The 3-Day Sahara Desert tour From Marrakech is one of the popular tours. During this tour, you will discover the real Moroccan Sahara desert with its orange sand dunes, the valley of 1000 Kasbahs, and Todgha gorges, and experience a camel ride while enjoying the sunset. You will also spend one night under the stars in a desert camp.
On the next day, we drive along the road of 1000 Kasbahs to the oasis of Tinghir, where we will deviate from a small road along the river and Berber villages to Todgha canyons. After lunch in a local restaurant in Tinghir, we continue our trip to Rissani and Erg Chebbi. After a short stop in Riassani, we continue to Merzouga, where our camel caravan is waiting for us. We drive camels to our desert camp and enjoy the sunset. We will keep the dinner next to the campfire under thousands of stars. On the third day, we return to Marrakech via the Draa Valley.
Our driver /guide will pick you up at your accommodation at 07.30 and drive to Ait Ben Haddou through the High Atlas Mountains. After visiting Ait Ben Haddou, we drive through the rose valley to Ouarzazate and Boumalne Dades. You will spend the first night in a hotel in the Dades gorge. On the next day, in the morning you take a short walk through the gorges of Dades and the Todgha Gorges. Later we drive to Rissani and visit its traditional souk. In Merzouga, you will ride your camel to the desert camp where you will spend your second night. On the third day, we drive back to Marrakech via the Draa Valley and visit the cinema studios in Ouarzazate.
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After breakfast in your accommodation in the Dades Valley, begins our journey with a drive through the road of 1000 Kasbahs to the oasis of Tinghir, where we take a small road that crosses the river to the canyons of Todgha. After lunch at a local restaurant, we continue our trip to Risani, which is famous for its dates markets, and as a starting point for old commercial convoys that cross the desert to Timbuktu in Mali. Following a quick stop, we’ll continue to Merzouga driving through a rocky desert landscape.
Upon arrival at the edge of Erg Chebbi dunes, we’ll ride our camels through the wonderful color-changing sand dunes with the sunset in the horizon as a backdrop to our Sahara desert camp.
We reach our desert camp, which is located in the middle of the sand dunes before sunset. Later, we will have a Moroccan dinner served under the thousands of stars next to the campfire. After dinner, the local nomad hosts will be entertaining you with their own drums.
After a shower and breakfast, we drive back to Marrakech through the Draa Valley. On the way, in Agdez, we will have lunch. Later in the afternoon, we go to Marrakech via the High Atlas Mountains. Your three-day desert trip will end in Marrakech around 7 pm.
Ait Ben Haddou is a Berber village and a series of old Kasbahs lies on the edge of the High Atlas mountains near Ouarzazate (32 km). This Kasbahs has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1987 and has appeared in many films, including Lawrence of Arabia, Gladiator and the famous Game of Thrones series.
Dades ValleyThe Dades Valley is the main route between the desert and Marrakech. The Dades valley stretches between the peaks of the High Atlas and the Jbel Sarhro Mountains. This valley is nicknamed " Valley of Thousand Kasbahs" and also "Valley of Roses". In May, an annual rose festival takes place in the town of Kelaat M'gouna.
Dades GorgeGorge is a gorge in the Dades River between the Anti-Atlas Mountains. The gorge starts from the town of Boumalne du Dades and is well known for its the beautiful rock formation along with the Kasbahs and small Berber villages along the road.
MerzougaMerzouga is a small Berber town in the Sahara, near the Algerian border. It is known as a gateway to Erg Chebbi, a vast expanse of sand dunes north of the city.
Isabella
Our Desert trip from Marakesch turned out to be great. Youssef and his colleague Omar are an excellent team and incredibly friendly. If you want to know more about Morocco, this is the right tour. I learned so much about Morocco and its rich history, things I never thought to ask about. The visit to Ait Ben Haddou kasbah was incredible, not only because it is a special place in itself, but also because it is a private tour and Omar has a good relationship with the people in the Kasbah, so you get the feeling of being in a special opportunity to be treated in a good way. We saw so much in just a few days that contained architectural details and what life is like in the desert. I would definitely do this again with my parents