From Marrakech: Day Trip to Ouarzazate and Ait Benhaddou
Description
Ait Benhaddou is an interesting day trip from Marrakech after you cross the High Atlas Mountains, Ait Benhaddou is the UNESCO site classified since 1987 where few families are still living in Ait Benhaddou, along the way you will admire the Berber villages in the mountains of High Atlas village. 4km of rocky off-road along the salty valley of Ounila to get to Ait benhadou kasbah, a natural decoration for many movies which were shot in the area. Take a walk and cross the dried river with our English speaking driver/guide to dominate the the kasbahs of Ait Benhaddou. You will be invited for tea with one of the families. Free time to explore the kasbahs of Ait Benhaddou and have lunch in a local restaurant overlooking the Ksar, after lunch we will continue to Ouarzazate; visit of cinema Studios and the Kasbah Taourirt another Palace of Pacha El Glaoui. In the afternoon, we will drive back to Marrakech via the Tizi n’Tichka.
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Pickup Locations & Times
We will pick up all travelers from their accommodation in Marrakech at 7:00 AM.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(66)
We have spent a pleasant day visiting these villages, Our guide “Don” Omar has been very attentive and it has been a pleasure to meet him.
Very nice trip and friendly guides. Khalid speaks many languages, is very nice and communicative. The place as such is amazing. Especially the view from the top of Ait Benhaddou.
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The experience was excellent and so was our driver Schafek. I would recommend it to anyone who wants with a minimum cost to discover Morocco's countryside.
Nice day out. The scenery is breathtaking. We couldn’t access the Kasbaha as there is a movie being filmed. It’s a long day but worthwhile doing to see the countryside
Great trip out to Ouarzazate to see Aït Benhaddou and learn more about the Berber/Imazighen people and their culture. Definitely see why so many films are shot out there! Wish we could've seen inside the Kasbah too, would've been good to know beforehand that it's closed for renovations due to an earthquake some years ago. Still really enjoyed the trip out though and all the guides were great, informateive and patient yet moved us along at the right pace.
The escort Tarek great person, kind, polite and helpful to every request, clarifications and advice...top
Overall it was very disappointing and so not worth the money. We were picked up in a lovely van, transferred to another one which was pretty poor - 3 seats were broken, the aircon was mediocre at best. Late leaving Marrakesh. Stopped about every 60 minutes which was good but only 1 which where it was ok to take pictures. Saw a Berber village from a distance.. that was it. Confusion amongst the passengers about whether the film studio was or was not in the trip. Driver asked if we wanted to go to Ouarzazate or not (despite it being in the trip description). This didn’t mean visit the town, it meant driving past the film studio. The trip to BenHaddou was nice but would have liked it if we’d been asked if we wanted to cross the river via the sandbag stepping stone route vs the nice easy bridge… We didn’t explore the ancient town itself - just straight to the top and back out which was disappointing. As you would expect from an ancient monument, it’s not perfectly flat inside - be prepared for uneven steps and ground. Don’t wear sandals. Lunch - not a good experience. We were taken into a large restaurant and told we were eating there. No offer of, meet up here later. Again disappointing. Choice is limited. Other passengers said they were incorrectly billed. Suggest you take some snacks or your own lunch with you. Drive home was very fast and we were back about 20.00. Not dropped off at our arranged pick up point and not asked if we were happy to be dropped off elsewhere. . Luckily we had some data left so we could navigate our way back.
Abdul was a great guide, always very helpfull. Has a good knowledge about Marrocco and its history. The trip was very good
We spende good trip to ouarzazat with a nice driver (adil) and our wondrful assistent (ahmed) He help for everythings in the road and explen everythings in our trip Thank you for all
