Morocco Photography Tour

Arrive in the morning ideally before 12pm. With arrival and airport collection, we head to the desert over the High Atlas and the Tizi n Tichka summit before arriving at Ait Benhaddou. En route includes several opportunities to photograph crumbling Kasbahs perched overlooking the river valley. Ait Benhaddou is the site of the oldest Ksar in Morocco and still houses many families within its labyrinth of mud-brick walls. We’ll arrive in time for the ‘golden hour’ of light whilst the remote setting offers the chance for some time-lapse star trail night sky photography from the terrace of your auberge.

The morning is set aside for both exploring the village, concentrating on the stunning views around the Ksar and the narrow passageways as well as photographing two families in their homes including their work on a traditional loom weaving Berber carpets. After lunch, we depart for Dades Valley arriving in the late afternoon light to photograph the rock formations known as ‘monkey toes‘. The auberge for the evening is a short drive further on. After dinner, you'll take a 'night' photography workshop.

After breakfast, we’ll visit a sandal maker and his Berber family where you can photograph him in his workshop and at home. After lunch at the spectacular zigzag gorge road, we'll leave for Todra Gorge and the unique hotel location a short walk from our first nomad family.

At first light, we’ll photograph our second family a short walk from the hotel. After breakfast, we depart back along the road to the main Gorge where you can stop to photograph the overview of the palmeraie in Todra’s river valley, a maze of date palms and patchwork of tiny crop fields. Afterwards, we’ll continue on to the hotel for that evening and the location for some fabulous photography in a Ksar and village, mostly untouched by tourism. This special village offers unique shots of tunnels within it.

An early start in the tunnels and an opportunity to photograph local women. Lunch is followed by a portrait workshop photographing a Ksar resident in her mud-brick home. 

After breakfast, we’ll set off for the dunes at Merzouga and our hotel: Auberge Du Sud, stopping en route at a large desert market at Rissani, to photograph artisanal workers. The afternoon arrival at the dunes allows the opportunity to photograph your first desert sunset.

After some morning dunes photography, we’ll head to see a family of Gnawa musicians in a nearby village for a portrait workshop using natural lighting. We’ll take lunch before our onward journey to Skoura and its palmeries, a UNESCO heritage site. Arriving there, we’ll photograph a crumbling Kasbah in the oasis.

This is departure day and we’ll make our way back to Marrakesh airport in time for late afternoon flights (ideally after 5pm).