Morocco · Desert Adventure

3-Day Desert Tour from Marrakech to Merzouga with Aït Benhaddou

3 Days Round trip from Marrakesh Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights

01 Visit the UNESCO-listed Kasbah of Aït Benhaddou
02 Travel through Dades Gorges and the narrow canyon of Todra Gorge
03 Cross the dunes of Merzouga on a camel ride into the Sahara
04 Watch a colour-changing desert sunset and spend the night under the stars
05 Listen to Berber drum music at your Sahara desert camp

Explore the best of southern Morocco on this 3-day journey from Marrakech through Aït Benhaddou, Dades Gorges, Todra Gorge, and Merzouga. Travel across the High Atlas Mountains, visit the UNESCO-listed Kasbah of Aït Benhaddou, pass the Valley of Roses, and experience a camel ride into the Sahara. Watch a colour-changing sunset, listen to Berber drum music, and spend the night under the stars at a desert camp before returning to Marrakech through the Atlas Mountains.

Watch a colour-changing sunset, listen to Berber drum music, and spend the night under the stars at a desert camp before returning to Marrakech through the Atlas Mountains.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 3 Days

Tour type Shared

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Included · Standard

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

Cities Marrakech, Ouarzazate, Merzouga, Todgha Gorge, Erfoud, Rissani, Aït Benhaddou, Tizi n'Tichka, Ziz Valley, Atlas Mountains, Tinejdad, Dadès Gorges

Languages Arabic, English, French

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Marrakech to Aït Benhaddou and Dades Gorges

Get picked up from your hotel in Marrakech.
Enjoy amazing views of the Tizi-n-Tichka pass in the High Atlas Mountains.
Visit the best Kasbah in Morocco, called Aït Benhaddou, located in the village with the same name. It has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Continue your Morocco tour through the "Valley of Roses," well known for its annual "Festival of Roses."
Drive towards Dades Gorges, where you will spend the first night at a local hotel.

Dinner and breakfast included.

Day 02

Dades Gorges to Todra Gorge and Merzouga Desert

Drive towards Todra Gorge and explore its narrow canyon, well known among rock climbers as an adventure destination in Morocco.
Explore the oasis of Tinejdad and Ziz Valley on the way to Erfoud, where you may visit a fossil factory and see amazing fossil products and souvenirs.
Visit a traditional souk in Rissani, then finish in the Merzouga desert, where you will begin your camel ride into the Sahara.
Enjoy one hour exploring the desert dunes on the back of a camel.
Dinner is served near the camp, and you will watch the desert sunset before spending the night at a desert camp in Merzouga.

Day 03

Merzouga to Ouarzazate and Marrakech

Wake up early to watch the spectacular desert sunrise.
Prepare for a camel trip back to Merzouga village.
Ride the camels to the hotel and, after breakfast, continue to Nkob, Agdaz, and Ouarzazate, the gate to the Sahara.
Enjoy the peaks of the Atlas Mountains and reach Marrakech in the late afternoon.