Explore Morocco’s Desert Landscapes: 3-Day Marrakech to Sahara Adventure

Get ready to be a part of one of the best things to do when you are in Marrakech as you leave for a three days Sahara Merzouga Erg Chebbi expedition.

The Sahara Desert is world-famous, and spending a night in this place will be a dream come true and a very memorable experience. The Marrakech desert tours for 3 days will help you explore Morocco and many more Areas nearby. Visits to the UNESCO world heritage site, Ait Ben Haddou, the Valley of the Roses, and Tinghir will be something you will treasure forever. Stop by at Berber villages around Todra Gorge, followed by a camel trek through the highest dunes in Morocco of Erg Chebbi, and sleep under the blanket of stars in the desert at the Berber campsite.

Tour Highlights

• Ouarzazate is the entrance to the Sahara Desert
• A camel ride through the Erg Chebbi Desert
• For the evening, stay in a Bedouin tent
• Visit Ait Ben Haddou’s famous Kasbah
• Take a road trip to the High Atlas Mountains.
• You can travel through rural areas and the Dades Mountains.
• Include a Moroccan traditional meal under the lights

What’s Included

• Air conditioning in buses.
• Driver/guide bilingual (English/French).
• Stay at Hotel Bougafer (or similar) in Tinghir.
• Erg Chebbi camel ride to see the sunrise and sunset.
• Spend the night at Erg Chebbi’s desert camp.
• Both lodgings offer beds.
• Both hotels have toilets and showers.
• Private tent, and private room.

DAY 1: MARRAKECH – AIT BENHADDOU – DADES VALLEY:

Start the first day of your Best Trips from Marrakech to the Merzouga desert early in the morning. Depart Marrakech at  7:30 AM to the UNESCO Ait Ben Haddou through the Tizi Ntichka pass and the High Atlas Mountains.

Stop by many places on your journey to reach the UNESCO World Heritage Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, This was also used as a shooting set for various Hollywood movies. Before lunch, continue your journey to Ouarzazate and Kasbah Taouririte. In the afternoon, take a drive to Tinghir via the valley of roses, and reach your hotel in Tinghir. Dinner and overnight stay

DAY 2: DADES – TODRA GORGES – MERZOUGA CAMEL TREKKING:

Post breakfast, get started on your 3 days tour from Marrakech to Merzouga by driving along the road of 1001 Kasbah to the Oasis of Tinghir, taking a minor road, and driving along the beautiful river to Todra canyons.

You get some time for yourself to enjoy the vast cliffs and have lunch at a local café. Continue to Rissani this afternoon which is famous as the starting point for the caravans that cross the Sahara Dessert to Tombouctou. Drive through the rocky desert to reach Merzouga after a short halt.

Once you reach the edge of the Erg Chebbi dunes, your camel caravan will be waiting for your ride through the fantastic color-changing dunes.

Watch the sunset through the horizon. Then, just before getting dark, you will reach your Sahara Desert camp situated in the middle of nowhere.

Enjoy the delicious Moroccan dinner under the stars as you sit next to the campfire. The local hosts will play drums and other Berber music to entertain you for the night.

DAY 3 : MERZOUGA – DRAA VALLEY – MARRAKECH

After you enjoy your last breakfast, take a camel ride back to the main road, where you will meet your driver to drive you back to Ouarzazate. You will get some time to enjoy your lunch and then continue your journey to Marrakech through the High Atlas Mountains. This 3-day Tour ends once you reach back to Marrakech approximately by 7:00 PM.

What to Discover in Marrakech Desert Tour to Merzouga

Things to discover:

• View the beautiful Atlas Mountains
• A tour to Ait Ben Haddou accompanied by a guide
• Overnight stay in Berber tent
• Guided Tour of Tinghir oasis and Todra gorges
• Sunset & sunrise camel ride
• Free time to visit and explore Ouarzazate & the studios of the cinema

Merzouga is famous for its dunes, the highest in Morocco

Merzouga is famous for its dunes, the highest in Morocco. The village is indeed the largest Erg in Morocco. Erg Chebbi and Merzouga has become the main attraction for tourist. The first importance for this region of Morocco is allowing the development of the hotel industry locally as in the neighboring localities of Errachidia and Erfoud.

Pick-up From Your Accommodation

The pick-up is from your hotel or riad. We will notify you of the time in the confirmation email.

Pick-up time: 07:00

Cancellation Policy.

• No cancellation fees if canceled at least 24 hours before the meeting.
• No refund of the deposit within 24 hours of the meeting.

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Booking Merzouga desert tour from Marrakech

Feel free to book your 3 days Merzouga desert tour from the form on this page.