Marrakech Trip Overview
The Sahara Desert is one of the most incredible places in Morocco. Let us take you on a private tour from Marrakech to Merzouga, allowing you to travel at your own pace with a private driver. See the sites along the way, including the amazing Ait Benhaddou and the Dades Gorges, and take an excursion through the desert! Enjoy a camel trek to reach your luxury Sahara camp, where you will enjoy dinner and live music.
Additional Info
* Duration: 4 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
The Sahara Desert is one of the most incredible places in Morocco. Let us take you on a private tour from Marrakech to Merzouga, allowing you to travel at your own pace with a private driver. See the sites along the way, including the amazing Ait Benhaddou and the Dades Gorges, and take an excursion through the desert! Enjoy a camel trek to reach your luxury Sahara camp, where you will enjoy dinner and live music.
Itinerary
Day 1: MARRAKECH TO BOUMALNE DADES
Stop At: Ait Ben Haddou, Ait Ben Haddou, Souss-Massa
Your driver will pick you up in Marrakech in the morning. Travel over the Atlas Mountains via Tichka Pass, and visit Ait Ben-Haddou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Duration: 5 hours
Stop At: Boumalne Dades, Boumalne Dades, Souss-Massa
OPTIONAL: Make a stop in Kalaat M’Gouna, which is famous for its rose co-ops, where thousands of pounds of rose petals are harvested each year to be distilled into rose water and rose oil for use in cosmetics.
Continue on to Boumalne Dades, where you will check into your riad.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Dinner: Dinner at your riad that evening.
Accommodation included: A traditional riad in Boumalne Dades looking over one of the gorges.
Day 2: SAHARA DESERT
Stop At: Erg Chebbi Dunes, Morocco
Complete your journey to the Sahara Desert.
Visit the Gnawa Village to listen to their entrancing music. The rhythmic, hypnotic music has long been part of their ceremonies, from the time their ancestors were brought to the area as slaves. The music has influenced an entire genre that is performed all across Morocco and has even inspired several music festivals.
Hunt for fossils of aquatic critters in the desert. The Sahara was once an ocean 7 million years ago, and there are countless fossils remaining.
In the late afternoon, meet your camels for your trek into your desert camp. You will journey through the dunes, and your camel guide will be able to get some great pictures for you as well!
Arrive at your camp and enjoy a welcome glass of Moroccan mint tea and Moroccan cookies. Take some time to relax before dinner.
After dinner, enjoy live music around the bonfire.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast is included at your riad that morning.
• Dinner: Enjoy dinner at your desert camp.
Accommodation included: A luxury camp in the Sahara Desert. Each private tent has its own bathroom.
Day 3: TODRA GORGE, OUARZAZATE
Stop At: Boumalne Dades, Boumalne Dades, Souss-Massa
OPTIONAL: Wake up early to watch the sunrise over the dunes. Remember it gets cold in the desert overnight, so don’t forget your jacket!
Enjoy a traditional Moroccan breakfast at the camp.
Depart camp via camel (or SUV if one camel was enough for you!).
Meet up with your driver once more, and begin your journey west.
Make a stop in Boumalne Dades to see the stunning Todra Gorge, carved from the red rocks of the landscape by a river.
Continue on to Ouarzazate, known as “Moroccan Hollywood”
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Enjoy a traditional Berber breakfast at camp that morning.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a hotel or riad in Ouarzazate
Day 4: MARRAKECH
Stop At: Tizi n Tichka, Imlil Village, Ouarzazate 45000 Morocco
Cross the Atlas Mountains once more via Tichka Pass to complete your return to Marrakech.
Duration: 5 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast is included at your hotel.
No accommodation included on this day.
