5 days Marrakech Merzouga desert tour itinerary:

Day 1 : Marrakech – Ait benhaddou Kasbah- Ouarzazate.

5 days Marrakech Merzouga desert tour departure: we will depart in the morning towards the High Atlas through the port of Tizi N’tichka of 2260 m of altitude, passing through the Berber and Almozan towns in a famous Kasbah. Then, along an old track of the caravans, we gathered the Kasbah of Ait Benhaddou through the Ounila Valley dotted with barbarian villages. Continue along the route to Ouarzazate. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 2 : Ouarzazate – Dades gorge – Todra Gorges – Merzouga.

Morning departure to the desert routes of the thousand Kasbahs, visit the Kasbah of Amrédhyle in Skoura. Continue to the capital of the pink Kalaa Mgouna. You climb the Dades Valley to Boumalne to continue towards Tinghir and visit the Toudra Gorges (15 km from Tinghir), with lunch on site. In the afternoon, departure to the city of Erfoud through the palm grove of Tinjdad, the palm grove of Touroug, and the city of Erfoud. Visit the fossil marble production workshop. Continue to the impressive dunes of Merzouga (Erg Chebi). Dinner and night at the hostel.

Day 3: Merzouga excursion.

After breakfast, you will make a great tour of the dunes passing through the 2 oases of MERZOUGA, the nomadic deposit along the desert routes, the town of KHAMLIA (town of the blacks) the MIFISS mines, the desert dishes, a meeting of the barbarian nomads of the desert, the TISSARDMINE oasis, and return to the hostel at 3 in the afternoon for the departure of their caravan in dromedary in order to attend the sunset in the dunes.
You will spend the night in a wild oasis located 1 hour and a half away in the full desert. Night under the Berber tent.

Day 4 : Merzouga – Rissani-Alnif – Tazarine – Zagora.

Morning departure to the vast palm grove of Tafilalet passing through the city of Rissani (the Alaouite dynasty and the capital of the former Sultan Alaouite). Continuation to Alnif, lunch on site. In the afternoon, route to Tazarine, Nkob, and Tansihkt where you take the track that crosses the sublime Draa Valley and its palm tree parade. Continue to Zagora along the route. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 5 : Zagora – Ouarzazate – Marrakech.

After breakfast, depart to Ouarzazate through the sublime Draa Valley with its palm tree parade and via the Berber village of Agdz and the Anti Atlas (1660 m Altitude). In the afternoon, we arrive in Marrakech through the port of Tizi NÃTichka. End of the tour.

Tour includes:

  • Airport pick up
  • Private 4×4 or Minibus
  • Fuel
  • Private driver/guide
  • Accommodation including “Dinner, bed, breakfast”
  • 1 night in Desert Camp
  • Camel trekking for a sunset view

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