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3-Day Desert Tour Through Dades Valley & Merzouga Desert From Marrakech
  • Tour Category

    Group Tour

  • Tour Types

    Food and Drink, Camping, Desert

  • Duration

    3 Days

  • Activity Level

    Easy

  • Language

    English

Description

Embark on this tour to spend the night in nomadic styled camps after a full day of exploring the desert for Kasbahs and Berber villages. Visit the Kasbah Ait Benhaddou, a Human heritage famous site for making: Gladiator, Lawrence of Arabia, the kingdom of heaven. Enjoy a camel caravan ride to cross the desert and meet with nomads of the Sahara.

Highlights
  • See the local lifestyle of the Kasbah Ait Benhaddou
  • Ride a camel caravan to cross the Merzouga desert
  • Pass by Ourzazate and the beautiful Todgha Gorge 
  • Visit Draa valley, the longest and most preserved palm valley of Morocco 
  • Travel to Berber villages and meet the nomads of the Sahara
  • Day 1: Marrakech-Ait ben haddou - Ouarzazate - Dades Gorges expand_more
    • Embark on the four × 4 Marrakech Desert Excursions and Trips, from Marrakech to Dades Valley, across the Tizi- N-Tichka pass (2260m high) in the High Atlas Mountains. From Marrakech to Ouarzazate, you will enjoy beautiful landscapes with different colours and Berber villages along the way. 
    • Visit the Kasbah Ait Benhaddou, a Human heritage famous site for making: Gladiator, Lawrence of Arabia, the kingdom of heaven. Eat lunch near the site in a typical restaurant. 
    • Go further south to Ouarzazate, the gate to Sahara. 
    • Explore the cinema studios and Kasbah Taourirt.
    • Drive eastwards to the green Dades valley and the city of roses via the fascinating Skourapalmery. 

    Dinner and overnight stay in Dades valley.

  • Day 2: Dades Valley - Todra Gorges - Merzouga desert expand_more
    • Drive through the road of 1000 kasbahs. Drive around the colourful mud Berber villages of the Dades valley for 40 minutes. 
    • Drive beside the volcanic range of the Sghro Anti Atlas Mountains, and we get to Todra with its beautiful palm grove and Jewish mud villages. Follow the beautiful windy road that takes us to the gorges of Todgha, walk along with the gardens into the canyons of about 400m high, rock climbers' place. 
    • Afterwards, drive through the stone dessert across palm valleys to Erg Chebbi dunes in the Merzouga Sahara desert.
    • Have a lunch break in the middle of empty Saharan space in a restaurant and head to the Erg Chebbi, the highest Morocco dunes. 
    • Have afternoon tea in the middle of the dunes and enjoy the most beautiful sunset in the world of the dune in the middle of nowhere. 
    • Spend the night in Sahara dunes camp under nomadic tents or outside under the shooting stars. Play drums with the nomads. 

    Dinner and overnight in Merzouga Sahara desert. 

  • Day 3: Merzouga- Tazarine- Draa valley-Agdez-Marrakech expand_more
    • Enjoy the dunes of Erg Chebbi at 20 km away from Algeria.
    • Eat breakfast in the camp and ride back to the dunes. 
    • Afterwards, drive across acacia tree savannas along the black stone desert, with toilet and drinks break in Alnifa small Saharan town in the southeast of Morocco. 
    • Drive to Draa valley, the longest and most preserved palm valley of Morocco, famous for being the Jewish center for 1000 years.
    • Reach Agdez dates market used for the caravan Crossroads for nomadic Berber tribes, and then we head north to Ouarzazate after crossing the Anti-Atlas Mountains.
    • Continue to Marrakech by Tizi n Tichka pass. 

    Overnight in Marrakech after a long day's drive.

What's Included
  • Transport by an air-conditioned vehicle, all-new brand

  • Professional Moroccan driver/guide

  • Half-Board accommodation (dinner and breakfast)

  • Camel trek (one camel each)

  • Overnight in desert camp

  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off

What's Excluded
  • Lunches and drinks

  • Entrance fees (optional)

  • Tips and personal expenses

Know before you go
  • Please be ready at your accommodation at 7:45 for a prompt departure at 8 am.

  • Please let us know if you wish to modify or change your interest rate. 

  • Marrakesh Private Desert Trips, Marrakesh Tour to Erg Chebbi Marrakesh Marrakesh offers fabulous experiences in Morocco's most attractive areas: The Foothills of the Atlas; The rural villages of the countryside and the Sahara Desert itself. There is also one in the Sahara dunes and a Nomadic style camp.

Cancellation Policy

For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -

Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price Details
Standard
1 To 4 USD 535 Per Person

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USD 535 / person