrakech at your Riad/hotel, we head toward the Atlantic coast. In there, you will visit the UNESCO protected city of Essaouira, which reflects the Portuguese character of settlers from the 16th century. The enormous fortress of white washed, blue-shuttered houses (built at sea-level) is famous for its fine handcrafts. Dinner will be served in your hotel.
You leave the old city Essaouira, then travel to Aglou beach to relax and take in some Vitamin D. Then, you continue towards Agadir passing by the Argan trees that are climbed by local goats. Other scenic landscapes are also found by the Atlantic coast. Later that afternoon, you arrive in Agadir where you will have dinner and an overnight stay in a hotel.
After breakfast, you will continue from Agadir towards Tiznit to visit the Silver City on your Tour of Morocco. Later on, we drive along to reach Aglou beach where enjoy your free time to either sunbathe or take a dip in the ocean (if the weather allows). We continue toward Mirleft where you will enjoy a lunch meal and relax. By the end of the day, we head toward your hotel in Legzira beach.
You start your day trip toward Taroudant. You will take new trails through the foothills of the Anti-Atlas where small oases and Berber villages are surrounded by a landscape of desert mountains. You will reach Tafraoute village which is located 1200 m above sea level, amid a circus of huge blocks of pink granite ablaze. We stop to watch the sunset in its beautiful shades of pink, ocher and purple. Dinner will be served at your hotel.
After your breakfast, you will head towards the big sand dunes of Erg Chigaga. Along the way of the Tour of Morocco, we will visit Taliouine Berber villages. You will the take off-road sand dunes of Erg Chigaga through the desert where the landscape is truly breathtaking and interspersed with oases you can relax in. Reach the big dunes via a camel ride and enjoy the rest of your night in a nomad tent where you will sleep under the stars.
After enjoying the sunrise upon the Chigaga dunes, you will have breakfast. Later on, you head out towards Zagora with a stop in Mhamid for a cup of tea. Then, we reach a nice historical village named Tamgroute for the visit to a nice underground Kasbah and a Koran library. After 30 km, you reach Zagora for a lunch break.
We continue our exploration towards Ouarzazate with stops along the way by the longest valley of Morocco: Draa Valley. The latter has thick palm trees groves, a lot of Kasbahs, and traditional old houses. You reach Ouarzazate, or as some might call it: the Hollywood of Morocco. Dinner is to be had in your hotel.
After breakfast, we continue towards Marrakech via the Ait Benhaddou Kasbah and the Berber villages. Visit the World Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou, one of Morocco’s most spectacular and fortified villages that were a passage of the caravan traders through the Atlas mountains. Lunch is to be enjoyed in the mountains. Later on, you arrive in Marrakech which ends your 7-Day Coast, Desert & Mountain Tour of Morocco.
Join us on our Coast, Desert & Mountain Tour of Morocco, and you will feel like a local as you will be satisfying your wanderlust around the streets of Morocco. Feel free to contact us if you need more information.
