The landscape of the Dades Gorge is unique and hauntingly beauty. Over eons the Dades River has carved through the eastern High Atlas Mountains sculpting the incredible and surreal red rock formations lining the gorge. From Amazigh (Berber) ksars (fortified villages), the striking Monkey Fingers rock formation, to the serpentine hairpin road leading to panoramic viewpoints, the gorge showcases the breathtaking wild beauty of the Moroccan landscape.
At the gorge’s southern extremity, the Dades River tumbles from the Mountains into the Sahara Desert’s Dades Valley. The lush valley soils of this region of the Dades Valley are richly populated with palm, fruit and nut tree groves palm. Here where the Sahara Desert and High Atlas Mountains merge, is the Amazigh (Berber) market town of Boumalne Dades, the gateway to Dades Gorge.