New Years 4 day desert tour starts from Marrakech and takes you across the High Atlas mountains in small groups by 4x4 vehicles. The tour includes New Years Eve dance party at your hotel, with live music and drumming; you'll celebrate with a traditional feast of whole roast lamb (Meschui) includes all the trimmings. Enroute you will visit old Salt Road World Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou kasbahs, Dades and Todra Gorges, and enjoy walks and 4x4 excursions to explore markets, oasis, and offroad to the heart of the desert. Chill out under brilliant winter stars in a Nomad tented camp on an overnight camel trek and camp far from the crowds in a quiet roadless region of the Erg Chebbi dunes. Browse the 4 day Marrakech to Marrakech itinerary below.
Flexible 4 or 5 day desert tours with overnight camel treks can also start December 30 or 31; or depart Marrakech or Fes anyday - please email for itineraries and prices.
ITINERARY 4 days Marrakech to Marrakech
December 29, to January 1, or
December 30 - January 2, 2012.
PRICE in Moroccan dirhams
Double or twin or triple occupancy 5400 per person
Single occupancy 5900 per personIncluded:
- transport by 4x4, 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 walk;
- 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:
- lunch costs,
- tips,
- Marrakech airport transfers,
- Marrakech hotels,
- personal purchases,
- alcoholic beverages - can be bought at the hotel.
December 29
Your driver will meet you at your Marrakech riad or hotel at 8am, take you to the vehicle and transport over the High Atlas mountains Tichka pass. You'll have time to stop for coffee and fresh-squeezed orange juice and enjoy impressive landscapes. 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. Meet your camel guide and ride at sunset into the Erg Chebbi dunes to our carpeted desert bivouac and sleep in traditional Nomad tents. A tagine dinner will be served under the stars in this beautiful setting, afterward 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 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, then spend the afternoon visiting the World Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou. 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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