The stunning UNESCO world heritage village of Ait Benhaddou (Ait Ben Haddou) has some of Morocco’s most exotic and best preserved desert Kasbahs.  These rammed-earth and mud-brick structures made optimal use of the available natural resources and environment to create complex, uniquely beautiful fortified homes and palaces; entire villages and towns of them – ksars.  The old ksar (fortified village), situated on a hill and separated by a river from the new village, is largely uninhabited today and is explored on foot.   

This Moroccan desert jewel was an important hub in the days of the Trans-Saharan camel caravan and is located in southern Morocco’s Sahara Desert, close to Ouarzazate and the western region of the High Atlas Mountains.  This breathtaking Kasbah village has been a featured setting for many major film and television productions, including Gladiator, Games of Thrones, Lawrence of Arabia and The Mummy.