OVERVIEW:

Explore the Magic of Morocco on a private 4-day journey from Marrakech to Merzouga Desert. From the snow-capped Atlas Mountains to the color-changing sand dunes of Erg Chebbi, the panorama is breathtaking. Explore the beautiful green Tinghir oasis and the neighboring limestone Todgha gorges, as well as the mud-brick walled Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou.

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS 4 DAYS TOUR FROM MARRAKECH TO THE DESERT:

⇒ Traverse the High Atlas Mountains and Tizi N’tichka pass.

⇒ Walk to Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou and explore the Berber village.

⇒ Visit Ouarzazate, the gate of the Sahara

⇒ Visit the film studios (Optional)

⇒ Take a promenade along the stream in Todra Oasis to the majestic gorges.

⇒ Ride your camel and enjoy the views of Erg Chebbi dunes with its dramatic sunset.

⇒ Spending a night in the desert camp

⇒ Enjoy a Berber dinner under the stars and spend the night at your Merzouga desert camp.

⇒ Pass through Draa Oasis

4 DAYS TOUR FROM ITINERARY:

DAY 1: MARRAKECH – AIT BEN HADDOU KASBAH – OUARZAZATE – DADES GORGES:

Around 8 am as agreed before. Our team will be waiting for you at the lobby of your hotel. They meet you there and pick you up to show you around some Southeast parts of our beautiful country. Crossing the highest road in Morocco, the Tizi n Ticha pass in the High Atlas mountains. We stop through the way for outstanding pictures of the muddy Berber villages, landscapes, nature.

In about 4 hours drive, we arrive at one of the famous sites in Morocco, the Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah, a fortified castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A place where popular movies have been filmed. Such as Gladiator, Game of Thrones, Lawrence of Arabia, and many more. Make a visit to this extraordinary site, then have lunch either there at the village of Ait Ben Haddou, or at our next stop Ouarzazate which is half an hour’s drive.

In Ouarzazate, the Hollywood of all Africa. You visit and discover the Atlas studio, the world’s largest film studio.

Afterward, you drive through the road named the road of thousands of Kasbahs. To the city of roses in Morocco *Kelaat M’gouna. Here you can see the pinky flowers everywhere alongside the road during springtime, and see how people there make different products from roses.

Eventually, we arrive at Boumalne Dades, or Dades Valley, a calm town, with a beautiful green valley. You spend your first night here in a hotel or a riad with dinner included.

DAY 2: BOUMALNE DADES – TOUDRA GORGES – ERRFOUD – MERZOUGA DESERT:

After a restful night and a flavourful breakfast at your hotel. MCT team picks you up for your second day of the tour. It usually starts around 9 am. Leaving the town of Boumalne on the way to Tinghir, the city Toudra Gorge locates. You visit the astonishing Canyons of Toudra Gorge, a place visited all-year-round by worldwide rock climbing for adventuring. You may be lucky to see them climbing during your visit. A place not far from where nomads still live in caves, they come with their animals “sheep, goats, donkeys” for water, also take water with them for their home use. After a walk near the freshwater, you hit the road to Tinjdad town or near another village for lunch.

Next to Erfoud, a town famous for fossils, not to forget fresh dates from the large valley of Ziz crossing the town. After that, in an hour’s drive, you get to the beautiful Sahara desert of Merzouga, one of the most visited places in Africa.

Overnight in a hotel next to the dunes with dinner included.

DAY 3: SAHARA DESERT SIGHTSEEING:

In the morning around 10 am and after breakfast at the camp. Our driver and guide pick you up by a 4WD for one of the best experiences in the desert. Your visit to the Merzouga area starts from your hotel driving by the high dunes of the desert. Firstly, a panoramic view stop for the Sahara from a high mountain close to the dunes. Then drive to nomad families living next to the Moroccan/Algerian border to know about their culture and the way they are living in a harsh environment, sitting under their tents while having a cup of tea.

After that, our trip resumes to the M’ifis mascara mountain mine. You explore and have an idea of how workers get mines from the heart of mountains. From there, to Khamlia village, settled by the “black-skinned” people, who are famous for their Gnawa music all around the world. Here you try Berber Pizza, a recommended meal in Morocco this area is famous for. Besides, listening and dancing to Gnawa music played by these friendly people.

Later, we keep up to the Sahara Oasis for a walk inside its almond, palm, and fig trees and different vegetables plants. From there on, we drive you back to the hotel, for getting ready to ride the camels to camp lied at the other side of the desert. Your camel man awaits you next to dunes for lifting you by his camels to the desert camp. The camel ride takes around 1 hour and 20 minutes including an amazing stop for an incredible sunset at the top of a high dune in the middle of the desert. Your camel guide will take several memorable pictures for you along the ride to the camp.

Arriving at the well-equipped camp, you will be welcomed with Moroccan tea and some cookies by the camp workers. In an hour, the working staff serve you a delicious dinner, then they make a fire outside the camp under a sky full of stars, where they will be playing Berber and African music, while you enjoy and dance around the fire.

Overnight at the camp.

DAY 4: MERZOUGA – RISSANI – NKOUB – AIT SAOUEN PASS – OUARZAZATE – MARRAKECH :

Life is getting up an hour early to live an hour more, but only on this day in the desert. For witnessing one that may be the best sunrises in your whole life, we always advise you to wake up early. After a tasty breakfast at the camp. There are two optional ways to get back to the village of Merzouga for recommencing our trip. Either by camel, or by a 4×4 vehicle.

We depart the pretty desert to Rissani town. The closest town to the Erg Chebbi. With the legendary history between the 14th and 18th centuries. You explore the largest Souk/market in the area, mainly sheep and cattle market.

Then, continue your way to Alnif, and Tazarin to N’Koub for lunch. Afterward to Ouarzazate city along the Anti-Atlas mountains. From there to Marrakech the red city, passing through the unique and highest road of the previous day, the Tchika pass in the High Atlas mountains.

INCLUDED IN BOTH TOURS:

+ Pick up at Marrakech Riad/hotel.

+ Private trip.

+ Private transportation in an air-conditioned touristic minivan/4WD.

+ Fuel/gas/All car-related expenses.

+ An English-speaking guide during the trip/Well-experienced driver during the trip.

+ 2 Overnightsin hotel at your preferrence with dinner and breakfast included.

+ Overnight in a luxury desert camp(private tents with private bathrooms).

+ Sandboarding in the desert.

+ Camel Trekking in the desert.

+ Drop off at Marrakech Riad/hotel.

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NOT INCLUDED IN THIS TOUR:

✗ Lunches & Drinks.

✗ Entrance fees to attractions and museums(cheap).

✗ Any other personal expenses.

Arriving at Marrakech around the sunset depending on the season, our team drops you off at your hotel in Marrakech.