5-Days Marrakech to Merzouga Desert Tour
overview:
5-days Marrakech to Merzouga Desert Tour. Visit Ait ben haddou kasbah, Dades gorges Todra gorges. Explore Merzouga dunes. Spend night in Erg chebbi Sahara camp the tour ends at Marrakech.
itinerary
Day 1: Marrakech – Tizi -n-Tichka – Ait Benhaddou – Ouarzazate – Dades Valley/Gorges
Pick up from your Hotel/Riad in Marrakech in the morning, acrossing High Atlas mountains via the Tizi n’Tichka (2260m), to reach to Ait benhaddou village, the fortified ksar with its beautiful Kasbahs.
Ait Benhaddou has served as a natural scenery for many movie producers.
After lunch, we will head to Dades via Ouarzazate, palm grove of Skoura and Valley of Roses, where we will spend the first night.
Day 2: Dades Gorges – Tenghir – Todra Gorges – Erfoud – Rissani – Merzouga
After breakfast we will continue our Sahara desert trip, taking the road of 1000 kasbahs drive around the colorful Berber villages of the Dades valley.
To get to Tineghir with its beautiful palm grove. We will continue to the Gorge of Todgha, where we go on a trek along the canyons of about 300 m high, a preferred place of mountain climbers.
Afterward, we will head to Erg Chebbi dunes in Merzouga Sahara Desert and you will have time for lunch on our way.
Once you arrive at the dunes of Erg Chebbi, you will take a camel ride for 1 h30 min, while watching the sunset, to get to the camp in the oasis.
Spending the night in the bivouac at Merzouga Sahara dunes under nomadic tents or outside under shooting stars. Play drums with the camel guides.
Day 3: Tour around Erg Chebbi Desert by 4×4 – Merzouga
After the breakfast, you will make the large turn of the dunes while passing by: 2 oases of MERZOUGA, the wandering deposit, the village of KHAMLIA (village of the Gnaoua) mines of MIFISS, the plates desert with the meeting of the Berber nomads of the desert, oasis TISSARDMINE, and return to the hotel.
Day 4: Merzouga – Ouarzazate
After breakfast at the hotel. Drive on to Ouarzazate via Rissani, where you can stop and visit its Traditional Souks which is considered the largest in southern Morocco. Continue on through the beautiful Draa valley with its millions of palm trees. In the evening arrive Ouarzazate and check into the hotel.
Day 5: Ouarzazate – Berber Villages – Back to Marrakech trough Telouate Kasbah
Transfer to Ait Benhaddou village, and visit the World Heritage Site, one of Morocco’s most spectacular ksour (fortified villages). Continue to Marrakech with a detour to the traditional High Atlas Berber village of Telouet and visit the Kasbah el Glaoui and crossing the high Atlas mountain.
Included:
- Transport 4×4, fuel.
- Driver /guide.
- Hotel overnight stays (breakfast and dinner included)
- Night in desert camp.
- Camel ride.
Not included:
- Drinks.
- Lunches.
- Tips.