After breakfast we pick you up from your Marrakesh hotel or riad and travel to the High Atlas Mountains and over the famous Tizi-n-Tichka (2260m) pass. There are multiple opportunities to stop at the scenic lookouts to enable you to take in the breathtaking views of the mountaintops and valleys.

Having crossed the pass, we descend until we reach Ouarzazate where you stop for lunch. From there you cross another smaller pass, Tizi-n-Tinfifite (1660m), before reaching the head of the Dra’a Valley at Agdez. For a short while, we go off-road along some of the ancient caravan route between the mountains and the river, passing many villages, small farming plots and gardens so that you can gain an idea of the way of life along the oases. At Zagora we transfer from 4WD to camel to travel into the dunes and then watch the sun set. These dunes are small in comparison with the others further south and in the east, but are the nearest to Marrakesh. Dinner is at the bivouac of nomad tents where you will spend the night.