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DAY 1 : OUARZAZATE – TINEGHIR VIA ROSES VALLEY, CANYON DADES AND TODRA.
Arrival in Ouarzazate – city with movies studios and a place where a lot of movies have been filmed such as Lawrence Arabia, Cleopatra, Asterix, Kingdom of heaven , Gladiator.
Today we departure to Skoura where the mountain track is starting. This track cross some isolated Berber villages and turn around the MGoun mountain 4100 m to arrive in the Roses Valley and then into the Dades Canyon. From Boumalne road up to Tinerghir and visit of the Todra canyon. We stay overnight and for dinner in Tinerghir in local hotel.
DAY 2 : TINEGHIR – ALNIF – RISSANI – MERZOUGA DUNES
After the morning breakfast, departure to Alnif, beautiful track between the two mountains the Djbel Sahro and the Djbel Ougnat. Alnif is worldwide knows as the place for fossils. After lunch in Alnif we head to Rissani – capital of Tafilalet region and place where is born the current royal dynasty. From Rissani we head to the Erg Chebbi to reach Merzouga desert. Night and dinner in a comfortable desert camp in Merzouga desert.
DAY 3 : MERZOUGA – TAFRAOUT – M’HARECH
Today we departure to Taouz to reach the Paris Dakar track all along the Ziz river valley. The track will be bring us to the oasis of Ouzina and after crossing dunes sand we will reach the isolated village of Ramlia and then difficult pass into the dry sandy river Rheris, then track between small mountains up to Tafraout. Dinner and lodging in local riad.
DAY 4 : MHARECH – TAFRAOUT – TAGOUNITE – ZAGORA
Today we will start on a dry lake after few sandy pass we will reach a deserted plateau of sand all along the border with Algeria, so call Dinosaurs Valley due to the important number of dinosaurs bones we can find here. Then we will cross a small mountain with few mines of copper and lead before to go down to the Draa valley in the village of Tagounite. We spend this night in Zagora in local hotel.
DAY 5 : ZAGORA – OUARZAZATE
Today we departure along the Draa river, the track will cross beautiful small villages. Along the valley, we will see the date Palm which is the first revenue for this area. We will follow the river Draa up to Agdz where we will join the road across the black mountain to Ouarzazate.