You have limited time in Marrakech and cannot make it to the Saharan sand dunes in southern Morocco. But you can still take a short, alternative trip to the “Marrakech Desert”, Agafay, for an impression of the emptiness and silence of the desert. Your pick up from your hotel/riad will be at 9 am for the drive to Agafay less than an hour away. The area around Agafay is rocky, dry, moon-like, offering unexpected and splendid views of the High Atlas Mountains, snow-capped in winter. It is a mineral universe only disturbed by a few flocks of sheep passing by in their search for grass and herbs. In the middle of this desert lies an unexpected oasis, a place of calm and peacefulness. Here, even surrounded by such barrenness, frogs and turtles live and breed, whilst plants can also flourish. In the Agafay desert, we enjoy a one-hour camel trek of about an hour. Shortly afterwards you can enjoy a traditional Moroccan lunch in an Agafay Desert luxury camp. And, of course, this is followed by a relaxing glass of the famous Moroccan mint tea. And later we head off-road into the High Atlas Mountains forming a backdrop in the distance. We visit the man-made dam of Lalla Takerkoust, which supplies Marrakech with water. Marrakech relies on that snow each year to refill this lake. There is a great demand for water in this most popular city in Morocco with all its roads, pools and golf courses. We return to Marrakech, having enjoyed the purity and beauty of the mountains still untouched in large areas.