7 Days from Agadir: Anti-Atlas and Sahara

We drive south to Tiznit, the silver town, with its ramparts and jewellery souk. Then the road climbs into the Anti-Atlas through Berber villages and almond trees to Tafraoute, surrounded by pink granite mountains. Afternoon visit of the Painted Rocks and the "Lion's Head". Dinner and night at a hotel.

Morning in the Ameln Valley, with its villages clinging to the Jbel Lekst, and the palm-filled Ait Mansour gorges. We continue on the mountain road through Igherm, high in the Anti-Atlas, to Taliouine, the land of saffron, and its old Glaoui kasbah. Dinner and night at a guesthouse or hotel.

Visit of a saffron cooperative in Taliouine, then we cross the Anti-Atlas by Tazenakht, known for its carpets, to Agdz and the Draa Valley, the longest palm grove of Morocco, with its kasbahs and ksour such as Tamnougalt. Arrival in Zagora in the afternoon. Dinner and night at a hotel or riad.

We take the road of the south along the Jbel Saghro through N'Kob and its kasbahs, Tazzarine and Alnif, the land of fossils, to Rissani. In the late afternoon we arrive in Merzouga, where the camels take us into the dunes of Erg Chebbi to watch the sunset and reach our desert camp. Dinner, Berber music around the fire and night in the camp.

Sunrise over the dunes, camel ride back to Merzouga and breakfast. We drive west through Erfoud and Tinejdad to Tinghir and its great palm grove, and walk in the narrow Todra Gorge. In the afternoon we reach the Dades Gorges and their famous winding road. Dinner and night at a hotel in the gorges.

We follow the road of the thousand kasbahs through Kelaat M'Gouna in the Valley of Roses and the palm grove of Skoura, with the Kasbah Amridil. After Ouarzazate and its Kasbah Taourirt we reach Aït Benhaddou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, to walk in the ksar at the end of the day. Dinner and night at a kasbah hotel.

Sunrise over the ksar of Aït Benhaddou and breakfast. We drive back across the Anti-Atlas by Tazenakht and Taliouine, the land of saffron, and through the Souss valley by Taroudant, with a short stop at its ramparts, to Agadir. Drop-off at your hotel or Agadir airport and end of our services.