Day Trip from Marrakech to Ait Ben Haddou & Ouarzazate

Ait Ben Haddou day trip from Marrakech

If you don’t have time for a multi-day desert tour, this southern Morocco day trip from Marrakech lets you see the Atlas landscapes and the country’s most famous mud-brick kasbahs in a single day.

Private day trip with your own driver and an air-conditioned vehicle, stopping wherever you like for photos.

Highlights of the Ait Ben Haddou day trip

Ouarzazate day trip schedule

Morning

Marrakech – High Atlas – Tizi n’Tichka

Early pick-up at your riad and drive south. We cross the High Atlas over the Tizi n’Tichka pass, stopping at viewpoints and Berber villages.

🚐 Riad pick-up📸 Viewpoints

Midday

Ait Ben Haddou kasbah

Visit the Ait Ben Haddou ksar, a UNESCO World Heritage Site: we climb through its mud-brick houses to the granary at the top, with views over the valley. Time for lunch.

🏰 UNESCO🍽 Lunch break

Afternoon

Ouarzazate: Taourirt kasbah and film studios

We continue to Ouarzazate, the “Hollywood of Africa”: the Taourirt kasbah and the film studios where many famous movies were shot.

🎬 Film studios

Evening

Return to Marrakech

We cross the Atlas again and arrive at your riad in Marrakech in the evening.

🏁 Drop-off at your riad

What the day trip price includes

Photos of the Ait Ben Haddou & Ouarzazate day trip

Map: Marrakech – Ait Ben Haddou – Ouarzazate

Travel with a local Marrakech agency