3 Days Tour from Marrakech via Merzouga Desert
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Overview:
Desert tours are two options: the first option is 3 days Desert Tour from Marrakech to Merzouga or option 2 is 3 days tour from Marrakech to Zagora desert, they are our most popular desert tour Itinerary.
They leave every day from Marrakech. The desert safari is ideal for those who want to discover the deep Moroccan desert in Merzouga and do not mind driving for long hours.
The tour is rich in scenery. You will never get bored because you will be busy admiring one scene after another.
The dramatic change in the scene is amazing. From the fertile Al-Haouz Plains around Marrakech to the High Atlas Mountains, then to the various valleys and Oasis. In the end, the rocky plateaus are followed by the picturesque dunes of Erg Chebbi.
The highlight of our 3 days tour from Marrakech to Merzouga desert is camel rides at sunset and sleeping all night under the stars in your desert camp.
Info:
- Duration: 3 Days & 2 nights
- Departure: 08:00 am
- Starting Location: Marrakech
- Ending Location: Marrakech
Highlights:
- Cross the High Atlas Mountains and Tizi Ntichka curvy.
- Visit The Unesco world heritage of Ait Ben Haddou site.
- Drive to The valley of Dades Via Ouarzazate and Roses Valley.
- Visit the Todgha Gorges of Tinghir and Drive across Erfoud to the Sahara Desert.
- ride a camel through the sand dunes to see the beautiful sunset.
- the overnight under the sky full of stars in a fantastic Desert camp.
- Drive back to Marrakech.
Marrakech:
Join Our 3 days Desert Tour from Marrakech to Merzouga and visit Marrakech which is called the Red City because of the color of its buildings. It is replete with many historical monuments and is well known for its architecture, which mimics Andalusian architecture, on which French colonialism has left its mark in many areas beyond its architectural art.
It is the third-largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco in terms of population density. The city was founded in 1062 by Yusuf ibn Tashfin and played political roles in the history of Morocco. Marrakech is home to many global cultural and political events, and its renowned arena, “The Jamaa Elfna,” has been classified as a human world heritage.
You will visit more beautiful places on our Marrakech desert Itinerary in 3 days. Marrakech is also a starting point for various excursions and Multi-day Tours or hikes towards the mountains of Oukaimeden or the Ourika valley.
The «good living» is never disappointed in Marrakech given the diversity and the multitude of places of leisure: hotels, clubs, restaurants, etc.
Merzouga Sahara desert:
Merzouga is a Moroccan town located in the southeast of the Kingdom of Morocco, 130 kilometers from the city of Errachidia and about 20 kilometers from the Algerian border. This city is known for its vast sandy areas, the spread of what is known as the Sheppey race, and it is an excellent tourist town, with dozens of tourists each month for a number of reasons, including beautiful sandbags, recreation, and the desire to climb the high dunes, riding camels, doing Activities, such as driving Quads through the desert, an Excursion to explore the nomad people, trying an overnight in desert camps. or doing 3 days Sahara desert tour from Marrakech to Merzouga.
Tourism in Merzouga Desert:
Tourism in the Merzouga Desert is one of the best in ancient cities. Its capital has gained interest from major global film producers, and so it has become Hollywood Africa. Centuries ago, there were trips that transport tourists from Frangfourt to Ouarzazate directly and then to the Merzouga desert. visit Merzouga Desert on 3 days Marrakech Itinarary.
Included/Exclude
- Pick up at your hotel/riad in Marrakech
- Private transport vehicle with A/C
- Proffessional driver / Tour Guide
- Visit to the Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou
- 1 night in a riad/hotel at Dades Valley ( Dinner & Breakfast )
- Visit the Todra gorge
- 1 night in desert Camp ( Luxury / standard ) Dinner & Breakfast
- Camel ride
- Lunches
- Drinks
- Entrance fees to monuments
Tour Plan
On this exciting 3 days desert tour from Marrakech to Merzouga in the south-eastern half of Morocco, you will travel in an air-conditioned Car 4×4 or Minibus.
Our guide will pick you up from your Marrakech hotel at 8:00 am. We will travel through the Atlas Mountains and descend to the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou.
The Kasbah (although there are actually six within this walled city) is a wonderful place. Here you will feel almost as if you have traveled back in time to the days of gladiators, desert nomads, and ancient markets.
On this first day, we will eat at the Kasbah in Ait Ben Haddou once the guided tour is over.
The second stop on our first day of 3 days from Marrakech to Merzouga desert will be in Ouarzazate. We will admire the landscape of a city where several box-office hits have been filmed.
Classics like The Mummy and Lawrence of Arabia are among the films that have been shot in this city, which is often called “The Entrance to the Desert”.
In this city, we can stop at a café before adventures in the Dades Valley. Once there you can relax in a private guest house in Dades in a room with a bathroom and enjoy the culinary delights of a Moroccan dinner.
On the second day, we will have breakfast in our guest house and depart for the Todra Gorge.
The Todra Gorge will leave you speechless as it has spectacular views that will make you wonder why it is not considered one of the wonders of the world. After lunch, we will travel to Merzouga and Overnight Stay in a Desert Camp.
Merzouga is truly in the heart of the desert. Here we will climb Our camels and cross the Erg Chebbi Dunes and end up in a Berber camp in the desert where we will spend the night.
In this desert camp, you will enjoy dinner and breakfast in the morning before completing the last day of our 3 days Tour from Marrakech to Merzouga desert.
On the third day of our 3rd day, the camels will take us back to Merzouga Erg Chebbi and from there we will continue through the Draa Valley, where we will admire the views in Rissani. Here the architecture of the Moroccan palaces, doors, and temples deserve to be taken in the photo.
In the last part of our excursion, we will move to Nqob and then to Tamnougalt before reaching the already familiar city of Ouarzazate once again.
You will be able to eat at any restaurant before we go through the Atlas Mountains, back to Marrakech for the end of our trip.
We will arrive in Marrakech at around 8 in the evening.
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