Desert tour to Mhamid, 2 days: Early morning departure from Marrakech to Mhamid, the gate of Sahara Desert. We drive through the beautiful High Atlas Mountains and its Berber villages, and over the spectacular Tizin’Tichka pass (2.260m) to reach and visit the UNESCO classified village of Ait Benhaddou. After lunch in Ouarzazate, the Hollywood of North Africa with its Atlas Film Studios that hosted international movies shooting, the journey continues east through the Draa valley towards Zagora on off-road routes. We stop on the way to visit the underground kasbah and Koran library of historical Tamegroute before reaching Mhamid, where you’ll spend the night in nomad tents at a Berber camp in Erg Lihoudi sand dunes.