Merzouga desert tour from marrakech and ouarzazat , our most popular Morocco desert tours, makes live an experience rich in landscapes in the Sahara. Departing from Marrakech across the high atlas mountains and during 3 days, among the Merzouga desert tour from Marrakech you will never get bored because you will be busy admiring one scene after another.
Pick-up starts early in the morning. You will leave from Marrakech towards the Kasbah Ait Ben Hadou passing by the collar of Tizi Ntichka and High Atlas mountains. Many stops will be made during the journey. You will visit the Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage dating from the 11th century. It is a striking example of the architecture of the traditional Moroccan South, a picturesque site filled with emotion.
After lunch, you’ll continue through the Roses valley to reach your accommodation at Dades. After a traditional dinner with Berber dishes, you will spend the night in a hotel and enjoy a magnificent view of the valley.
Departure in the morning for the ever-shifting scenery along the way to Merzouga dunes. Crossing the Tinghir Oasis, drive through palm groves towards the Todra Gorges. In this gorgeous place, limestone cliffs seem like a gap, formed through the magnificent mountains of the Todra Massif, before diving down to the flatbed of a river.
The peaks rise up to 320 m above Todra gorges, which meanders from its source in the High Atlas Mountains. At leisure, wander within the gorges and palm groves. After having a hearty lunch, continue to the Tinjdad and Erfoud with their palm groves.
The 4 days Marrakech desert tour to Merzouga will then continue to our lovely destination: Merzouga desert, where you will experience the camel ride through the fascinating and wavy dunes of Erg Chebbi. A rest to watch a lovely sunset over the vast and golden sand dunes shift like moving sculptures in the form of draperies.
Watch as the colors vary according to the intensity of the light, and see how they act like the living walls of the desert, the highest reaching a magnificent 150 m.
Spend a magical night under the stars in nomadic tents after a delicious dinner and a music party (Berber drums) with locals. Undoubtedly this will be the best night in your 4 days Marrakech desert tour to Merzouga, if not, in your entire holiday in Morocco.
Wake early to watch the impressive sunrise. Then head back to the departure place after freshening up and have breakfast in the camp. Continuing our 4 days Marrakech desert tour to Merzouga. Depart towards the Palm grove of Tafilalet and the town of Rissani, where the Alaouite Dynasty originated.
Explore the ancient capital of the Alaouite Sultans before continuing to the village of Alnif, where we will take the road that crosses the Jbel Saghro Anti-Atlas chain. Notice the greyish-black mountains of different and remarkable shapes as you continue to the main Berber village of Tazzarine and N’kob and then drive into the Draa Valley with its rows of stately palms.
In the late afternoon, drive to Ouarzazate via the Anti-Atlas Mountain, through Tizi N’Tniffift. You will spend the night at a Riad or Kasbah in Ouarzazate.
Leaving Ouarzazate in the morning, we will visit a registered UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ait Ben Haddou, the most impressive Kasbah and well-preserved fortress in Morocco.
The site has been the location for many film shoots including “The Mummy,” “Gladiator,” “7 Days in Tibet,” “Alexander the Great,” and “Babel. … Leave Ait Ben Haddou and heading towards the majestic Atlas Mountains. Crossing the High Atlas Mountains via the highest road pass in Morocco Tizi N’Tichka 2260m high, offering impressive views over valleys, mountains, and many other Berber villages nearby. Arrive in the evening.
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and back to your hotel for get ready to tack the road to your contrey from marrakech airport .
MARRAKECH OUARZAZAT KESBAH AIT BENHADOU ERFOUD RAISSANI KELAA MEOUNA MERZOUGA
