Marrakesh Trip Overview
This 4-day tour allows you to experience the Merzouga desert in the best possible way, discover the magnificent Atlas Mountains and enjoy Morocco’s most beautiful scenery: palm groves, mountain villages, and wonderful sand dunes.
Activity Highlights:
• Cross the High Atlas Mountains via the breathtaking Tizi-n-Tichka pass.
• Take a guided tour of the UNESCO World Heritage site of At Benhaddou Kasbah.
•Visit lush palm groves in the desert at Skoura.
• Explore the Todra Gorge and the Dadès River to Boumalne du Dades.
• Ride a camel from Merzouga to Erg Chebbi and dine under the stars at a Berber desert camp.
• The tour includes some meals as well as round-trip transportation from Marrakech.
Additional Info
* Duration: 4 days
* Starts: Marrakesh, Morocco
* Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> Nature & Wildlife
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What to Expect When Visiting Marrakesh, Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco
This 4-day tour allows you to experience the Merzouga desert in the best possible way, discover the magnificent Atlas Mountains and enjoy Morocco’s most beautiful scenery: palm groves, mountain villages, and wonderful sand dunes.
Activity Highlights:
• Cross the High Atlas Mountains via the breathtaking Tizi-n-Tichka pass.
• Take a guided tour of the UNESCO World Heritage site of At Benhaddou Kasbah.
•Visit lush palm groves in the desert at Skoura.
• Explore the Todra Gorge and the Dadès River to Boumalne du Dades.
• Ride a camel from Merzouga to Erg Chebbi and dine under the stars at a Berber desert camp.
• The tour includes some meals as well as round-trip transportation from Marrakech.
Itinerary
Day 1: Marrakech – Ait Benhaddou – Dades Valley:
Pass By: Ait Ben Haddou, Ait Ben Haddou, Souss-Massa
After breakfast, we pick you up at the hotel in Marrakech, departure via Ouarzazate over Tizi-n-Tichkal 2260m , to Enjoy the stunning views of the High Atlas Mountains .Then visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site: the exotic Kasbah of Aït Benhaddou where you will have lunch .
In the entrance to Ouarzazate you can see the site of the Atlas studios which host the largest movie studios in the world such as Lawrence of Arabia, The Mummy and The Man Who Would Be King, passing by Kasbah of Taourirt, then continue the road to El Kelaa M’gouna (the valley of roses) and the Dadès Valley . We will have Dinner and spend the night in local hotel.
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Dades Valley – Merzouga Via Todra Gorge:
Stop At: Merzouga, Merzouga, Draa-Tafilalet
From Boumalene Dades we will head to Merzouga passing through the Berber village of Tinghir and the Todra Gorge where the cliffs are as high as 600m and only 10m wide. We will then pass through several Berber villages, stopping for lunch at either Tinjdad or Rissani where you can sample the local speciality, Berber pizza. After lunch we will make our way to Merzouga to start our camel trek. All unnecessary luggage can be left in safe rooms at the hotel.
The 90 minute camel trek will take us to a Berber camp in the middle of the Erg Chebbi sand dunes, the highest in North Africa. The camp consists of several comfortable Berber tents equipped with mattresses and linen, a restaurant, a kitchen and a toilet. The evening will consist of dinner followed by entertainment provided by Berber drums around the camp fire.
Duration: 12 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: Merzouga -Ouarzazate-ait benhaddou
Stop At: Ait Ben Haddou, Ait Ben Haddou, Souss-Massa
Before sunrise, you will be woken up to climb the sand dunes for fantastic photo opportunities. We will then make our way back to the hotel for showers and breakfast before we continue our journey to Ouarzazate, passing through Alnif, Tazzarine, Nkob, and the Draa Valley. We will spend the night in a guest house in Ait ben haddou.
Duration: 12 minutes
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 4: Ait ben Haddou – Marrakech
Stop At: Atlas Mountains
After breakfast, we will set off for Marrakech, passing through the spectacular High Atlas mountains and we will then drop you off at your riad/hotel.
Duration: 20 minutes
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
