This budget Shared 3 days Marrakech desert tour to Merzouga is our most popular Morocco desert tour departing every day from Marrakech and it is perfect for those who want to discover the deep Morocco Sahara desert and don’t mind long hours driving (especially on day 3). The tour is rich in scenery, You will never be bored as you will be busy admiring one scene after another. The dramatic landscape change is amazing: From the fertile Haouz planes around Marrakech, to the High Atlas Mountains, then to various valley and oases, and at the end, rocky plateaus followed by the breath taking Erg Chebbi sand dunes.
DAY 1: MARRAKECH – BOUMALNE DADES ( 06H00 DRIVE )
Your budget shared 3 days desert trip from Marrakech to Merzouga will start early in the morning. We depart Marrakech at 07h30 AM to Kasbah Ait Ben Hadou through Tizi Ntichka pass and the high Atlas Mountains. Numerous stops will be made along the way. Visit the UNESCO world heritage Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, which was also served as a set for various Hollywood blockbusters. We continue to Ouarzazate and visit Kasbah Taourirte before lunch ( At leisure ). In the afternoon, we drive to Boumalne Dades via the Valley of the Roses before before we reach our small hotel located in Dades Valley.
Dinner and overnight.
DAY 2: BOUMALNE DADES – MERZOUGA ( 4H00 DRIVE )
After breakfast at your hotel in Dades Valley, our journey will start today with a drive along the road of 1001 Kasbahsto the oasis of Tighir, where we will deviate to a minor road driving along the river to Todgha canyons. After some time at leisure to enjoy the immensity of the huge cliffs, and lunch at a local café ( At leisure ), we continue early in the afternoon to to Rissani, famous for its dates market, and being a starting point of the ancient trading caravans crossing the Sahara desert to Tomboctou. After a quick stop, we will continue to Merzouga driving through some rocky desert landscape.
Upon arrival at the edge of Erg Chebbi dunes, we will meet our camel caravan, and ride our camels through the amazing color-changing sand dunes with the sunset in the horizon as a backdrop.
We reach our Sahara desert camp; nestled in the middle of nowhere; just before darkness. After some time to admire the sand dunes and the surrounding landscapes, get ready for a Moroccan dinner served under the stars next to the camp fire. Late at night, you local nomad hosts will be entertaining you with their drums.
PS: Should you wish to stay at a private tent with proper bedding, and freshen up at a private room in the lodge the following day in Merzouga before departure back to Marrakech, there is a supplement of 10,00 euros per person.
DAY 3: MERZOUGA – MARRAKECH ( 9H00 DRIVE )
After an early breakfast, and a camel ride back to the main road where you will meet your driver and vehicle and drive back to Ouarzazate. After some time at leisure for lunch, we carry on in the afternoon to Marrakech through the High Atlas Mountains.
Your budget shared 3 days desert tour will end in Marrakech at about 19h00.
DAY 1: MARRAKECH – BOUMALNE DADES ( 06H00 DRIVE )
Your budget shared 3 days desert trip from Marrakech to Merzouga will start early in the morning. We depart Marrakech at 07h30 AM to Kasbah Ait Ben Hadou through Tizi Ntichka pass and the high Atlas Mountains. Numerous stops will be made along the way. Visit the UNESCO world heritage Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, which was also served as a set for various Hollywood blockbusters. We continue to Ouarzazate and visit Kasbah Taourirte before lunch ( At leisure ). In the afternoon, we drive to Boumalne Dades via the Valley of the Roses before before we reach our small hotel located in Dades Valley.
Dinner and overnight.
DAY 2: BOUMALNE DADES – MERZOUGA ( 4H00 DRIVE )
After breakfast at your hotel in Dades Valley, our journey will start today with a drive along the road of 1001 Kasbahsto the oasis of Tighir, where we will deviate to a minor road driving along the river to Todgha canyons. After some time at leisure to enjoy the immensity of the huge cliffs, and lunch at a local café ( At leisure ), we continue early in the afternoon to to Rissani, famous for its dates market, and being a starting point of the ancient trading caravans crossing the Sahara desert to Tomboctou. After a quick stop, we will continue to Merzouga driving through some rocky desert landscape.
Upon arrival at the edge of Erg Chebbi dunes, we will meet our camel caravan, and ride our camels through the amazing color-changing sand dunes with the sunset in the horizon as a backdrop.
We reach our Sahara desert camp; nestled in the middle of nowhere; just before darkness. After some time to admire the sand dunes and the surrounding landscapes, get ready for a Moroccan dinner served under the stars next to the camp fire. Late at night, you local nomad hosts will be entertaining you with their drums.
PS: Should you wish to stay at a private tent with proper bedding, and freshen up at a private room in the lodge the following day in Merzouga before departure back to Marrakech, there is a supplement of 10,00 euros per person.
DAY 3: MERZOUGA – MARRAKECH ( 9H00 DRIVE )
After an early breakfast, and a camel ride back to the main road where you will meet your driver and vehicle and drive back to Ouarzazate. After some time at leisure for lunch, we carry on in the afternoon to Marrakech through the High Atlas Mountains.
Your budget shared 3 days desert tour will end in Marrakech at about 19h00.
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Although you'll be told you can't by touts in Marrakech and Fes, you CAN get here by public transport and work out a night in the desert locally. Double joy of this is you'll have flexibility, be able to choose a nice hotel to begin or end your journey and give local people much-needed tourist $$.
Being this close to the Sahara is just magical. The camels are a bit daunting initially but you'll soon be lulled into the slow rhythm of it all. Unless you've paid big bucks for a fancy-camp it's pretty basic. Ladies, especially single ones, Align yourself with others to create a bigger group as there predatory men out here. It IS safe though, just take usual precautions and help yourself by covering up. If you love stars download a free app to help map the night sky. Enjoy, it's magical ✨
Stay in town long enough to enjoy other local pleasures too, 4wd, dinar dancers, going to a Bedouin camp
Sahara is magical! We spent a night in a camp in Sahara after riding-camel for an hour. Visiting Sahara desert and spending a night under the starry sky should be on every traveler's bucket list.
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