4 Days Desert Tour From Marrakech to Merzouga Camel Trek Sahara Desert Adventure

4 Days Desert Tour From Marrakech to Merzouga Camel Trek Sahara desert adventure

4 Days Desert Tour From Marrakech to Merzouga Camel Trek  Sahara desert adventure 

Day 1: Marrakech – Atlas Mounatins – Ouarzazate – Skoura – Dades gorge

This 4 days desert Tour to Merzouga camel trek Sahara desert adventure starts early in the morning you meet your guide at your Hotel/Riad and start driving leaving the red city of Marrakech towards Ouarzazate,  passing by the high atlas mountains and the famous Tizi n’Tichka Pass at an elevation of 2.260m, Tizi n’Tichka means “difficult mountain pasture” in Berber and you’ll see why. We have lunch in Ouarzazate, and see the kasbah Taourirt from outside before driving to Dades gorge through Skoura. Overnight at your hotel.

 

Day 2 :Dades Gorge – Todra Gorge – Erfoud –  Merzouga

After breakfast, we continue our journey to the Sahara desert adventure, here, both the Todra and Dades Rivers have carved out cliff-sided canyons on their final 25-mile stretch through the mountains, leaving behind this series of reliefs and etches in the rock. The Todra is the name of the last 600 meters (just under 2,000 feet) of the canyons. We stop for a walk with your guide, lunch is scheduled in Tinghir town and we drive to Erfoud.

Erfoud is the gate of the desert and used to be the base camp for all the expeditions through the Merzouga dunes. Erfoud is well known for its fossils and dating back hundreds of millions of years, The souk of Erfoud sells local dates and fresh products, and in October the town has an increasingly popular date festival, with dancing and music.  After Erfoud, we arrive at Merzouga where you meet your camel to go inside the Desert dunes enjoying the sunset. Overnight and dinner in the desert camp.

Day 3: Merzouga – Rissani – Tazarine – Agdez – Ouarzazate

In the morning it is recommended to wake up early to climb the dunes and watch the most magical sunrise, breakfast, and shower then meet your guide to starting driving to The small town of Alnif located in the heart of an environment rich in meteorites and fossils. After we arrive at Agdez, a classic caravanserai oasis with a still-pristine palmeraie (palm grove), ancient mudbrick kasbahs, and a secret desert prison. The village of Agdz offers a variety of activities such as a visit to the waterfalls, located on the road to Ouarzazate, or a visit to the souk. Another thing to do in Agdz is motorcycling. our last stop is Ouarzazate where you will spend the night at your hotel.

Day 4: Ouarzazate – Kabsah Aitbenhadou — Ounilla Valley  – Marrakech

Early in the morning,we will visit the UNESCO site Kasbah Aitbenhaddou, nicknamed as Hollywood of Africa, it has been noted as a film-making location, with Morocco’s biggest studios inviting many international film companies to shoot their movies like: Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Living Daylights (1987), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), The Mummy (1999), Gladiator (2000), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Martin Scorsese’s Kundun (1997) and Babel (2005). and after we drive along the ounilla valley. Drop off in your Riad in Marrakech.

What’s included on this 4 Days Desert Tour From Marrakech to Merzouga Camel Trek .

  • A very comfortable and AC Vehicle
  • Qualified English-speaking Driver/guides
  • Night accommodations in a luxury camp
  • Camel trekking
  • Berber music and animation
  • Dinners and Breakfasts during the Tour ( see Itinerary )
  • Ait Benhaddou kasbah guided tour
  • Pick up & Drop off at your hotel

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What’s not included?

  • Flights & Travel insurance
  • Drinks
  • lunches
  • Tips & Monument entrances
  • Extra

Visited Places in 4 Days Desert Tour From Marrakech to Merzouga Camel Trek  Sahara desert adventure 

  • Marrakech
  • Erg Chebbi dunes
  • High Atlas Mountains
  • Ait Benhaddou Kasbah
  • Ouarzazate
  • Todra valley
  • Erg Chebbi
  • Draa valley
  • Berber villages

Travel Experience

  • Moroccan Culture & People, Food & History
  • Berber Culture
  • Camel trekking
  • Berber music and animation
  • Sleeping in a desert luxury camp
  • best desert tours from Marrakech

Pick Up: Pick up at Marrakech /

Drop Off: Drop off Marrakech