3-Day Camel Trek & Desert Tour from Marrakech to Merzouga
Highlights
Marrakech, Merzouga, Aït Benhaddou, Erfoud, Ouarzazate
Locations Covered
Marrakech, Merzouga, Aït Benhaddou, Erfoud, Ouarzazate
safari, camping, Desert
Group Tour
3 Days
Easy
Arabic, English
Description
Cross the Atlas Mountains on the back of a camel and visit Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, Ouarzazate and stay overnight at Dades Valley. Watch the sunset and sunrise on the highest dunes in Morocco before reaching the Berber desert camp. Traverse through the dunes of Erg Chebbi and more in this 3-day tour!
Itinerary
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Day 1: Marrakech to Tizi -n-Tichka to Ait Benhaddou to Ouarzazate to Dades Valley/Gorges
- Pick up from your hotel/riad/bus station/airport and then start our journey from Marrakech to Dades Gorges across the Tizi-n-Tichka Atlas pass, with far-reaching views across the mountains, to the traditional High Atlas Berber villages.
- Continue to Kasbah Ait Benhaddou to visit the UNESCO World Heritage site of Ait Benhaddou.
- Have lunch at Ait Benhaddou or Ouarzazate and visit Kasbah Taourirt and the Atlas studios.
- Then continue to Dades gorges through roses and Dades Valley.
Spend the night in a riad/hotel in Dades Gorges.
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Day 2: Dades Gorges to Tenghir to Todra Gorges to Tinjdad to Erfoud to Merzouga (Night in desert)
After breakfast, we go from Dades gorges to Erg Chebbi Sahara desert in Merzouga; Berber villages are scattered along the way.
Pass through Todra Gorges, Tenhir, Tinjdad, Jorf and Erfoud, in which we will feel the beginning of the Saharan oasis of Tafilalet.
Continue to a Hotel in Merzouga, after relaxing few minutes, take some of your luggage in a small bag (the necessary for the night in the desert) and leave the other luggage in the hotel.
Ride the camels on an adventure, crossing 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 and watch the sunset.
Spend the night in a camp (Berber nomad tents) with drums music in the middle of the Sahara.
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Day 3: Camel Trekking back to Merzouga to Atlas Mountains to Back to Marrakech
Wake up early in the morning to watch the sunrise in dunes.
Ride the camels back to Merzouga.
Have breakfast and take a shower in the Hotel and start our journey backing to Marrakech through different areas and different Berber villages (Alnif, Tazarine, N'kob) until Ouarzazate. Here we will use the same road back to Marrakech.
Arrive by evening/night.
What's Included
What's Excluded
Know Before You Go
Meeting Point
Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price
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