3 day desert tour from Marrakech to Merzouga

Itinerary

Day 1: Marrakech - High Atlas - Ait Ben Haddou - Ouarzazate - Dades Valley.

After picking you up from your hotel in Marrakesh at 8 am, our 3 days desert tour from Marrakech will start by driving to the High Atlas or Sof Moroccan Atlas Mountains, you will pass through the Tizi N’Tichka port, where you can take pictures of the small Berber villages that blend into the landscape. You will also see panoramic views and take pictures of these villages. When we get to the ksar (fortified village) of Ait Ben Haddou, we’ll see the famous Kasbah.

Then we’ll go south and visit the famous Kasbah (declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986). It has been used in many favorite movies, like Gladiator, Obelix, The Mummy, The Jewel of the Nile, Sahara with Penélope Cruz, and a lot more. Free lunchtime in town. Then we move on to the Ouarzazate desert, which means “noiseless or without confusion” in the Berber language. Here, we’ll see the Taourirt kasbah, one of Morocco’s most beautiful ksars.

The next place to go is the Rose Valley, a beautiful place to see more than 700,000 palm trees and a lot of kasbahs in the area. In this Valley, damascene roses are grown for rosewater, which is very valuable. The Rose Festival is held here every year in May, and it is a significant museum for Moroccan history. Finally, we arrive in the Dades valley, where we will rest for the night, to end the first days of our fantastic 3 days desert tour from Marrakech to Merzouga.

Day 2: Dades Valley - Todra Gorges - Merzouga

After breakfast, the 3 days desert tour from Marrakech will continue by starting in one of the most spectacular views of the Dades Valley from a strategic lookout in the mountains, where we’ll be able to admire a large number of kasbahs and the picturesque features of each one. From Tinerhir, an excellent asphalt road travels up the valley to the gorge and then to the desert. We’ll make a few stops along the road and eventually arrive in the Todra Gorges. The scenery is breathtaking. The area is populated by locals, who can be seen in their adobe villages.

These gorges are popular with rock climbers because they have rock walls with a lot of different shapes. After a short walk through the Todra gorges, you’ll have some time to have lunch in Tinejdad or Touroug. Then, we’ll continue our 3 days desert tour from Marrakech adventure keep going through the desert until we reach the spectacular dunes of Merzouga. Camel rides will take us one hour to our nomad camp in the middle of a sea of dunes. We’ll stay there until sunrise tomorrow morning (Erg Chebbi). Before dinner, we’ll watch the sunset from the top of a dune and sleep beneath a starry sky in a tent.

Day 3 : Merzouga - Draa Valley - Anti Atlas Mountains - Ouarzazate - Marrakech

On the last day of our 3 days desert tour from Marrakech, We have to get up very early in the morning to see the sunrise. If you want to see the best sunrise you’ve ever seen from the top of a nearby dune in the middle of the desert, you have to get up early. After breakfast, we rode back to Merzouga on camels or in a vehicle to go back through Marrakech.

On the way to the Draa valley, we’ll make some stops to enjoy the beautiful views of the river that gives the valley its name. It’s the longest river in Morocco, going through the whole country before reaching Mauritania. Our trip continues to reach Ouarzazate, going through the Anti Atlas. This closes our 3 days desert Tour from Marrakech, and we wish you a safe return home.

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