3 Days Desert Tour from Marrakech to Merzouga
3 days desert tour from Marrakech to Merzouga. Join us on an unforgettable Morocco Desert Tour with experienced local Guides in the desert in a Berber style.
Tour Details
Overview
The 3 days desert tour from Marrakech to Merzouga itinerary is one of the most often requested Morocco desert tours by clients. In general, our fantastic 3 days tour from Marrakech to Merzouga desert will begin in Marrakech, the most famous Morocco architecture and bustling city, and then go to Merzouga.
However, along the trip, we’ll pass by several stunning locations that will undoubtedly astound you. Among the highlights of our itinerary is the Kasbahs of Ait Benhaddou, the fortified village, apart from that, we’ll travel to Ouarzazate to explore the Atlas Studios, then to Merzouga desert, where you will ride camels and stay in a Berber camp for the night. Finally, after spending the night in the desert, we will return to Marrakech through a different route, and end the 3 days desert trip from Marrakech.
Highlights
- Crossing through the High Atlas Mountains and the Tizi N’Tichka pass.
- Spend time in Ait Ben Haddou’s Casbah and discover the Berber village.
- Promenade along the Todra oasis’s stream to the beautiful gorges.
- Taking a camel ride across the dunes.
- Enjoy the sights of Erg Chebbi and its magnificent sunset from the back of your camel.
- Spend the night in the Merzouga desert camp after enjoying a Berber meal under the stars.
Includes
- Pick up and drop off at your accommodation.
- AC private fueled transportation (4WD vehicle, van, minibus).
- Driver Guide
- Overnight in a Riad.
- Over night in a desert camp
- Camel trekking activity
- 2 Breakfasts, 2 Dinners
Excludes
- Lunches and Drinks
- Momument Fees if needed
- Tips
3 days desert tour from Marrakech Itinerary
Day 1: Marrakech – High Atlas – Ait Ben Haddou – Ouarzazate – Dades Valley.
After picking you up from your hotel in Marrakesh at 8 am, our 3 days desert tour from Marrakech will start by driving to the High Atlas or Sof Moroccan Atlas Mountains, you will pass through the Tizi N’Tichka port, where you can take pictures of the small Berber villages that blend into the landscape.
You will also see panoramic views and take pictures of these villages. When we get to the ksar (fortified village) of Ait Ben Haddou, we’ll see the famous Kasbah.
Then we’ll go south and visit the famous Kasbah (declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986). It has been used in many favorite movies, like Gladiator, Obelix, The Mummy, The Jewel of the Nile, Sahara with Penélope Cruz, and a lot more. Free lunchtime in town.
Then we move on to the Ouarzazate desert, which means “noiseless or without confusion” in the Berber language. Here, we’ll see the Taourirt kasbah, one of Morocco’s most beautiful ksars.
The next place to go is the Rose Valley, a beautiful place to see more than 700,000 palm trees and a lot of kasbahs in the area. In this Valley, damascene roses are grown for rosewater, which is very valuable.
The Rose Festival is held here every year in May, and it is a significant museum for Moroccan history. Finally, we arrive in the Dades Valley, where we will rest for the night, to end the first days of our fantastic 3 days desert tour from Marrakech to Merzouga.
Day 2: Dades Valley – Todra Gorges – Merzouga
After breakfast, the 3 days desert tour from Marrakech will continue by starting in one of the most spectacular views of the Dades Valley from a strategic lookout in the mountains, where we’ll be able to admire a large number of kasbahs and the picturesque features of each one. From Tinerhir, an excellent asphalt road travels up the valley to the gorge and then to the desert.
We’ll make a few stops along the road and eventually arrive at the Todra Gorges. The scenery is breathtaking. The area is populated by locals, who can be seen in their adobe villages.
These gorges are popular with rock climbers because they have rock walls with a lot of different shapes. After a short walk through the Todra Gorges, you’ll have some time to have lunch in Tinejdad or Touroug. Then, we’ll continue our 3 days desert tour from Marrakech adventure keeps going through the desert until we reach the spectacular dunes of Merzouga.
Camel rides will take us one hour to our nomad camp in the middle of a sea of dunes. We’ll stay there until sunrise tomorrow morning (Erg Chebbi). Before dinner, we’ll watch the sunset from the top of a dune and sleep beneath a starry sky in a tent.
Day 3 : Merzouga – Draa Valley – Anti Atlas Mountains – Ouarzazate – Marrakech
On the last day of our 3 days desert tour from Marrakech, We have to get up early to see the sunrise. If you want to see the best sunrise you’ve ever seen from the top of a nearby dune in the middle of the desert, you have to get up early. After breakfast, we will ride back to Merzouga on camels or in a vehicle to go back through Marrakech.
On the way to the Draa Valley, we’ll make some stops to enjoy the beautiful views of the river that gives the valley its name. It’s the longest river in Morocco, going through the whole country before reaching Mauritania.
Our trip continues to reach Ouarzazate, going through the Anti Atlas. This closes our 3 days desert Tour from Marrakech, and we wish you a safe return home.
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Know before you go
- The cost of the tour is based on the number of people in your group and the kind of accommodation you stay in during the trip.
- The drive back from Erg Chebbi to Marrakech on the last day is somewhat lengthy. Please prepare yourselves for it.
- A 4×4 vehicle can easily seat up to four adult guests. However, if your tour has more than five individuals, a van will be used.
- Local guides and (if applicable) entrance fees are not included. You make direct payments to suppliers for those.
- The pick-up time for your 3 days desert tour from Marrakech is negotiable. Between 07:30 and 08:00 AM is the best time.
- This 3 days desert tour from Marrakech itinerary can be customized to be a 4-day Marrakech to Merzouga excursion with an additional night at Erg Chebbi, or halfway between Merzouga and Marrakech.