Three Days Desert Trip From Marrakech
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Crossing the High Atlas to the Sahara from Marrakech requires detailed planning to experience the region's full beauty and history. This convenient tour wraps them up in three days, with a guide to make everything extra engaging. Navigate Tizi-n-Tichka pass to Ait Benhaddou and the movie town of Ouarzazate, plus ride camels and stay overnight at a bivouac camp in the Sahara’s Erg Chebbi dunes. Includes transportation, accommodation, some meals, and convenient Marrakech pickup and drop-off.
Itinerary Details
Operated by: Tours Around Morocco
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Day 1 MARRAKECH - KASBAH AIT BEN HADOU - ROSES VALLEY - DADES GOURGE
Stop At: Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
After pickup in Marrakech, venture through the High Atlas, navigating Berber villages and the Tizi-n-Tichka pass to visit Ait Benhaddou kasbah. Following lunch (own expense), continue to Ouarzazate where you can explore Atlas Studios, Africa’s biggest movie studio, and Taourirt kasbah, a former Glaoui Dynasty stronghold. Then, Dades Valley
Duration: 7 hour
Day 2 DADES - TOUDRA GOURGE - ARFOUD - MERZOUGA
Stop At: Merzouga Desert
After breakfast, walk through the Todra Gorge before heading towards the Erg Chebbi Desert. On route, take photos of Tinghir’s palm groves before a stroll beside the Todra River and a mint tea. Then, pass the Anti Atlas on the way to Merzouga and Erg Chebbi’s dunes edging the Sahara, where you ride a camel and overnight in a bivouac camp, with dinner and drum music under the stars.
Duration: 6 hour
Day 3 MERZOUGA - WARZAZAT - MARRAKECH
Stop At:
Wake up early for the sunrise and a mint tea before a camel ride to a kasbah hotel for breakfast and a shower. Then, return through the Atlas Mountains to Marrakech, where your adventure ends at the original departure point.
Duration: 9 hour
Day 1 MARRAKECH - KASBAH AIT BEN HADOU - ROSES VALLEY - DADES GOURGE
Stop At: Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
After pickup in Marrakech, venture through the High Atlas, navigating Berber villages and the Tizi-n-Tichka pass to visit Ait Benhaddou kasbah. Following lunch (own expense), continue to Ouarzazate where you can explore Atlas Studios, Africa’s biggest movie studio, and Taourirt kasbah, a former Glaoui Dynasty stronghold. Then, Dades Valley
Duration: 7 hour
Day 2 DADES - TOUDRA GOURGE - ARFOUD - MERZOUGA
Stop At: Merzouga Desert
After breakfast, walk through the Todra Gorge before heading towards the Erg Chebbi Desert. On route, take photos of Tinghir’s palm groves before a stroll beside the Todra River and a mint tea. Then, pass the Anti Atlas on the way to Merzouga and Erg Chebbi’s dunes edging the Sahara, where you ride a camel and overnight in a bivouac camp, with dinner and drum music under the stars.
Duration: 6 hour
Day 3 MERZOUGA - WARZAZAT - MARRAKECH
Stop At:
Wake up early for the sunrise and a mint tea before a camel ride to a kasbah hotel for breakfast and a shower. Then, return through the Atlas Mountains to Marrakech, where your adventure ends at the original departure point.
Duration: 9 hour
