3-Day Marrakech to Merzouga Camel Trek with Erg Chebbi Camp Stay

• Pick up from your hotel, riad, bus station, or airport, then begin the journey from Marrakech to Dades Gorges across the Tizi-n-Tichka Atlas pass, with far-reaching views across the mountains and the traditional High Atlas Berber villages.

• Continue to Kasbah At Benhaddou to visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site of At Benhaddou.

• Have lunch in At Benhaddou or Ouarzazate, then visit Kasbah Taourirt and the Atlas Studios.

• Afterward, continue to Dades Gorges through the Valley of Roses and Dades Valley.

Spend the night in a riad or hotel in Dades Gorges.

• After breakfast, travel from Dades Gorges to the Erg Chebbi Sahara Desert in Merzouga, passing Berber villages scattered along the way.

• Pass through Todra Gorges, Tinghir, Tinjdad, Jorf, and Erfoud, where you will begin to feel the start of the Saharan oasis of Tafilalet.

• Continue to a hotel in Merzouga. After a short time to relax, pack a small bag with the essentials for the night in the desert and leave the rest of your luggage at the hotel.

• Ride camels on an adventure across the Erg Chebbi sand dunes. This is a great opportunity to take lovely pictures of the sunset and sunrise.

• Reach the camp, leave the camels, and walk to the highest sand dunes for sandboarding while watching the sunset.

Spend the night in a camp of Berber nomad tents with drum music in the middle of the Sahara.

• Wake up early in the morning to watch the sunrise over the dunes.

• Ride the camels back to Merzouga.

• Have breakfast and take a shower at the hotel, then begin the journey back to Marrakech through different areas and Berber villages, including Alnif, Tazarine, and N'kob, until reaching Ouarzazate. From here, continue on the same road back to Marrakech.

• Arrive in the evening or at night.