Marrakech – Ait Benahddou – Ouarzazate – Dades Gorges

Our 3 days Sahara desert tour from Marrakech to Merzouga will start with pick up from your hotel at 8 am and departure to the Dades Gorges. We will cross the famous winding curves of the High Atlas Mountains and see the mountainous, green landscape full of Berber villages. The 3 days Sahara desert journey from Marrakech will give us a stop along the way to enjoy the scenery and take pictures. In Merzouga, the village where movies like Lawrence of Arabia, Gladiator... were filmed and we will visit its fortress.

Then, we will continue the trip to Ouarzazate, the gateway to the desert and also to the African Hollywood, here in the city we will visit the Atlas Studio, which is considered the largest film studio in the world and the famous Kasbah Taourirt, a Berber palace built with mud and adobe. Then we will continue our journey to the village of the Valley of the Roses, producer of the Damascena rose which is used as a base for the manufacture of natural cosmetic products, Kelaat M'Gouna.

We will then continue to the Dades Valley, the valley through which the river of the same name flows, enclosed between spectacular canyons and gorges. The last stop of the 3 days Sahara desert tour from Marrakech will be a visit to the most beautiful sights: the cliff viewpoint known as the monkey fingers or Atlas Brains and then go to the hotel. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in the Dades Gorges.

Dades Gorges - Todgha Gorges - Camel ride in the Merzouga desert

The 3 days Sahara desert tour from Marrakech to Merzouga will be as follows: breakfast at the hotel and departure to Merzouga in the desert of Erg Chebbi. During our route, we will make several stops to enjoy our trip. In the Todgha valley, we will take a short walk through its famous canyon, and several stops to enjoy its fantastic panoramic views.

Afterwards, we continue our 3 days Sahara desert trip from Marrakech to the desert passing through more Berber villages of Tinjdad and Erfoud: the city is known not only for its large oasis but also for the fossil co-operatives found in the Sahara desert, there we will make a short visit to learn a little more about how this area of the desert was millions of years ago.

Afterwards, we continue our journey until we reach our destination in the afternoon, where our camels will be waiting for us to spend the night in the desert. We will feel the tranquillity and silence of this landscape. Traditional dinner and overnight in a tent in the desert camp.

Merzouga - Berber villages - High Atlas - Marrakech

Our 3 days Sahara desert tour programme from Marrakech will proceed as planned; after a personal shower and breakfast, we will start our return to Marrakech. During the 3 days Sahara desert tour from Marrakech, we will have views of a desert and mountainous landscape. We will pass through the famous river (the longest river in Morocco and Algeria, with 1,100 km of riverbed that rises in the High Atlas Mountains and flows into the Atlantic Ocean). Stops will be made as necessary along the way.

In the late afternoon, we will be in Marrakech and we will drop you off at your accommodation or transfer you to the airport where our 3 days Sahara desert tour from Marrakech to Merzouga ends.