3 Days Desert Tour from Marrakech – Explore Merzouga

Duration

3 days

Max People

10

Min Age

+5

Tour From

MARRAKECH

Overview

This Moroccan itinerary desert tour from Marrakech is presented by Moroccly Travel that offers the ideal blend of adventure, nature, culture, and history. We can’t wait to give you this special experience in the center of the Christian Kingdom and to welcome you. Contact us to book your Tour today and get ready for a remarkable Moroccan journey!

highlight

  • Meeting your driver at the airport or at your hotel.
  • Free time To discover the imperial city of Marrakech
  • Visit the UNESCO World heritage Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou
  • Enter the Ouarzazate Studios (paid)
  • Drive to Boumalen Dades, a breathtaking landscape
  • Walk over the impressive Dades Gorges
  • Experience camel trekking and attend the panoramic sunset at Merzouga
  • Visit the traditional Souk in Rissani
  • Leave back to Marrakech where your tour ends

Itinerary

Day 1: Marrakech – Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah – Ouarzazate

On the first day of your tour, you will meet your drivert at the hotel or at the airport of Marrakech.  Then, you will depart for Ouarzazate, you will see the impressive Tizi n’Tichka pass in the Atlas Mountains. We will drive to the famous Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Continuation to Ouarzazate, where we will visit filming studios. Tens of international movies and episodes of famous series were filmed here in Ouarzazate, Ait Ben Hadou and Merzouga, such as the Gladiator, Game of Thrones, and Viking, etc. We will check-in at the hotel and overnight and dinner at your hotel.

Day 2: Ouarzazate – Dades Valley – Merzouga

Have your breakfast first then you will depart for Merzouga, passing through beautiful Berber towns called Ksours. You will stop to explore the gorgeous Boumalen Dades before continuing to the impressive Gorges of Dades in Tinghir, famous for its high walls of rocks and climbing. You can have your breakfast here in the valley of Dades.  Arrival in Merzouga in the late afternoon. You will meet a local guide to prepare you for your desert experience starting with a camel ride to reach the sand dunes of Erg Chebbi in Merzouga and drink a cup of tea at your desert camp. Hike a high dune for the breathtaking sunset and spend special night under the starry sky with Berber Gnawa music around the fire.

Day 3: Merzouga – Get back to Marrakech

Early morning wake up to not miss the panoramic sunrise in the desert. Then, you will return to Merzouga on a camelback to have your shower and breakfast before leaving the desert. You will drive back to Marrakech. On our way, we will stop to explore one of the biggest and traditional Souks in Morocco, in the village of Rissani. Then, we continue driving via Erfoud, Dades Gorges, Boumalen Dades, and via the road of thousand Kasbahs. On the same road crossing over Ouarzazate and Tizi n’Tichka before arriving at Marrakech. End of your memorable tour in Morocco.   

Included

  •  Pick up and drop off at your hotel/airport
  •  An air conditioned 4×4 Landcruiser or spacious minivan in case of a group
  •  English speaking driver
  •  Dinner & breakfast
  •  No forced shopping stops during the tour

Excluded

  • lunch and drinks
  • Entrance fees

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