Marrakech to Merzouga
Durations
4 days
Difficulty
Easy
Min Age
12 years
- Overview :
This four-day tour invites you to discover Morocco’s rich culture, history, and stunning landscapes. Starting in Marrakech, journey through the rugged Atlas Mountains, explore ancient kasbahs, and experience the mystique of the Sahara Desert. This tour offers a perfect blend of adventure, cultural immersion, and moments of tranquility in the heart of Morocco.
- Highlights :
Marrakech to Boumalne Dades: Depart from Marrakech, crossing the spectacular Tizi n’Tichka Pass. Visit the historic Kasbah Telouet, known for its unique architecture, and Ouarzazate, famous as a film-making hub. Continue through the Valley of Roses in El Kelaa M’Gouna, arriving in Boumalne Dades.
Boumalne to Merzouga: Drive through Tinghir, where you’ll visit the stunning Todra Gorge with its steep cliffs and vibrant Berber villages. Proceed to Erfoud, gateway to the Sahara, and end the day in Merzouga, where you’ll experience the beauty of the desert and spend a night under the stars.
Day in the Sahara: Enjoy a full day immersed in the Sahara’s unique landscape. Take a camel ride across the golden dunes, discover local desert life, and relax as you embrace the peaceful desert atmosphere.
Return to Marrakech: Begin your return journey with stops in Rissani, known for its traditional market, and pass through the charming villages of Tazarine and Agdz. Conclude the tour with a scenic drive back to Marrakech via Ouarzazate.
- Included / Excluded :
- air-conditioned four-wheel drive Toyota Land Cruiser+fuel . German speaking driver during the tour .
- You will be picked up and dropped off at your accommodation in Marrakech.
- Overnight stays - air-conditioned rooms in typical hotels, riads or kasbahs with breakfast and dinner (vegetarians or special requests are welcome)
- Free time at the sights, time for walks or to take photos
- Camel ride followed by an overnight stay in a nomad tent (private tents)
- Entrance fees
- lunch
- drinks
- Tour Map :
- Itinerary :
After breakfast, departure over the mountains of the High Atlas towards Telouet to the Tichka Pass (2260m). Visit to the beautiful Kasbah de Glaoui. Continue on an increasingly winding and narrow road. A landscape adorned with kasbahs and Berber villages will amaze you. Continuing south, you will stumble across the most magnificent kasbah in Morocco, the kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
After 30 km you will reach the quintessentially picturesque town of Ouarzazate via the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs, passing El Klaa, the town of roses, to take a pleasant road of about 40 km. It offers you the opportunity to admire a picturesque landscape and perhaps meet some of the region’s mountain nomads. Then continue towards the Daddes gorges, all along the famous Daddes valley.
A valley that contrasts with the colors and well-preserved kasbahs perched on the surrounding hills. A short walk before returning to Boumalne, then dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Departure from Boumale towards the gigantic gorges of Todra on a road surrounded by palm groves, offering a magnificent view of the gardens and the ksours.
Breakfast and continue to Tinjdad, visit a former ksar typical of this region. Visit Erfoud, the city of fossils. Continue along the road to finally get on the back of a dromedary and enjoy the sunset in the vast dunes of Merzouga. Dinner and overnight stay in a bivouac under a nomad tent, under the stars or in the hostel
We have to get up early! The dromedaries are waiting for us in front of the hotel. We set off silently into the still dark dunes. We await the first rays of sunshine of the new day on one of the highest dunes. We return to the hotel for breakfast. In the course of the morning, we set off by Land Rover to circumnavigate Erg Chebbi. We pay a visit to the Gnaouis, descendants of the black Africans who once came here as slaves.
We drive through the black mountains of the Kajal mines to the former French border station. And finally we return to the hotel .
From Merzouga to Rissani, the city of the king of the dynasty of Morocco, and further on a barren road to Tazarine. Continue through a stony desert, past villages, oases and nomads, on a road along the Draa Valley that will take you to Agdez.
You will climb mountains of geologically dry formations and see ore-bearing rocks in various colors that impress with their spectacular shapes. Shortly afterwards, you will be back in Ouarzazate. You can spend your lunch break there before continuing on to Marrakech, where our round trip ends. Our route takes us back over the Tizi N’Tichka Pass and past numerous Berber villages. Overnight stay in a hotel
Price From :
390 €
Tour Information :
Max Guests
1 - 50
Departure Time
05:00 AM
Departure Location
Marrakech