4-Day Ouarzazate to Skoura, Dades valley, Todra Gorges, Draa Valley and Ouarzazate Tour

Tour Code: GOL-MOR-024
Duration: 4 Day(s) / 3 Night(s)
Tour Guide: English
Quality: Budget
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4-Day Ouarzazate to Skoura, Dades valley, Todra Gorges, Draa Valley and Ouarzazate Tour
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Overview

Experience: UNESCO, Family

Extra (Excluded): Wifi, Meal etc...

Tour Guide:Chinese, English


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Highlights :

Drive through the great southern oases and explore gorges of the eastern part of the High Atlas Mountains. Enjoy the tranquility of the Sahara desert and tour both the city of Ouarzazate and Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah.

Itinerary

Let us pick you up from the airport in Ouarzazate and drive you along the road of the thousand Kasbahs. Before you reach Dades valley, stop by Skoura palm grove where you will visit the Kasbah of Ameridil, the grandest and most extravagantly decorated Kasbah in the oasis. After, continue the drive via the rose valley towards your hotel in Dades valley.


Leave immediately after breakfast towards Toudra Gorges, about 14 kilometers inside the mountains from the town of Tenghir. Take a walk in its 300-metre canyon walls. Next, follow the path further through the great southern oases into the Sahara desert (a place of tranquility and serenity). As you arrive to Merzouga, you will mount the camels across the great sand dunes into a desert camp. Indeed, this will be one of the most thrilling and inspiring experiences during your stay in Morocco. On your way there, you will stop (occasionally halfway) for the mesmerizing view of sunset. By or before dusk, you are going to be at the camp. After dinner, enjoy a drum show performed by the staff at the camp. Furthermore, you will be conveniently placed to observe the stars, shooting stars and the milky-way.


Get up early for a spectacular sunrise the next day, then eat breakfast and mount back the camels. On your return to Ouarzazate, pass by the town of Rissani (a market town) which is located in Tafilalet region, the largest oasis in the country. Driving the route, you will go across a vast area of mountains and acacia trees towards Draa Valley, where Morocco’s longest river (1,100 kilometers) flows through. Afterwards, have lunch nearby then proceed via the palm grove of Agdez and the Anti-Atlas Mountains. You are going to arrive to Ouarzazate by the afternoon.


Start the day by a visit to the Beautiful Kasbah of Taourirt which stands at the east end of town. Afterward, you will head to the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a distinctive location for moviemakers. Several foreign and local movies have been shot in the Kasbah, including Lawrence of Arabia, Gladiator, The Mummy etc. once you get there, tour the Kasbah and then on to the airport in Ouarzazate.

Finish the trip in Marrakech

If you want to end the trip in Marrakech, you will need to pay 100€ extra.



  The order of itinerary may change without any notice depending on weather situations or for some other unforeseen circumstances.

  The order of activities held during the tour is planned by the tour guide. So, it may be different from what is mentioned on the tour page. On fewer occasions, Tour Guide has to skip an attraction or few during the tour depending on weather, traffic, group interest or some other reason.

  Some attractions are seasonal. So, when they are closed they will be replaced with some other attraction.

  You can skip some optional activities during the tour and plan something on your own. Make sure that you coordinate with Tour guide and stay with the group with next activity. Please note you cannot stay on the bus if you skip some optional activity.

  Probable hotel names are mentioned in the itinerary. It can be similar or a different hotel of the similar rating. Exact Hotel details can only be provided one day before the departure.

  Maximum 4 people of any age can stay in 1 Room in the hotel.

  These tours are conducted in a group. A group can have people of several cultures. We expect each person to coordinate with Tour guide to make sure things are on track.

  Though attractions are optional but you have to at least take 2 attractions.

Pricing


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What's Included

  • Transport in 4wd car or minibus
  • Fuel, tolls and any associated expenses
  • English speaking driver
  • Hand pick-up and drop-off
  • 3 nights accommodation with half board (dinner and breakfast)
  • Camel ride in the desert
  • Local guide in Ait Ben Haddou

What's Excluded

  • Lunches, drinks and gratuities (optional)

  All the prices are listed in USD.

  Any Amount paid in cash to the Tour Guide is not refundable.

  Tour display price is based on double occupancy. It is the price each person will pay if a group of two is traveling.

  Prices may change without any notice.

  Prices include hotel accommodation, transportation and taxes.

  Admission Tickets to different places and meals are NOT included in the tour price.

  Mandatory Tip for tour guide and driver are NOT included.

  Only the tour guide can purchase entrance tickets for you. Pre-purchased tickets are NOT acceptable.

  There must be at least one passenger of 18 years for every booking made with GoldenBusTours. For Children between the age group of 2 to 14 years, a different price will be charged. Please refer to Child price on our pricing calendar. Child Age may vary between different bus operators. Maximum 4 people of any age can stay in 1 Room in the hotel. If the 5th person is infant you will be charged normally then with the second room as an expense.

  Activities are optional though, but each customer has to participate in 2 activities at least. No city pass allowed. Some attractions are mandatory. Each customer has to take part in them and have to pay for them in cash.

Departure Location

Departure Location

  • Tour will depart from Ouarzazate.

Return Location

  • We will end the tour in Ouarzazate Airport.
  • Travelers will have to pay 100 Dollars if they want to finish the tour in Marrakech.

Important Notes

  Arrive at departure location 10 to 15 minutes before the mentioned time to make sure you catch the bus on time. If in case you are late, the bus will not wait for you at the location and ultimately you will miss the entire tour (no refund in this case).

  Return time on the website is just an estimation. Expect some variation always. Time may change depending on traffic and weather situations

  There is a possibility that tour operator may use a shuttle to drop you off at the return location. It usually happens in the case of multiple return locations.

  You can leave the tour at any place only after signing a Tour Departure Form for leaving the tour early.

  Please note that price will stay the same even if you leave the tour early.

  If you have booked a pre-tour hotel stay, then you will have to arrange your own transport from hotel to departure location.

  If you have booked extra night hotel after the tour, then you will arrange transport from drop off point to hotel.

  On West Coast tours some bus operators have a lot of departure locations. A slow start is expected on these tours.

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Cancellation and Refund Policy

Cancellation Charges would be based on the departure date.

10% for cancellation request made 8 days or more before departure date.
100% cancellation charges would apply for any cancellation request made 7 days before departure date.

6% processing and handling fee would apply to all cancellation.

Any Amount paid in cash to the Tour Guide is not refundable.

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