4 DAYS TOUR FROM MARRAKECH TO THE DESERT – BACK TO MARRAKECH

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.

⇒  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

WE HAVE GOT TWO DIFFERENT 4 DAYS DESERT TOUR FROM MARRAKECH FOR YOU, CHECK THE TWO TOURS BELOW TO SEE THE DIFFERENCES AND CHOOSE THE OPTION THAT SUITS YOU:

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

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

DAY 3: SAHARA DESERT SIGHTSEEING:

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

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 sites in Africa.

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. 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 3: MERZOUGA – RISSANI – NKOUB – AIT SAOUEN PASS – OUARZAZATE :

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 camels 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.

Here in Ouarzazate city, you spend your night in a hotel or riad with dinner included.

DAY 4: AIT BEN HADDOU/TELOUAT KASBAHS – HIGH ATLAS MOUNTAINS – MARRAKECH:

Today’s program is as the following: After a peaceful night at your hotel in Ouarzazate city, it’s time to leave it behind, and direct to our next target, which is Marrakech. On the way, we will pass via Ait Ben Haddou village before you get and explore the Telouat Kasbah or Glaoui Palace, an abandoned castle, built starting from 1860.

Lunch will be either in Telouat town or later on in the High Atlas mountains. You cross Tichka pass, with beautiful landscapes, nature, and muddy Berber small villages over the road.

Get to Marrakech in the late afternoon, then our driver/guide drops you off at your chosen accommodation. Your four-day trip comes to an end.

+ 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.

 ✗ Lunches & Drinks.

 ✗ Entrance fees to attractions and museums(cheap).

 ✗ Any other personal expenses.

Note: If you are not enable to find the activities you are looking for, we are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for any questions, requests, recommendations, or changes. Please do not hesitate to contact us by email or phone; we are always ready and willing to arrange an itinerary based on your preferences and needs.