3-Day Dades Valley and Merzouga Desert Tour from Marrakech

• Meet your guide at your accommodation in Marrakech around 08:00 and drive towards Dades Gorges through the High Atlas Mountains.

• Stop at Tizi N-Tichka (2,260 m) to take pictures of the beautiful landscapes with their different colours and the Berber villages.

• Arrive at Kasbah Aït Benhaddou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Continue towards Dades Valley and stop in Ouarzazate to visit Taourirt Kasbah.

• Travel further south-east through the fascinating Skoura palmery to the green Dades Valley and the City of Roses.

• Arrive in Dades Valley in the evening.

Dinner and overnight stay in a hotel.

• Visit Dades Gorges and continue driving towards Tinghir.

• Enjoy lunch in Tinjdad town.

• Continue to the Merzouga Desert, where the camel trekking tour begins.

• Pass through Erfoud, the Moroccan capital of fossils, and arrive in Merzouga in the afternoon at around 16:00.

• Prepare for camel riding in the Erg Chebbi dunes. Each person will have their own camel for a 1-hour and 30-minute ride into the dunes of the Sahara at Erg Chebbi.

• Arrive at the nomad tent camp and enjoy the beautiful sunset while walking in the dunes. You can also try sandboarding on the dunes.

• Head back to the camp after watching the sunset.

• Have dinner at the camp with delicious Moroccan Berber tagine, after which the party will begin.

• Listen to local Berber nomad musicians playing traditional drum music and dance around the campfire.

• Marvel at the magical sky full of stars after the party.

Dinner and overnight stay in a nomad camp.

• Watch the sunrise from the dunes and return by camel to the hotel with the assistance of your camel man guide.

• Stroll towards the huge palm grove of Tafilalet through Rissani and arrive in Ouarzazate.

• Enjoy lunch before drop-off at your riad in Marrakech.