Morocco in 8 days Geology Desert Tours from Errachidia to Marrakech

Morocco in 8 days Geology Desert Tours from Errachidia to Marrakech

Tour Program

Day 1: airport - Erfoud

Arrival at Er-rachidia airport in the southeast of the country, greetings and transfer to the hotel. Accommodation in Erfoud.

Day 2: Erfoud - Desert

After breakfast, head out to explore the site closest to where we stayed, a few miles from the fossil quarries that are rich in ammonites, crinoids, and trilobites, dated to different ages and most date from Devonian, there are the quarries where blocks are removed. Erfoud is well known for making and polishing the blocks and small pieces of fossils of different species, which provides work for the people of the region; We can visit one of these factories where the fossils are polished, have lunch and more excavations before driving to the hotel. There we can see the sunset from the famous Erg Chebbi sand dunes. Night in Merzouga.

Day 3: Exploring the Desert

Today we will have an early breakfast and head to our first destination; The river bed dried up desert, rich in fish bones, crocodiles, and dinosaur bones and teeth, which will take a long time to explore before heading to the next site called in the anti-Atlas volcanic mountains; Rich in vanadinite, quartz and richer in Devonian rolled facops. At the end of the afternoon, after a long day of excavations, discoveries and adventures, we return to the hotel to rest, it is recommended to take a good Turkish bath and a massage before bed. Dinner at the hotel. Accommodation in Merzouga.

Day 4: Desert - Rissani - Alnif

After breakfast, we drive west, 100 km to the Alnif region to explore a Cambrian mine site rich in yellow trilobites. Later, some calyx-rich Ordovician mines and the trilobite-rich "paradise" site, and other Devonian trilobite species and coiled phacops. Later drive to the hotel, overnight in Alnif.

Day 5: Alnif - Agdez -Ouarzazate

As always, after breakfast, we left the hotel heading west towards Ouarzazate, the country's famous movie city, with its studios and sets, where many Oscar movies took place partially or even in their entirety. On our way, we stop to visit and explore Devonian Ammonite deferential sites again as we drive through the black massifs of the Anti Atlas Mountains, and through the famous and beautiful valley of date palms the Dra Valley, somewhere There, we will stop in the valley to collect the pic-nick. We will visit some movie sets and arrive at the end of our journey at sunset in the ancient village of Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou. Accommodation near this UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ait Ben Haddou.

Day 6: Ait Ben Haddou - Marrakech

Today we head north through the high Atlas mountains following the valleys and rivers to the highest point of the Tichka Pass road with 2,260 m for its views, and many Berber villages scattered everywhere, on the banks of the Ounila and Aghdate rivers. At the end of the winding road, we passed a quartz, amethyst and agate chalcedony mine. Later we head to the red city, Marrakech. Hotel accommodation.

Day 7: Marrakech exploring

Today is a full day guided tour of the medina, with its souks, monuments and the famous Jamia ei fna square, you are invited to travel back in time and live with the culture of the country, a mixture of history and different flavors of spices and traditions, it is another totally different experience from the geology of the earth in the mountains and rocks; You can do your shopping while you visit. Accommodation in the same hotel.

Day 8: Marrakech - Airport

After breakfast, we still have time in the morning to do your last activities and shopping in the Medina before the transfer to the Marrakech airport.
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