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 Tour Overview

Itinerary Overview: This private tour includes:  All breakfasts & dinners where indicated (excluding beverages) Day 1: Depart Fez / /  Private transport in a new vehicle Venture down south. with air conditioning Day 2: Ziz Valley / Sahara Desert  English-speaking driver Enjoy an oasis and a desert.  Local, English-speaking guides Day 3: / Dades Valley /  Village visits & local meals The "Valley of Kasbahs" awaits.  Various walks available (Ifrane, Ziz Day 4: Ait Ben Haddou / Marrakesh Drop Valley, Dades, Skoura, Off Mountains) Over the mountains to the "Red City."  Sahara Desert camel trek & private camp out  Generous tips to all guides & driver  This tour does not include entrance fees into monuments. This allows you to enter those you in which you are most interested.

(T) = Transport time in hours Accommodations: All breakfasts & dinners included Private transport 3-Star (All Standard Rooms): Erfoud - Assalassil Day 1: Depart Fez | Erfoud (D) (7hrs) Sahara Desert - See tent photos below. You will depart around 9am and head Skoura - Jardins de Skoura for Ifrane before continuing onward through Midelt and onto Erfoud for the night. 3/4-Star: Erfoud - Ksar Assalassil (Junior Suite) Day 2: Ziz Valley | Sahara Desert (D) (3hrs) Sahara Desert - See tent photos below. In the morning, our guide will take you to visit his Skoura - Jardins de Skoura (Suite) small village in the Ziz(Tafilalet) Valley, 's largest date-producing region. Before lunch at his 4-Star Deluxe: family's home, you can enjoy a short walk Erfoud – Xaluca Erfoud (Junior Suite) through the date palms and farms. Following, it's Sahara Desert - Deluxe Camp (photos below) off to , the Erg Chebbi region of Dades Valley – Xaluca Dades (Junior Suite) theSahara Desert. Prepare for a memorable night

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under the stars and sleeping in a Bedouin-style tent.

Day 3: Rissani | Dades Valley | Skoura (D) (5hrs) This morning, you'll be able to rise with the sunset to grab some photos before hopping back onto the camels for the short ride back to the hotel. You'll then head through Rissani, before continuing on the road to Tinjedadfor lunch. En route to Skoura, you can choose to drive up into either the Todra Gorge or Dades Valley. Tonight, you'll be staying in the Skoura palm grove, known as the Valley of Kasbahs. The 4-star Deluxe version of this trip will spend the night in the Dades Vlaley.

Day 4: Drop off in Marrakesh (D) (5hrs) After leaving Skoura, you can visit and the Taorirt Kasbahonce owned by the Glaouis family. You will also be stopping at the UNESCO world heritage site at Ait Ben Haddou. Then, you'll head over theTiz n Tichka pass, which goes over the High Atlas Mountains and toMarrakesh. Special notes: The 4-Star Deluxe version of this trip will spend the night near the Dades Valley rather than in Skoura. The 4-Star Deluxe tour includes the Deluxe Sahara Camp Out.

The 4-Star Deluxe package requires a single supplement fee for an odd number of travelers.