5 days from Marrakech to Merzouga
Introduction
This is the perfect way to explore Morocco’s Atlas Mountains and the Sahara Desert highlights without spending hours organizing transport, accommodation, and an itinerary.
Travel with ease from Fez to Marrakech in an air-conditioned minivan and enjoy a 5-day adventure that includes accommodation in two destinations, a camel ride, select meals, and a visit to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ait Ben Haddou.
Day 1: Marrakech - Ait Ben Haddou - Skoura - DADES Gorges
Morocco Amazing Tours offers a private tour from Marrakech to explore the best of the Sahara desert. Our special 5-day Moroccan desert tour starts in the morning and from your hotel or airport in Marrakech we will head to the Dades Strait, passing through Tizi-en-Tishka in the imposing Atlas Mountains, we will visit the World Heritage site of the UNESCO. Ait Ben Haddou, who has also served as the backdrop for many films including This is Lawrence of Arabia, Gladiator and Alexandre.
After lunch, we will enjoy the magnificent landscapes and historical monuments of the Kasbah of Taourirt in Ouarzazate, Skoura and the Valley of the Roses. , famous for its annual rose festival, and we will also pass through the Berber villages of Magouna Castle and Boumalene de Dades where we will spend the night.
Day 2: Boumaln Dades - Todra Georges - Erfoud - Rissani - Merzouga desert
Today’s goal is to reach Merzouga, famous for the highest sand dunes in North Africa, called the Erg Chebbi Desert, which is about 20 km long and 5 km wide and is a unique and multifaceted environment.
On the way we will have the opportunity to see many oases such as the Tinjdad oasis, and we will continue our tour of the small Berber villages of Malab and Trouj, and we will arrive in Rissani, where we will have lunch, and after that rest we will have We will continue our way to enjoy the Green oasis of Ziz Tafilalet and Al Hamada Al Sawda before reaching Merzouga. Later we will enjoy a hot bath, local dinner and Berber music. One night in Riyadh.
Day 3: Merzouga, its culture and its tradition
After breakfast, you will tour the sand dunes passing through the Merzouga oasis, the nomadic deposit, the village of Khmelia (the people of the blacks, you will visit the inhabitants of Gnaoua, who are originally slaves brought from Sudan, to discover their la music and their way of life. Far away is Lake Merzouga, with groups of birds, you will leave for Rissani. This place was called Sijilmassa, the meeting place of the salt caravans of Timbuktu in Mali. Here you will take a walk to the market , selling spices, vegetables and clothes.
After having pizza lunch in Rissani, you will return to Riad where your camel is waiting for you. A cup of mint tea. After lunch we will start our camel ride. You can leave in the safe rooms of the hotel. The 90-minute camel ride will take us to the Berber camp in the middle of the Erg. Chebbi sand dunes, which are the highest in North Africa, and the camp consists of several comfortable Berber tents equipped with col honest Bedding, restaurant, cuisine The evening consisted of a dinner followed by entertainment with Berber drums.
Day 4: Merzouga Desert - Rissani - Nkoub - Agdz - Ouarzazate
Before sunrise, you will wake up to climb the sand dunes to take great photos, then return to the hotel for a shower and breakfast before continuing our journey to Ouarzazate, passing through Nev, Tazarin, Naqoub and the island. Draa Valley, we spend the night in a guest house in Ouarzazate.
Day 5: Ouarzazate - Tizi n’Tichka Pass - Marrakech
After breakfast, we will depart for Marrakech, passing through the magnificent High Atlas mountains, and our journey will continue through the Tizi pass in Tikka (2260 meters) over the imposing Atlas mountains, and it will take you to the place you want (hotel / plaza / bus / train station / airport). This will be the end of our Morocco desert tour and we wish you a happy homecoming. Thank you for traveling to Morocco on a private tour from Marrakech with the amazing Morocco of Morocco.
What is included
All hotel transfers
Private transfer in comfortable A/C vehicle
English speaking experienced driver
Sahara desert camel guide
Adventure camel ride in desert of Merzouga
Accommodation : nights in riads/hotels and night in desert tents with H.B.
What’s not included
Lunch meals
Drinks
Entrance fees to museum
Tips
Personal expenses