Where we travel in southern Morocco

Dunes, oases, kasbahs and gorges: every place our trips visit, with the trips that go there.

  • Two white camels with orange saddle cloths below the Ait Ben Haddou kasbah

    10 trips go there

    Ait Ben Haddou

    Ait Ben Haddou is a fortified village of earthen houses and towers on the former caravan road to the Sahara, listed by UNESCO.

  • Shaded path through a dense palm grove in an oasis

    11 trips go there

    Draa Valley

    The Draa is the longest river in Morocco, about 1,100 km from the Atlas to the Atlantic, though it only flows above ground for part of the year.

  • Camels resting on the sand near palm trees at sunset

    8 trips go there

    M'Hamid

    M'Hamid El Ghizlane is the last village of the Draa Valley, where the paved road ends and the Sahara starts.

  • Sun setting behind rippled dunes and a few palm trees

    6 trips go there

    Erg Chigaga

    Erg Chigaga is the largest dune field of the Moroccan Sahara that you can reach by road: a sea of golden sand about 40 km long, with dunes up to around 300 m high.

  • Two small figures on the sharp crest of a tall dune

    4 trips go there

    Erg Zahar

    Erg Zahar is a high dune field in the Iriqui area, part of the Erg Chigaga system and known as the "Howling Dune".

  • Curving dune ridge with a camel caravan passing below

    3 trips go there

    Erg Chebbi

    Erg Chebbi is the best-known dune field in Morocco: a ridge of orange sand about 22 km long and 5 km wide, with dunes up to roughly 150 m high, rising straight out of the stony plain next to Merzouga.

  • 4x4 parked on a mountain piste below folded red rock ridges

    2 trips go there

    Dades Gorge

    The Dades Gorge cuts through red rock in the High Atlas, below the road known as the Valley of a Thousand Kasbahs.

  • Truck on a dusty dirt road along a rocky mountain slope

    3 trips go there

    Todra Gorge

    The Todra Gorge is a narrow canyon near Tinghir whose limestone walls rise about 300 m on either side of a small river.

  • Shallow stream between palm trees and green shrubs in an oasis

    2 trips go there

    Skoura Oasis

    Skoura is a large palm oasis on the road between Ouarzazate and the Dades Valley, home to old kasbahs such as Amridil, a 17th-century house that has been kept as a living museum.

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