Multi-day trip

From Marrakesh: 2-Day Trek to Ait-Benhaddou and Ouarzazate

4.5 / 5

13 reviews

Activity provider: Click Excursions
Multi-day trip

From Marrakesh: 2-Day Trek to Ait-Benhaddou and Ouarzazate

Activity provider: Click Excursions
Likely to sell out

From US$ 192.72 per person

Likely to sell out

Leave Marrakesh for mountains of kasbahs and Berber villages on a 2-day tour to Ait-Benhaddou and Ouarzazate. Travel the High Atlas passes to valleys rimmed with snowy peaks and slip inside the fortified walls of an ancient kasbah.

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Duration 2 days
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Live tour guide
English, French, Spanish, Arabic
Pickup included
Pickup from your accommodation. If the riad is not accessible by car the local partner will provide a meeting point near to your riad.
Small group
Limited to 12 participants

Experience

Highlights
  • Ride through the Atlas Mountains with an English-speaking driver
  • Explore historic kasbahs, including one that is a UNESCO World Heritage site
  • Spend the night in a comfortable hotel, surrounded by the beauty of the Atlas Mountains
  • Enjoy the perfect nature and amazing Morroccan landscapes
  • Visit and admire the beautiful landscape of Oasis Fint
Full description
Day 1: Marrakech – Telouet Kasbah – Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah Depart from your Marrakech hotel at 8:30am by air-conditioned vehicle and head toward Ouarzazate. Admire the majestic Moroccan scenery and small, tiered villages as you soar toward the High Atlas by way of the winding Tizi-n-Tichka pass. Continue on the meandering roads to the Telouet kasbah, an ancestral residence of the Pasha Glaoui of Marrakech. Enjoy a leisurely lunch at the historic kasbah, and then cross the Telouet trail, which used to be a trade route connecting sub-Saharan Africa to Marrakech. Once you reach the stunning red landscapes and green olive trees of the Ounila Valley, discover the Aït Benhaddou kasbah, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Take in a beautiful sunset from the top tower of the kasbah before sitting down to dinner and checking in for your overnight stay in the 3-star Ait Benhaddou hotel. Day 2: Aït Benhaddou – Ouarzazate – Fint Oasis – Marrakech Enjoy breakfast and then get back in your air-conditioned vehicle for the drive to Ouarzazate, the site where movies such as Lawrence of Arabia, Star Wars and Gladiator have been filmed. Take in the panoramic views and visit the ancient Taourirt kasbah, another UNESCO World Heritage site and home to two film studios and the Museum of Cinema. Explore the studios and continue on to the Fint Oasis, a beautiful palm grove made up of four traditional Berber villages. Visit a Berber house and enjoy Moroccan mint tea. Sit down for lunch then return to Marrakech in the late afternoon.
Includes
  • Transportation with professional driver
  • Luxury air-conditioned vehicle
  • Diesel
  • Transportation insurance
  • Overnight accommodation
  • Entry fees
  • Personal expenses
  • Lunch
  • Drinks

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What to bring

  • Comfortable shoes
  • Sunglasses
  • Sun hat
  • Sunscreen
Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.5 /5

based on 13 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    5/5
  • Transportation
    4.7/5
  • Service
    5/5
  • Organization
    4.5/5

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Excellent trip. Halid our guide was lovely, informative and arranged the schedule to suit us. The toilets and restaurants he stopped at were spotless. Our overnight stay was at Riad Tamdakhte - Amazing! Spotless, peaceful with view of sunset over the hills. Visiting a berber home in Ourika was a highlight and gave us a true feel of Morocco. I would highly recommend this trip to see Telout, Ait Ben Haddou and Ourika at a leisurely pace and really feel immersed in Morroco- a world away from busy Marrakech. One point however, entrance fees are not included despite saying 'included' on the website.

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March 25, 2023

We had a great tour with Soukayna. She looked after us really well. It’s quite a long journey through the Atlas Mountains to Ouarzazate but we stopped at regular intervals. There were some amazing views. The Kasbah in Ouarzazate and Ait Benhaddou were particular highlights. The hotel was comfortable and the food was good. If we had known that there was a swimming pool we would have taken swimsuits.

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March 25, 2023

Experience was great as well as our guide Mohamed. The only issue we faced was realated to the hotel. As per email and agreements we were expecting one hotel while, just before the check in, they informed us that it was fully booked, so they booked a different one ... that was crapy (seriously!) I refuse myself to stay there and the agency was lovely to find a different (and much better!) solution.

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March 25, 2023

Product ID: 60259