Your private full-day tour of Kasbah Ait Ben Hadou and Ouarzazate will start early in the morning ( 07h30 AM ) with a pick up from your hotel or riad. Drive east of Marrakech crossing the windy high Atlas Mountains and Tizi Ntichka pass. Numerous stops will be made along the way to enjoy the views, take photos, stretch your legs or drink a cup of coffee. Visit Ait Benhaddou village (where Star Wars were filmed). UNESCO has classified the fortified village of Ait Benhaddou is one of the world’s cultural treasures. It is studded with crenelated towers and its buildings decorated with geometrical motifs that are considered as one of the most beautiful villages in Morocco. A program of restoration work is currently underway to encourage the population of the village, which is at present inhabited just by five families.

From here, continue to Ouarzazate, which marks the beginning of the Sahara desert. Visit the cinema museum in Ouarzazat.

The Telouet Kasbah stands on the old caravan route towards the Sahara, between Ait Ben Haddou and Marrakesh. It is somehow an easily missed historical site, with visitors often passing by unaware as they leave Morocco’s world-famous UNESCO world heritage site for the imperial city of Marrakech.

After some time at leisure for a cup of mint tea or coffee, drive back to Marrakech later in the afternoon while crossing the High Atlas Mountains.