Private 3 Day Desert Tour From Marrakech To Merzouga Dunes

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Marrakech - Ait Benhaddou - Ouarzazate - Dades Valley
1 stop
1
Dades Gorges
Your 3 days Marrakech to Merzouga desert tour departure takes place in front of your hotel or riad in Marrakech towards Ouarzazate and Dades gorges, through the Tizi- N-Tichka pass (2260m) in the High Atlas Mountains. From Marrakech to Ouarzazate, you will enjoy a scenic drive, beautiful landscapes with different colours and the Berber villages along the way between Marrakech and Ouarzazate, the doorway to the Sahara desert. You will visit the UNESCO world heritage site called Ksar of “Ait Benhaddou” since 1987. This fortified village is an attractive site for tours and excursions departing from Marrakech, Ait Benhaddou Kasbah is one of many locations served as a natural sets for many movies which were shot in the area such as “Lawrence of Arabia and Jesus of Nazareth” Take a walk and cross the dried river with your guide to discover Ait Benhaddou and dominate the Kasbahs once you get to the top of the hill. Afterwards, you will head directly to Ouarzazate, another destination for tours from Marrakech to Merzouga. You will continue via the rose valley and Skoura palm grove to Dades valley and gorges where you spend the first night in a Moroccan typical hotel, located in the heart of Dades gorges in the south of Morocco. Dinner and overnight in Dades gorges hotel.
6 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 2
Dades Gorges - Todra Gorges - Merzouga Dunes (Erg Chebbi)
1 stop
2
Merzouga Desert
After a typical Moroccan breakfast, departure from your hotel in Dades gorges at 8 a.m., taking the road of 1000 kasbahs drive around the colourful Berber villages of the Dades valley,. 45 km further, you will get to Tineghir with it’s beautiful palm grove and Jewish quarter. You continue to the gorges of Todra (Todgha), free time to go on trek along the canyons of about 300 m high, a preferred place by mountain climbers. Afterwards you will leave to Erg Chebbi dunes in Merzouga Sahara desert and you will have time for lunch on the way before you arrive to Erfoud. Once you arrive to the dunes of Erg Chebbi, you will take a camel ride for 1h30 at the sunset to get to the oasis where the camp is located. Spend the night in the bivouac in Merzouga Sahara dunes under nomadic tents or outside under shooting stars. Play drums with the camel drivers. Dinner and overnight in Merzouga Sahara desert camp
5 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Erg Chebbi - Tazarine - Agdez - Marrakech
1 stop
3
Medina of Marrakesh
Around 5h30 a.m, you will wake up to enjoy the sunrise over the dunes of Erg Chebbi, possibly the best moment of Merzouga desert, followed by a typical breakfast in the bivouac of Merzouga, then you will ride back the camels, to meet you driver and travel from Merzouga dunes to Marrakech via Tazarine and the Draa valley, Agdez and Ouarzazate. You will have free time for lunch on the way before you will continue to Marrakech,we will cross again the Tizi N’Tichka pass and the Berber villages between Ouarzazate and Marrakech
9 hours • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
• A minimum of 02 people per booking is required

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