Marrakech Trip Overview
Marrakech 3 days 2 nights desert tour departs from Marrakech end in Fez is our most popular desert tour. This tour has been designed for the traveler eager to explore deep into the Morocco Sahara desert and who don’t mind driving long hours. You will have an amazing time touring the Desert and Merzouga, you will definitely not feel a drop of boredom. The landscape changes dramatically. Beginning with the fertile Haouz planes of Marrakech and the high Atlas Mountains, to oases and valleys, then to the rocky plateaus and the unbelievable Erg Chebbi sand dunes. Just make sure you bring your camera because you’ll see sites you’ve never seen before; sites you simply couldn’t imagine in your wildest dreams!
Additional Info
* Duration: 3 days
* Starts: Marrakech, Morocco
* Trip Category: Multi-day & Extended Tours >> Multi-day Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco
Marrakech 3 days 2 nights desert tour departs from Marrakech end in Fez is our most popular desert tour. This tour has been designed for the traveler eager to explore deep into the Morocco Sahara desert and who don’t mind driving long hours. You will have an amazing time touring the Desert and Merzouga, you will definitely not feel a drop of boredom. The landscape changes dramatically. Beginning with the fertile Haouz planes of Marrakech and the high Atlas Mountains, to oases and valleys, then to the rocky plateaus and the unbelievable Erg Chebbi sand dunes. Just make sure you bring your camera because you’ll see sites you’ve never seen before; sites you simply couldn’t imagine in your wildest dreams!
Itinerary
Day 1: Marrakech – the High Atlas Mountains – Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah – Ouarzazate – Boumalne Dades
Stop At: High Atlas Mountains, 40020 Morocco
Pick up from your accommodation in Marrakech at 8 a.m., and depart to the High Atlas, a subrange of Moroccan Atlas Mountains, going through Tizi N´Tichka pass with stops for panoramic views and taking pictures of the Berber small villages that camouflage in the landscape
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Tizi n Tichka, Imlil Village, Ouarzazate 45000 Morocco
The highest point on the road 2260 meters
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Ait Ben Haddou, Ait Ben Haddou, Souss-Massa
Then we continue south to the ksar (fortified village) of Aït Ben Haddou where we will visit the famous Kasbah (declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986). Famous films have been shot in this spectacular stage, including Gladiator, Obelix, The Mummy, The Jewel of the Nile, and Sahara with Penelope Cruz…etc. Free time for lunch in town
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Taourirt Kasbah, Avenue Mohammed V, Ouarzazate 45000 Morocco
Then we continue to Ouarzazate also known as “The gate of the desert” that in the Berber language means “noiseless or without confusion”. Here we´ll see the Taourirt Kasbah, one of the most spectacular ksars in Morocco
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Roses Valley, El Kelaa M’gouna N10, El Kelaa M’gouna 45800 Morocco
The next site to visit is the Rose Valley going through the big Skoura palm grove, a beautiful place to contemplate more than 700.000 palms and numerous kasbahs that are built in the surrounding area. In this Valley damascenes, roses are raised for cosmetic use such as the valued rosewater. The Rose Festival is held here annually in May, it is an important mousse for Moroccan culture.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Boumalne Dades, Morocco
Finally, we reach the Dades valley where we´ll spend the night
Duration: 16 hours
Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Dar Ahlam or Auberge Panorama or Babylone Dades or similar up to the availability
Day 2: Boumalne Dades – Todra Gorges – Jorf – Erfoud – Merzouga (overnight in the Sahara Desert)
Pass By: Tinerhir, Tinerhir, Souss-Massa
After breakfast in the hotel, drive back through the valley to see the amazing rock formation “the monkey toes”, and the still-standing 19thcentury Kasbah of Ait Yul. Leaving the Dades valley towards Tinrghir
Stop At: Todrha, Tinghir, Morocco
after some stops on the way, we´ll reach the Todra Gorges. The scenery is spectacular. At the Gorge, you’ll walk under the 300m high red cliff, where many rock-climbers come to enjoy their preferred sport. Local people live in the area and can be seen in their adobe villages.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Fossiles d’Erfoud, Avenue Molay Ismail Erfoud, Erfoud 52200 Morocco
After a short walk in the Todra gorges continuing our trip to Erfoud and Rissani where we’ll have lunch and afterward we’ll leave for the village of Merzouga
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Merzouga Desert, Merzouga Morocco
In the afternoon you will have a camel ride, guided by an experienced Camel man, to explore inside the mysterious sand-sea of the Erg-Chebbi. Here you’ll spend your first night under the stars, or if you prefer, in a traditional Berber nomad tent. Dinner will be served in the tent where you will spend the night. Overnight in a desert camp.
Duration: 14 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Orient desert camp or similar up to the availability
Day 3: Merzouga – Rissani – Ziz Valley – Azrou – Ifrane – Fes
Stop At: Errachidia, Errachidia, Meknes-Tafilalet Region
Very early in the morning, we have a “Date with the sunrise”. In the middle of the desert, waking up early is a “must-do” to contemplate the most spectacular sunrise you´ve ever seen at the top of a dune close to the camp. After having breakfast, we return to Merzouga on the camels and we start our trip to the north, through the Tafilalet palm grove, the biggest in the world. You´ll see thousands of palm trees along the 20km of road
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Midelt, Midelt, Meknes-Tafilalet Region
This way leads us to the Ziz valley, which river comes down from the high Atlas and feeds the palm grove. Here we make a stop and from this high viewpoint, enjoy a magnificent view of the valley and the town of Aoufous. We make another stop in Midelt, just in the heart of the Atlas where you´ll have free time for lunch and rest for a while.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Azrou Cedar Forest, Azrou Morocco
In the afternoon we continue our way through the Cedar forest where, if we are lucky, we´ll see some monkeys.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Ifrane, Ifrane, Fes-Meknes
The next place we´ll visit is the city of Ifrane, situated in the northwestern slope of the Middle Atlas at 1630 meters above the water level. Its broad avenues, its urban development with perfect cleanness, the gardens, the green areas, and its architecture make this city look like a Swiss town. Ifrane feels misplaced in Morocco. That’s why it´s named Moroccan Switzerland, and if that´s not enough it has an important ski resort, Michlifen
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: Fes el-Bali, Fes 30110 Morocco
At about 6 pm we arrive at Fes. The driver will drop you off in your hotel/riad or any other preferable place and this is the end of our services.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
