🌟 5-Day Marrakech to the Desert Tour

5-Day Marrakech to the Desert Tour – Complete Sahara Experience

Duration: 5 Days / 4 Nights
Maximum Group Size: 30
Pick-up: Marrakech Airport or Hotel

🏜 Tour Overview

Immerse yourself in the Sahara Desert with this 5-day tour from Marrakech. Travel through Morocco’s most spectacular landscapes, from the High Atlas Mountains to the stunning dunes of Merzouga, enjoying the desert, kasbahs, gorges, and oases at a relaxed pace that allows you to truly soak in each experience.

✅ What’s Included

• Pick-up and drop-off in Marrakech (hotel or airport)

• English/Spanish-speaking driver

• Private 4×4 or minivan with air conditioning

• Accommodation in hotels and desert camp

• Breakfasts and dinners

• Camel ride in the desert

❌ What’s Not Included

• Airfare

• Entrance fees to monuments

• Lunches

• Drinks and tips

📍 Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 – Marrakech → High Atlas → Ait Ben Haddou → Ouarzazate

• Pick-up at 8:00 AM to start the tour.

• Cross the Tizi N’Tichka Pass (2,260 m) with stops for panoramic photos.

• Visit a women’s argan oil cooperative and learn about the process and its health benefits.

• Continue to Ait Ben Haddou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and filming location for Gladiator, Lawrence of Arabia, and The Jewel of the Nile.

• Lunch on site and drive to Ouarzazate, a city of culture and tradition.

Day 2 – Ouarzazate → Draa Valley → Erg Chebbi Dunes

• Breakfast and departure to the Draa Valley, passing rivers, kasbahs, and Berber villages.

• Visit Kasbah of Caid Ali in Tamnougalt and stop for lunch in Alnif.

• Arrive at the desert and enjoy a camel ride in Erg Chebbi dunes.

• Sunset on the highest dune, dinner, live music, and overnight in comfortable Berber tents with bathroom and hot water.

Day 3 – Erg Chebbi → Khamlia → Merzouga

• Optional sunrise over the dunes.

• Return to the vehicle and continue to Khamlia, a village of Malian origin, for tea and a live Gnawa music performance.

• Lunch and free afternoon.

• Before sunset, drive to the highest dune for an unforgettable view. Dinner and Berber drum show.

Day 4 – Merzouga → Todra Gorge → Dades Valley

• Breakfast and departure to Rissani to visit the Mausoleum of Moulay Ali Chref.

• Continue to Erfoud to see the fossil marble factory and Tourog irrigation system.

• Explore Todra Valley, including the palm grove and Jewish quarter.

• Visit Todra Gorge and then drive to Dades Valley, with stops for photography.

Day 5 – Dades Valley → Skoura → Ouarzazate → Marrakech

• Breakfast and drive through Boumalne Dades and the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs.

• Stop at a rose cosmetics cooperative and enjoy coffee in the Valley of the Roses.

• Explore the Skoura palm grove and visit Kasbah Amredil (17th century).

• Lunch and visit Kasbah Taourirt in Ouarzazate.

• Cross Tizi N’Tichka Pass again with photo stops and return to Marrakech.

📸 Tour Highlights

• Ait Ben Haddou, UNESCO World Heritage Site

• Women’s argan oil cooperative

• Erg Chebbi dunes and desert camp

• Gnawa music performance in Khamlia

• Draa Valley and Todra Valley

• Road of a Thousand Kasbahs and Valley of the Roses

• Kasbah Amredil and Kasbah Taourirt

• Panoramic views of the High Atlas Mountains

💡 Recommendations

• Comfortable and light clothing for the day, warm clothing for the night

• Sunscreen, sunglasses, and a hat

• Camera for desert and landscape photography

• Comfortable shoes for walking on dunes and in villages

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