Morocco Desert Tour ranging from budget-friendly to luxurious. Set a budget and choose a tour that fits your needs and preferences. Check for safety measures: Ensure that the tour company has safety measures in place, such as trained drivers and secure .Plan ahead: Book your tour in advance to ensure availability and to take advantage of any discounts or promotions.
Benefits and highlights of Morocco Desert Safari Tour
Escape from the city and enjoy the tranquility of the desert. Thrilling activities like dune bashing, sandboarding, and quad biking. Experience traditional Moroccan culture and hospitality. Traditional Arabic welcome, BBQ dinner, entertainment options like belly dancing and henna painting. Witness the stunning sunset over the desert. Breathtaking colors of orange, pink, and purple hues in the sky. An unforgettable experience that promises to be a highlight of your Morocco desert trip.
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Conclusion
The Desert Safari Morocco Tour or the Desert Safari Morocco Tour is a must-do experience in Morocco It offers a unique opportunity to explore the beautiful Arabian Berber desert and Villages , witness stunning sunsets, and experience traditional Moroccan culture and hospitality.
The tour includes an array of exciting activities, including dune bashing, sandboarding, Camel Ride, and quad biking, as well as entertainment options like belly dancing and henna painting.
With delicious BBQ dinner under the stars and a serene environment away from the hustle and bustle of the city, the Desert Morocco Trip promises to be an unforgettable experience.
Most tourists to Morocco will only visit the overcrowded and chaotic major tourist hubs of Marrakech, Fez and Rabat and only a small percentage of them venture beyond the Atlas Mountains to experience rural areas. Traveling south of the Atlas Mountains lets you experience the real, authentic Morocco where life is slower, undisturbed, the air is clean and bright, and the mountain or desert sky is truly unforgettable.
If you travel from Marrakech toward Ouzarzate, Zagora and the sand dunes of Merzouga you will be pleasantly surprised. Crossing the Atlas Mountains from Marrakesh is an enjoyable ride through red-colored rolling mountains rich in iron and dotted with small green trees overlooked by majestic snow-capped peaks. There will be many lookout points where you can stop for pictures taking or shopping for raw mountain crystals from local vendors waiting for interested tourists. You will drive through some Berber villages where you can stop for refreshments and visit an Argan oil cooperative where you will get explanations and free demonstrations on how the famous Moroccan anti-aging oil is produced from the kernels of the now endangered Argan tree.
Crossing the passes you will reach Ourzazate, a major hub and neat-looking town, commonly referred to as the Hollywood of Morocco, as it has several film studios where many major motion pictures have been filmed. During daily guided tours at the Atlas Studios (in French with some English explanation by the local guide), you will see and explore the former sets of some of the most famous movies ever filmed like Cleopatra, Alexander, Kingdom of Heaven and others, and will have the chance to see the recreated city of Jerusalem from a distance.
The most attractive features of this part of Morocco are the exotic looking kasbahs – castle dwellings – and ksours, Some of these now crumbling buildings are in real despair but once they housed large populus, as much as 100 families at any given time. Many of them are getting empty nowadays since their former occupants are slowly moving into more modern dwellings in surrounding neighborhoods. It is easy to walk through the Ksar Tissargat right on the main road between Quarzazate and Zagora. Some of the fortress-like Kasbahs once owned by powerful local lords, have been converted into guest houses, restaurants or stores. You can visit them inside, usually there will be a freelance guide at the entrances offering explanation for a few euros, prices are always negotiable and you will pay the guide after the tour based on your satisfaction level.
Between Ourzazate and Zagora there are many of these villages and Kasbahs along the road. My recommendation is the neatly reconstructed Kasbah Oulad Othmane, where the owners will be eager to show you around for a small museum entrance fee. This kasbah is still in the ownership of the original Othmane family that is struggling with the upkeep of their magical castle since the mud-brick walls require regular patch-up and practically have to be rebuilt in every 60 years.
Of course, there is no government funding to save the country’s architectural treasures, so the owners are forced to turn the properties into money-making machines just to save them from turning into ruins. You see neglect everywhere and although most of these kasbahs are less than 150 years old, many have an antique feel to them as a result of their deteriorating state. There is one exception, the kasbah and village of Ait Ben Haddu, located north of Ourzazate, whose history can be traced back to Medieval times. It is a designated World Heritage Site under the protection of UNESCO.
East of Ourzazate follow the side road of the 1000 Kasbahs toward scenic Dades and Toudra Gorges and the Tinghir palm tree valley overlooked by its own ksour, one of the most beautiful sites in Morocco.
The best time to visit these kasbahs and ksours is during late afternoon when setting sun rays turn the reddish walls into many shades of red, orange and ochre that glow under crispy blue skies.
Of course a visit to Morocco is not complete without a camel, rather dromedar (single-humped camel) ride. The best place is near the village of Merzouga at the pre-Saharan sand dunes. Ridings are offered either at sunset or sunrise, my suggestion is sunset since dawn temperature in the pre-Sahara region is very cold and windy, so unless you visit during summer months, you have to make sure you wear enough layers of protective clothing.