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It is a Tamazight and Arab country located in the far west of North Africa . Its capital is Rabat. and the largest city is Casablanca, which is the economic capital, and the most important cities: Salé, Fez, Marrakech, Meknes, Tangier, Agadir, Safi, Tetouan, Oujda, Settat, Taza, Laayoune City) and Al Hoceima. Morocco is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, centered on the Strait of Gibraltar; bordered to the east by Algeria (a dispute over the Moroccan border with Algeria) and south by Mauritania.
Morocco is famous by these wonderful places. You should visit this country and discover its diversity. So we suggest visiting the Sahara for 2 days. Enjoy the sunshine of the desert. Explore the beauty of the gold dunes. If you’re lucky, you may even meet some adorable desert animals like desert foxes and camels. Below is the list of activities that we will do on our two days and one night trip to the Zagora desert.
Our trip will start from Marrakech at 7 o’clock morning. We will drive for two hours through Tizi N’ Tichka – North Africa’s highest major mountain. After 2 hours driving, we may stop to have a delicious Moroccan lunch. During this period of time, you can take pictures and enjoy the beauty of mountains and nature. After that, we have to continue our adventurous trip to the magical city Ourzazate. Ouarzazate .. is the name of the city in the words Amazigh (War) and (Zazat) and means without noise .
The title Hollywood Africa is a Moroccan city in the south-east of Morocco. The city of Ouarzazate is located in the south-east of the city of Marrakech and about 200 kilometers away. It is also about 295 kilometers from the city of Errachidia located in the region of Draa Tafilalet. As is said the city was built from 1920 around a military barracks erected by the French protection authorities But the city found before that villages and oases around the valley of Draa and there are thousands of bridges built to fortify the colonists (fort) and Ouarzazate is famous for filming world cinema films in its surroundings and studios established … It also has the largest compound (project Noor) solar energy in the world. In ourzazate you are welcomed by a delicious lunch.
During our way to Zagora we will drive through some famous places like Agdez and other Berber villages. You may also have the chance to discover DARAA VALLEY which contains one of the large rivers in Morocco. Take pictures next the river and have a rest. The camels will be waiting there, and we will ride them to camp for one and a half hour. We are expected to arrive at the camp just before the sun sets. At the camp, you can relax while drinking a sweet Berber mint tea. You will then enjoy a sumptuous dinner. After dinner, you can play some music around our campfire. The nomads of Sahara called Touaregs will accompany you throughout the evening.
Opinions differed on the origin of the name of the city Zagora, there are some names Amazigh roots of the village of Waw Zagor, which is 70 kilometers from the city of Zagora, as well as in the south of the Zagora region between the two mountains called between Zouakir. Due to the accidental location of Zagora, its openness to the desert and its internal location far from marine influences, its climate is dry and semi-desert. The characteristics of this climate is that it is very hot in summer and very cold in winter, and this is reflected relative to both the temperature and the average annual precipitation. “For heat, the city knows high and irregular heat during the summer, reaching up to 50º sometimes, and for precipitation it is known Zagora falls on average more than 45 mm.
It is the second day of the trip, it is better to wake up early so you can enjoy the view of the sunrise in the desert. Start your day watching other kind of nature, the gold nature. It can even put a smile on your face all throughout the day. After enjoying the stunning desert sunrise, we will experience another delicious Moroccan breakfast before we take the road to Marrakech where we are expected to arrive in the evening.