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Trip From Marrakech to Merzouga

Icho Ouarzazate
Written by Icho Ouarzazate

The trip from Marrakech to Merzouga starts at 8:00 am from your accommodation in Marrakech. In this 3 days trip, you discover the big south of Morocco as well as different desert landscapes, mountains, and animals. The trip includes camel trek and overnight in the Sahara desert

Day 1: Marrakech – Dades Valley

In the morning, we will pick you up from your hotel and we start our journey from Marrakech to Dades Gorges. We drive across the Tizi n’Tichka pass with a beautiful outlook over the Atlas mountains. We visit the amazing village of Telouet, then we continue to Ouarzazate to visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou. On the way, you’ll take your lunch at Ouarzazate and continue to Dades valley where we spend our first night in a Kasbah in Dades gorges

Day 2: Dades Gorges – Merzouga

After breakfast, we drive from Dades gorges to Todgha gorges, then to the dunes of  Erg Chebbi in Merzouga. The Berber villages are scattered along the road. We go through Tinjdad and Erfoud where we feel this is the start of the Sahara Desert and we continue to Merzouga. Once we are in Merzouga, we take a camel ride to our camp where we will spend the night in nomad tents.

Day 3: Merzouga – Marrakech

After enjoying the sunrise in the desert, we will come back with the camels to Merzouga. After taking a shower at the hotel, we begin our journey to Marrakech via the Berber villages Risani, Tazzarine, Nkob, and the Draa Valley. Our tour comes to an end late in the evening in the red city Marrakech

Trip From Marrakech to Merzouga included :

– 4×4 vehicle with A/C

– Driver/Guide

– Fuel Tank

– Hotel in Dades valley

– Camel ride in Merzouga

– 1 night in a desert bivouac

Trip From Marrakech to Merzouga not included :

–  Tips

–  Flight

–  lunch

–  Drinks

If it happens you are interested in this trip, please feel free to contact us. We can arrange this trip anytime and can be adapted to your needs. We promise to deliver you a great experience that you will never forget

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Icho Ouarzazate
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Icho Ouarzazate

Desert Travel Specialist 580 Articles

My name is Youssef, but my friends call me Icho as this is my Berber name. I work as a driver/guide. I also organize tailor-made adventure tours for groups, families, and individual travelers through Morocco. My passion is learning different languages as in my job I meet a lot of people from different countries and it is great to speak their languages.

15+Years Guiding Experience
500k+Travelers Assisted
2008Guiding Since
LocalBorn & Based in Moroccan Desert