New Years Eve 4 day desert tour with overnight camel trek starts from Marrakech and takes you accross the snowy High Atlas mountains in small groups by 4x4 vehicles. Enroute you will visit old Salt Road World Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou kasbahs, Dades and Todra Gorges, and enjoy walks and excursions to explore markets, oasis, and offroad to visit the heart of the desert, Nomads and Berber people. The tour includes an overnight camel trek and camp far from the crowds in a quiet roadless region of the Erg Chebbi dunes. Chill out under brilliant winter stars in a Nomad tented camp. New Years Eve features a dance party with live music and drumming in an old kasbah; you'll celebrate with a traditional feast of whole roast lamb (Meschui) includes all the trimmings. Browse the 4 day itinerary below.
December 29, 2010 to January 1, 2011
Departure from Marrakech/return Marrakech.
Flexible 4 or 5 day desert tours with overnight camel treks can include New Years Eve, departing Marrakech anyday; or go from or to Fez. Please email for prices.
PRICE
in Moroccan dirhams
4500 per person
Single person please email for
price.
Included:
- transport by 4x4 seating up to 6 passengers, fuel;
- experienced driver;
- rooms with heating and ensuite baths;
- all breakfasts and dinners; (vegetarians welcome);
- explorations through markets, old kasbahs, Berber villages and oasis, 4x4 offroading,
- English speaking guide in Tinehir palmery;
- overnight camel trek to a desert Nomad camp;
- camel trek guide, camp mattresses, blankets, pillows and sheets are provided;
- New Years buffet dinner in a kasbah, including traditional whole roasted lamb (Meschui) with all the trimmings and live music.
Not included:
- lunches,
- tips,
- Marrakech airport transfers,
- Marrakech hotels,
- personal purchases,
- alcoholic
beverages.
ITINERARY
4 days Marrakech to Marrakech
December 29
Your driver will meet you at your Marrakech riad or hotel at 8:00a.m., take
you to the car and transport over the High Atlas mountains Tizi nTichka pass.
You'll have time to stop and enjoy impressive landscapes, and break for coffee
and fresh-squeezed orange juice. We'll pass through Ouarzazate, and many Berber
villages clustered with kasbahs (fortified dwellings that house many families
and their livestock). Stay in Dades valley auberge (small country inn), overlooking
the valley gorge and gardens. Includes dinner and breakfast.
December 30
After breakfast, transport further into the desert to a desert auberge 29
km from Merzouga. Afternoon you will meet your camel guide* and ride at sunset
into the Erg Chebbi dunes to our carpeted desert bivouac and sleep in traditional
Nomad tents. We'll have a tagine dinner served under the brilliant stars in
this beautiful setting, and learn to drum or dance by the fire in the traditional
style of the Sahara.
December 31
Return at sunrise by camel to the auberge for breakfast and shower before
jumping in the 4x4 for some offroad fun. Along the way we can stop and visit
a fossil workshop for a closer look at Sahara’s wonderful ancient life.
After lunch you can wander with a guide* through Todra Gorge: a massive fault
dividing the High Atlas mountains, rising to 300 m in a narrow valley thick
with palmeries and Berber villages for a close look at traditional Berber
ways of life. By mid-afternoon take time to settle into your room, before
New Years celebrations and dinner. 8pm the fun begins, New Years buffet dinner
includes traditional whole roasted lamb (Meschui) with all the trimmings and
live music.
January 1
Relax at the hotel after a late breakfast/lunch. The remainder of the day
is spent driving back to Ouarzazate, via some offroad routes into the High
Atlas (weather permitting). We’ll stop for lunch and visit the old Glaoui
Kasbah Taouirt*, then spend the late afternoon visiting the World Heritage
Site of Ait Benhaddou, used as a backdrop for more than 20 films. One of the
most important fortress strongholds on the old Salt Road, trader caravans
stopped here with slaves, gold, ivory and salt brought from Saharan Africa
to Marrakech and beyond. Crossing the High Atlas once more down the Tizi nTichka,
arrive this evening in Marrakech at approximately 6pm. You will have to book
a hotel this night in Marrakech.
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