Best Marrakech 4 days desert tour

Overview:

The ultimate 4-day Marrakech desert tour is the classic Marrakech-to-Merzouga loop via the Erg Chebbi dunes, which offers the perfect balance of scenic mountain passes, spectacular canyons, and deep Sahara exploration without the frantic rushing of a shorter trip. Your private itinerary, covering your air-conditioned transport, accommodations, dinners, breakfasts and camel treks.

Highlights:

Cross the dramatic High Atlas Mountains via the winding Tizi n'Tichka Pass (2,260 meters).

Explore the magnificent Aït Benhaddou Kasbah, a UNESCO World Heritage site and backdrop to movies like Gladiator.

Drive through the Valley of Roses to sleep in a local hotel nestled within the dramatic rock walls of the Dades Valley.

Journey to the Deep Sahara, Walk through the sheer, 300-meter-tall limestone cliffs of the Todra Gorges.

Pass through Erfoud (the fossil capital) and arrive at the gateway of the Sahara: the golden dunes of Merzouga (Erg Chebbi).

Switch to a sunset camel trek into the dunes. Spend the night at a traditional or luxury desert camp, enjoying a Berber drum circle around a campfire under a clear starry sky.

Palms, and Fortresses

Morning: Wake up for a breathtaking Sahara sunrise over the dunes. Head to Rissani to experience its authentic, historic trading market.

Cruise down the stunning Draa Valley, traversing Morocco's longest palm-grove oasis.

Arrive in Ouarzazate (the "Hollywood of Morocco") for a relaxed final night at a local hotel.

The Scenic Return: Visit the Taourirt Kasbah or catch a glimpse of the Atlas Film Studios.

Wind back over the High Atlas, stopping at panoramic viewpoints along the way.

Evening: Arrive back in Marrakech around 6:00 PM–8:00 PM.

Day 1: Marrakech – Ouarzazate – Dades Valley

Meeting at 8h00 am with your driver at your Marrakech riad / Hotel, take you to the Private Minibus and depart from Marrakech to Dades valley, through the Tizi- N-Tichka pass (2260m) in the High Atlas Mountains. From Marrakech to Ouarzazate, you will enjoy the scenic road, beautiful landscapes with different colors and the Berber villages along the way.

You will have free time here to visit the old Kasbah of Ouarzazate “Taourirt Kasbah” and have lunch. Afterwards, you go further southeast to the green Dades valley and the city of roses via the fascinating Skoura palmery.

overnight in Dades valley in the hotel with dinner, hotel Ksar Sultan Dades or similar hotel of the same category.

Day 2: Dades – Todra Gorges – Merzouga Dunes (Erg Chebbi)

After breakfast, departing from the hotel in Dades valley at 8 a.m., taking the road of 1000 kasbahs drive around the colorful Berber villages of the Dades valley .

45 km further, you will get to Tinghir with its beautiful palm grove and Jewish quarter. You continue to Todra Gorges (Todgha), free time to go on trek along the canyons of about 300m high, a favorite place for rock climbers.

Afterwards you will leave for Erg Chebbi dunes in Merzouga Sahara Desert, and you will have time for lunch on the way before you arrive at Erfoud. Then we’ll head for the Erg Chebbi sand dunes.

We continue deeper into the desert landscape , until the dunes appear in the middle of nowhere. The night in Merzouga luxury camp, take beautiful pictures. Camel ride and sandboard, Sunset, Dinner,

Day 3: Merzouga – Tazarine – Agdz – Ouarzazate

Wake up well before sunrise to catch the first glimpses of the sun as it casts its rays over the Erg Chebbi dunes, followed by breakfast in camp and a shower and a camel trek to the hotel.

Then we will head to Rissani, a small Saharan town in southeastern Morocco, to visit another fossil workshop before continuing to the junction of the Agdz Valley, and the Draa where we will head north to Ouarzazate after crossing the volcanic Atlas Mountains.

We will spend the night in Ouarzazate, Dinner at hotel Riad Dar Chamaa or similar hotel of the same category.

Day 4: Ouarzazate – Ait Benhaddou – Marrakech

The last day will also start with breakfast and then a visit to Ouarzazate’s famous film studio known as Africa’s Hollywood. Then we head to the UNESCO heritage site of Ait Benhaddou Kasbah where some of the modern classics like Gladiator, Lawrence of Arabia and Indiana Jones were shot. We will also have the chance to visit the Kasbahs to learn more about Moroccan architecture. Finally, we will take the Tizi n’Tichka pass through the Atlas Mountains back to Marrakech with a stop in the mountains for lunch.

Note: You can stay either two nights in Merzouga instead of one.

Note: We have a discount for groups and families.