Shared 4 Days to Merzouga from Marrakech
Join our 4 days Shared tour from Marrakech to Marrakech via Merzouga Desert.
Our group size is 17 people in a shared minibus.
The price: 320 Euros Per Person.
DAY 1: Marrakech – Ouarzazate – Dades Valley
Meeting at 8h00 a.m with your driver at your Marrakech riad / Hotel, take you in a Shared trip by Minibus
Then 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 south east to the green Dades valley and the city of roses via the fascinating Skoura palmery.
Overnight in Dades valley in the hotel with dinner, Kasbah Didis or similar hotel of the same category.
DAY 2: Dades – Todra Gorges – Merzouga Dunes (Erg Chebbi)
After breakfast, departure 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 it’s 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 to Erg Chebbi dunes in Merzouga Sahara desert and you will have time for lunch on the way before you arrive to 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.
Start your camel ride to cross the sand dunes of Merzouga dunes, after an hour you will arrive at the camp, play sand boarding, watch sunset, a tents with private bathrooms shower and toilet.
A tasty dinner with Berber music with campfire.
The overnight in Merzouga desert. a Comfortable luxury camp.
Day 3: Merzouga – Visit Nomads – Merzouga.
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 start a trip at 10:30AM the transport will be with a private 4WD vehicle, to visit the nomads behind sand dunes of Erg chebbi, drink tea there under nomad tents, and explore how they live, We will do some rally over sand dunes for litle time, later driver to the Mifis mountains where they still work mineral extraction, Then to Khamlia village where black people lives, playing Gnawa music it’s an african rhythm.
After listen to the african music we will move to the restaurant for lunch with berber pizza. after the lunch we will be back to the hotel where you will spend the night with dinner and breakfast included.
The overnight at Hotel Dar Morocco or similar.
Day 4: Merzouga – Ouarzazate – Ait Benhaddou – Marrakech
The last day you will have a long day to Marrakech with a shared minibus.
You will leave Merzouga Desert in the morning after the breakfast and after 6 hours drive, then a visit to Ouarzazate’s famous film studio known as Africa’s Hollywood. Then we head to the UNISCO 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 the lunch.
Trip Includes:
Shared Tour In Minibus vehicle with A/C
Driver / Guide / Fuel
Sand boarding, Sunset, Sunrise
2 Hotel Overnight stays Breakfasts, Dinners Included.
Camel Ride, Sand boarding, Berber Music.
One Night In Desert Comfortable Camp. Tents with private bathroom.
A private transport in Merzouga Desert for a day trip to visit the nomads and gnawa music in khamlia village with a lunch with Berber pizza.
Trip Excludes:
Flight
Lunches
Drinks
Local guide in Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou Option, Ticket to Cinema Studio.