Marrakech Trip Overview
The four days desert tour will give an unforgettable experience in Sahara dessert fully the sites and places you visit. In this trip, you will explore Merzouga desert, Fortified kasbah of Ait Benhaddou, enjoy the atlas mountains as well as the impressive valleys and gorges. Moreover, you will experience the unique Sahara desert, visit nomads, ride camels, sleep in a tent and watch stars at night.
Additional Info
* Duration: 4 days
* Starts: Marrakech, Morocco
* Trip Category: Walking & Biking Tours >> Bike & Mountain Bike Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco
The four days desert tour will give an unforgettable experience in Sahara dessert fully the sites and places you visit. In this trip, you will explore Merzouga desert, Fortified kasbah of Ait Benhaddou, enjoy the atlas mountains as well as the impressive valleys and gorges. Moreover, you will experience the unique Sahara desert, visit nomads, ride camels, sleep in a tent and watch stars at night.
Itinerary
Day 1: Marrakech – Atlas mountains – Ait Benhaddou – Rose Valley – Dades Gorges
Stop At: Ait Ben Haddou, Ait Ben Haddou, Souss-Massa
Leave Marrakech, and follow a well-maintained road to the High Atlas Mountains. After about an hour, the road starts to wind its way along one of the most scenic roads in Morocco. As the road begins to descend, the scenery changes drastically as suddenly as you enter a desert-like area. Soon, the imposing Kasbah Aït Benhaddou will loom up like a mirage. A kasbah is a kind of citadel, composed of high-walled buildings of clay mixed with straw. At the top of the Kasbah, there is a fantastic view across the surrounding countryside giving you the sense of entering a medieval world. After lunch, set-off on again and drive through the fertile valley to Dades Gorges. Encounter bright green palm valleys and rugged mountain peaks in all shapes and colours alternated by small traditional villages and breath-taking views. When the cliffs begin to get narrower enter a kind of gorge reaching your destination – a small, scenic mountain hotel.
Duration: 12 hours
Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Dades village campsite
Day 2: Dades gorges to Merzouga desert via 1001 Kasbah Roads, and Tinghir Oasis
Stop At: Merzouga Desert, Merzouga Morocco
We will have breakfast, as we admire the fascinating rock formation best known as ”monkies fingers” and the mud castles and kasbahs. We will set off to Sahara desert via Todra gorges: a narrow corridor that rises dramatically up to 300 m high in both sides. Later drive for 15 km to Todra valley where we will stop for scenic views. Continuing to Merzouga desert, we will be passing Tinjdad, Malaab, Toroug. Upon arrival at Merzouga, we will ride the camels and cross the golden dunes. On the way, the camel guide will stop for you to see one that could be the most beautiful sunset in your life. Later in the evening, we will continue riding to a bedouin camp for delicious dinner. After dinner, you will enjoy Berber music played by local
Duration: 12 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at bedouin camp
Day 3: Free Day To Explore The Desert
Stop At: Merzouga, Morocco
Waking up early is necessary to see a magnificent sunrise. After Breakfast at the hotel, you will have an opportunity to enjoy the hotel swimming pool, Lunch is also included for this day. You will have free time to explore the different activities that offer the desert area, like quad biking, buggy riding across the dunes and sandboarding but these will be at your own expense. Enjoy an overnight stay in this typical Kasbah hotel with a fine dinner to round the day off
Duration: 12 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Oasis Hotel
Day 4: Merzouga Desert To Marrakech via Ouarzazat & Kasbah Taourirt
Stop At: Marrakech, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi
After breakfast ride back to Marrakech via the city of Ouarazazate where you’ll have time for lunch and a visit to the famous Taourirt Kasbah.Arrival in the evening and then be dropped-off at a central location in Marrakech
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
