1 Day Trip From Marrakech To Ait Ben Haddou

Our tours are available from all the cities of Morocco; Casablanca, Marrakech, Fez, Rabat, Agadir, and Tanger, Ouarzazate, Merzouga, and Zagora, from & around all parts of the country. Our drivers/guides are ready to meet you greet, and pick you from the Port, Airport, Train Bus station or your Accommodation in Morocco. Camel Trekking Experience is offering you very relaxing, comfortable, and easy trips with 4wd car, van, or minibus. If you have a longer vacation we recommend you choose a longer package to see the most beautiful Moroccan areas

Description:

Travel into the Atlas Mountains, passing by villages on the way to Aït Benhaddou, a fortress (Kasbah) and UNESCO World Heritage site. Then continue to Ouarzazate, aka the ‘gate of the desert.’ This tour includes a driver but no guide, so you will explore the attractions independently.

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Our Program Tour Itinerary:

Enjoy private day trip from Marrakech and spend unforgettable moments in Morocco .Our Marrakech excursions and trips include transfer in a comfortable vehicle 4WD Toyota Land Cruiser ,or bus, van ,with excellent speaking English local guide or driver. We offer you a authentic Berber culture excursion to explore genuine Morocco culture. Depends on your requirements and budget, our private Marrakech excursion starts anytime and anywhere.

DAY 1 : Marrakech – High Atlas Mountains – Berber Villages – Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou

We will start this day trip from Marrakech to Kasbah Ait Benhaddou crossing the Atlas Mountains. The winding roads, changing scenery, colourful valleys, shepherds with their flocks, Berber villages high up on the hillsides, make this a picturesque drive. And when we get to Tizi’n Tichka Pass, we’ll be at the highest point in the Atlas Mountains. as you reach the far side of the mountains the landscape changes dramatically, becoming semi-arid and desert-like. Here is the Kasbah architecture with turrets on all the buildings, adorned with grilled windows and soft peach coloured walls. These traditional houses are made of adobe, highly suitable for the climatic conditions of the south. After the Tichka pass, you leave the main road and take a side road to the Telouet Kasbah, which belonged to the Lords of the Atlas, the Glaoui family, which stands in ruins after the last Pasha fled the country after the departure of the French. From there you continue for lunch at Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou along the newly asphalted road. The afternoon is spent exploring the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou, which has been used as a backdrop for many Hollywood blockbusters. It was one of the most important fortress strongholds on the old Salt Road caravan routes, where traders brought slaves, gold, ivory and salt from sub-Saharan Africa to Marrakech and beyond.