3 days from marrakech to merzouga overview

This popular tour takes you from Marrakech to Merzouga, offering many new discoveries. You’ll explore oases, sand dunes, and Kasbahs, enjoy camel trekking, and spend a night in a Sahara desert camp. There, you can gaze at the endless stars without light pollution and witness a breathtaking sunset during your camel trek.

3 days from marrakech to merzouga desert tours highlights

Drive through the high Atlas Mountains.
Visit Ouarzazate Hollywood of Morocco with Morocco’s biggest studio
Visit Kasbah Ait ben Haddou UNESCO World Heritage Site
Sunset camel trek to Merzouga desert camp
Spend night in Merzouga desert camp with bonfire and music entertainment
Early morning camel trek
Spend night in Dades Valley
Visit Todra Gorges

Day 1 :

MARRAKECH – ATLAS MOUNTAINS- KASBAH AIT BEN HADDOU- BOUMALNE DADES VALLEY

Enjoy an exciting tour of eastern Morocco in a modern, air-conditioned minibus. Your journey begins at 7:15 a.m. when our guide picks you up from your Marrakech hotel and takes you to the departure point.

We will cross the Atlas Mountains and descend to the historic Kasbah at Ait Ben Haddou, where six impressive Kasbahs lie within a walled city. Here, you’ll feel transported back in time to the days of gladiators, desert nomads, and ancient markets. After a guided tour, enjoy lunch within this enchanting site.

Our first day continues with a visit to Ouarzazate, a city known for its stunning landscapes and as the filming location for movies like "The Mummy" and "Lawrence of Arabia." Often called “The Gateway to the Desert,” Ouarzazate offers a perfect spot for a cafe break.

We then proceed to the Dades Valley, where you can relax at a hotel with an en-suite bathroom and savor a delicious Moroccan dinner.

Day 2 :

BOUMALNE DADES VALLEY –TINGHIR- TODRA GORGE – MERZOUGA

We will go for the Todra Gorge the next morning after a full breakfast at our accommodation. Amazingly beautiful, the Todra Gorge begs the question of why it hasn't been named a wonder of the world. next day, after lunch, we'll go to Merzouga.
Camping in the Desert Overnight

Merzouga is really in the middle of the desert. We will mount our camels here, ride over the Erg Chebbi Dunes, and end up at the Berber desert camp to spend the night. You will have breakfast in the morning and an evening dinner in the desert camp before we finish our last day's drive back to Marrakesh.

Day 3 :

MERZOUGA – OUARZAZATE- ATLAS MOUNTAINS- MARRAKECH

On the third day of our 3 days tour from Marrakech to Merzouga, the camels will return us to Merzouga Erg Chebbi and then we will go via the Draa Valley, where we will take in the sights in Rissani. Here the Moroccan temples, doorways, and palace architecture is worthy of a picture.

Finally, we will go to Tamnougalt and then Nqob before returning to the well-known city of Ouarzazate.

Before we return to Marrakech at the conclusion of our journey, we will be able to dine at any restaurant around the Atlas Mountains.

We are going to get to Marrakech at eight o'clock. End of our 3 days tour from Marrakech to Merzouga desert.