4 Days desert trip from Marrakech return to Marrakech

From Marrakech to Merzouga, take a 4-day safari excursion to explore the Moroccan Sahara Desert. In the Erg Chebbi sand dunes, spend the night at a Bedouin camp. To see the sunset and sunrise, ride a camel. See the Ouarzazate and Ait Benhaddou Kasbah and a lot more.

Day1: Marrakech – the High Atlas Mountains – Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah – Ouarzazate – Boumalne Dades

Early in the morning you will be picked up from your Marrakech lodging and taken to the High Atlas, a chain of the Moroccan Atlas Mountains.

On route, you will pause for panoramic views and to take pictures of the Berber tiny settlements that are dotted in the mountains.

After that, we travel farther south to the famed Kasbah (fortified village) of At Ben Haddou (declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986).

This magnificent set has been used to film well-known movies like Gladiator, Obelix, The Mummy, The Jewel of the Nile, and Sahara with Penelope Cruz, among others.

Lunchtime in the town at your own expense.

Then we proceed to Ouarzazate, also referred to as “The Gate of the Desert”.

The Taourirt Kasbah, one of Morocco’s most impressive ksars, can be found here.

The Rose Valley, which passes through the expansive Skoura palm grove, is the next destination to see.

It’s a lovely place to admire more than 700.000 palm trees there as well as the numerous kasbahs that have been constructed nearby.

Roses are grown in this valley damascenes for the use in beauty products like the highly recommended rosewater.

Every year in May, this city hosts the Rose Festival, a significant event in Moroccan culture.

Our destination for the night is the Dades valley, where we finally arrive to check in at the hotel for dinner and night.

Day 2: Boumalne Dades – Todra Gorges – Erfoud – Merzouga (overnight in the Sahara Desert)

Drive into the valley again after breakfast to view “the monkey toes,” an incredible rock formation, and the 19th-century Kasbah of Ait Yul, which is still standing. We will arrive in the Todra Gorges after leaving the Dades valley and traveling toward Tinghir.

The views are breathtaking along this road.

You will pass by the 300-meter-high red cliff at the Gorge, where many rock climbers come to practice their favorite sport.

Local residents can be observed in their adobe villages, where they reside.

After a brief stroll through the Todra gorges, we’ll continue on to Erfoud and Rissani, where we’ll stop for lunch before heading to Merzouga.

You will ride a camel in the afternoon under the guidance of a knowledgeable camel man to discover the mystical Erg-Chebbi sand sea.

Here, you’ll spend your first night sleeping beneath the stars.

Dinner will be provided in the tent.

Also before heading to bed you will sit around the campfire and the nomads will play their favourite music with the drums, it is going to be an unforgettable experience.

Day 3: Merzouga – Ouarzazate

You will awaken in the early morning to watch the dawn over Erg Chebbi’s sand dunes, followed by breakfast in the tent or at the hotel of Merzouga when you get back riding your camel.

We leave for Arfoud, a tiny Saharan hamlet in the southeast of Morocco, where we can stop to see a fossil workshop, before continuing on to the intersection of the Agdez and Draa valleys, from whence we cross the tiny volcanic Atlas Mountains and go to Ouarzazate.

Overnight in Ouarzazate after dinner.

Day 4: Ouarzazate – Ait Ben Haddou – Marrakech

After breakfast, we can take advantage of a journey in Ouarzazate, the “Hollywood of Africa,” to see movie sets and studios.

After that, we’ll go to Ait Ben Hadou Kasbah, which was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987.

The setting for more than 20 movies, including “Gladiator,” “Indiana Jones,” and “Lawrence of Arabia”.

Enjoy a stroll to discover the Kasbahs’ typical Moroccan architectural design.

Through the Tizi n’Tichka pass and the High Atlas Mountains, we continue on our journey to Marrakech.

In the middle of the Atlas Mountains, take a lunch break.

The end of our services is when the vehicle

4 Days desert trip from Marrakech return to Marrakech