Green & oases · Drâa-Tafilalet
Todra & Dades gorges
Two river canyons cut into the eastern High Atlas, close enough to drive in one day: the Dades, folded and switchbacked, and the Todra, almost vertical.
The place
Where the Todra walls narrow, they come within a few metres of each other and the river runs along the floor, in summer people swim in it.
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Dades gorges, the Roses Valley and Agadir
Before coming to the Sahara, we cross the serpentines in the Dades Gorge towards the Valley of the Roses. Continue to Tinghir, an oasis town, in the south of which the local Koran library is located for the onward journey. In the evening the view over the Sahara...

Valley of the Roses to Merzouga
Through switchbacks in the Dades Gorge, we pass the Valley of the Roses further to the Sahara Desert. You will spend the last evening in the tents in the Sahara desert, from where you will return home on camels. Transport, hotel overnight with dinner and...

Caravan life from Zagora to Tinghir
In the afternoon you will meet your camel caravan and depending on your preference, ride your camel or accompany the caravan on foot. You roam the dunes and take in the quiet of the desert. In the morning we go on a journey of discovery into the oasis. Lunch...
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