DAY 01
~5h driving
~5h driving
Marrakech → Tizi n'Tichka → Aït Benhaddou
Collected whenever you like. Over the High Atlas pass with stops where the view earns it, then an afternoon in the kasbah with the light on it rather than a coach park.
Private departure · any date Oct–Apr 
Atlas, gorges & the dunes, unhurried
The classic desert loop with the long days taken out of it. Two extra nights mean the Dadès and the Todra stop being things you drive past, and the dune night stops being the only thing you remember.
- DURATION
- 5 days / 4 nights
- GROUP
- Private · you only
- PACE
- Gentle · no day over 5h
- BEST MONTHS
- Oct – Apr
Day by day
This is our version. Say the word and we'll move, stretch or cut any of it.
DAY 02
~3h driving
~3h driving
Dadès valley, at walking pace
A short drive and a long afternoon. The road of a thousand kasbahs, a walk between two villages, and a terrace for the last of the sun.
DAY 03
~4h driving
~4h driving
Todra gorge → Erg Chebbi · night in the dunes
Into the Todra before the coaches, then palm oases to the sand. Camels at golden hour if you want them, a 4x4 straight to camp if you don't. Dinner cooked in front of you, then the sky.
DAY 04
~4h driving
~4h driving
Sunrise on the erg → Skoura palm grove
Up for the light, breakfast at camp, then west to a palmeraie most itineraries skip. A working oasis, not a viewpoint.
DAY 05
~4h driving
~4h driving
Ouarzazate → back over the pass
Film studios if that appeals, the Atlas again if it doesn't. Dropped at your riad or the airport, unhurried either way.
Want the shorter version?
The same route runs in three days if that's all you have — we'll send both with prices so you can see what the two extra nights actually buy.
What's included
INCLUDED
- Private air-conditioned 4x4 and fuel
- English / French-speaking driver-guide
- 4 nights accommodation, en-suite
- Dinners, breakfasts, camp cook
- Camel ride at the dunes (optional)
- Pick-up and drop-off anywhere in Marrakech
NOT INCLUDED
- Flights and travel insurance
- Lunches, unless listed in the day
- Monument entry fees
- Tips, entirely at your discretion
We'd rather list this honestly than surprise you in the car.
Where you'll actually go
route map — real coastline + numbered day stops
1Marrakech 2Aït Benhaddou 3Dadès 4Erg Chebbi 5Skoura
Questions people ask before enquiring
No. You get the written plan and a price range for your dates with nothing to pay and no card details. Most people ask two or three rounds of questions before deciding — that's normal and welcome.
Private. Your own vehicle, your own driver-guide, your own start time each morning. We cap every trip at eight guests and most are two.
Yes, and we'd rewrite the route rather than bolt it on. Shorter drives, flatter stops, later starts. Tell us who's coming and the plan comes back shaped around them.
For most couples, yes — and we'll say so. Three days means two very long drives around one good night. Five means the gorges get an afternoon each and nobody arrives at camp exhausted.
Travellers who did this route
placeholder reviews — swap for real ones★★★★★
“I emailed on a Sunday expecting a brochure. I got a real plan, with the bits we'd said we hated taken out.”[Name] · [country] · March
★★★★★
“Two weeks, three revisions, zero pressure. They talked us out of one stop, which is how I knew they were honest.”[Name] · [country] · November
★★★★★
“Booking direct with the people actually driving you makes a difference you can feel by day two.”[Name] · [country] · February
One question is all it takes to start.
Not ready to commit to dates? Ask us whether your week works, and we'll tell you honestly — even if the answer is “come in October instead”.