3-Day Sahara Desert Tour

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Trip Overview

This whistle-stop tour is perfect for those looking to add something special to their Morocco experience!

A three-day journey will add a little nomadic twist to your Morocco trip as you spend your days travelling to and from the desert, staying in authentic riads and even desert camp along the way. The highlight of this quick trip is taking a camel ride to and from your Sahara desert camp, sleeping under the stars and waking up with the sunrise over the dunes!

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Itinerary

After breakfast, you will leave Fes travelling towards Merzouga. On this journey, you’ll catch glimpses of the Mid-Atlas and High Atlas mountains and stop at Azrou and Midelt for lunch. Travel through the spectacular Ziz Gorge, taking in views of the High Atlas plateau and see how the landscape changes as we edge closer to the desert. Arriving in Merzouga, you’ll be welcomed with a glass of mint tea. Then take a camel ride on the dunes of Sahara to reach your Sahara desert camp.

Accommodation
Azawad Luxury Desert Camp★4 star
Activities
Ifrane
Azrou
Midelt
Ziz Valley
Erfoud
Rissani
Camel Ride in the Merzouga Desert
Transportations
Private Driver from Fes to Merzouga
Meals
Dinner
Destinations
Ifran
Azrou
Midelt
Errachidia
Erfoud
Rissani
Hassilabied
Merzouga

Merzouga through the Desert to Dades Valley

Your guide will wake you up early morning in your Sahara desert camp to watch what may be the best sunrise of your life. You’ll camel-trek back to Merzouga. Enroute, appreciate the unique beauty of the spectacular Erg Chebbi sand dunes – changing with the light as the day progresses. After breakfast and a hot shower, you’ll leave for the Todgha gorges. After lunch, we’ll drive through the Dades Valley, where you’ll see the majestic sand castles and rock formations known as Monkey Toes.

Accommodation
Auberge Atlas Dades
Activities
Sunrise in the Merzouga Desert
Todras Gorge
Transportations
Private Driver from Merzouga to Dadès Gorges
Meals
Breakfast and dinner
Destinations
Merzouga
Drâa-Tafilalet
Tinghir
Ait Sedrate Sahl El Gharbia

Travel through the Dades Valley towards Ouarzazate and on to Marrakesh on 'the way of the thousand Kasbahs'. You will stop at Kalaat M’Gouna; the rose valley, where you can visit a cooperative to buy rosewater. Continue to Ait Benhaddou, built by Et Hami El Glaoui, one of the last Berber chieftains in the 19th century. Continue through the majestic Tizi n’Tichka Pass, where you have the opportunity to learn about the Argan oil from Berber women in their cooperative before arriving in Marrakesh.

Activities
Kalaat M'Gouna
Ouarzazate
Ait Ben Haddou‌
Tizi n'Tichka
Transportations
Private Driver from Dadès Gorges to Marrakesh
Meals
Breakfast
Destinations
Ait Sedrate Sahl El Gharbia
Kalaat M'Gouna
Ouarzazate
Aït Benhaddou
Tizi N'Tichka