Marrakech Trip Overview
The 4 Days Tour From Marrakech To Merzouga Desert are the most booked travel tours in Marrakech because there are so many wonderful sceneries to see along the way and good activities to do besides like camel trekking, spending a night in a deep Sahara Desert camp, enjoying a cup of tea, meeting some nomads living in caves, wandering with a local guide in palmary, hiking in Dades valley or Todra gorges and having a happy time together.
Additional Info
Duration: 4 days
Starts: Marrakech, Morocco
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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The 4 Days Tour From Marrakech To Merzouga Desert are the most booked travel tours in Marrakech because there are so many wonderful sceneries to see along the way and good activities to do besides like camel trekking, spending a night in a deep Sahara Desert camp, enjoying a cup of tea, meeting some nomads living in caves, wandering with a local guide in palmary, hiking in Dades valley or Todra gorges and having a happy time together.
Itinerary
Day 1: Marrakech – Ouarzazate – Dades Valley
Stop At: Boumalne Dades, Boumalne Dades, Souss-Massa
On the first day, our driver will pick you up from your hotel or Riad in Marrakech at 8:00 AM by a 4×4 or minivan to start your Desert Trip from Marrakech to Dades valley. You will cross the Tizi- N-Tichka pass in the High Atlas Mountains to drive directly to Ouarzazate enjoying the panoramic road and passing by wonderful Berber villages along the route. In Ouarzazate, you will visit the old Kasbah which is called “Taourirt Kasbah” and have lunch there. Thereafter, you will go to the green Dades valley via the gorgeous Skoura palmary, where you will have dinner and spend the first night.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
• Dinner
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Dar Ahlam Dades or similar – depending the package chosen
Day 2: Dades Valley – Todra Gorges – Merzouga Dunes (Erg Chebbi)
Stop At: Merzouga Desert, Merzouga Morocco
After having breakfast, we will drive to Tineghir then go to Todra Gorges to enjoy its picturesque views of Canyons and walk around the Palm Plantations. Then, we will drive to Tinjedad for having lunch to go to Erfoud crossing various villages such us Touroug which is a Berber village and El-Jarf. After visiting a local fossil craft workshop, we will continue driving to the fascinating dunes of Erg Chebbi that are called also Merzouga Dunes where You will go to the hotel to get ready for a camel trek for an hour and a half enjoying the sunset to have dinner and spend the night in a traditional nomad tent in a bivouac.
Duration: 5 hours
Meals included:
• Dinner
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Private Tent – Camel Ride with sunset & sunrise – Entertainment with Local – depending the package chosen
Day 3: Merzouga – Tazarine – Agdz – Ouarzazate
Stop At: Ouarzazate, Ouarzazate, Draa-Tafilalet
On the third day, you will wake up early to enjoy the sunrise and have breakfast in the camp in the heart of the dunes of Erg Chebbi to return back later to the hotel by riding camels. After having a quick shower in the hotel we will drive to Rissani, a small Saharan town in southeast Morocco, to visit a fossil workshop there before going to Agdez and Draa valley junction. We will cross the Atlas Mountains in order to go to Ouarzazate where we will have dinner and spend the third night
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Dar Bouchedor or similar – depending the package chosen
Day 4: Ouarzazate – Ait Benhaddou – Marrakech
Stop At: Marrakech, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi
In the morning, after breakfast we will have time to explore Ouarzazate by visiting the Atlas film studio which is known as Hollywood of Africa, going to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou Kasbah where more than 20 films including “Gladiator” “Indiana Jones” and “Lawrence of Arabia” were filmed and enjoying a short walk to explore the traditional Moroccan style of Kasbahs ‘architecture to Finally making our way to Marrakesh passing through the High Atlas Mountains and Tizi n’Tichka pass with having lunch in one of the restaurants there. Our driver will drop you off in your Riad or hotel in Marrakech
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: In the last day during your tour, we will drop you at your Hotel in Marrakech, and end our service