Embark on a three-day tour of southern Morocco from Marrakech. Sleep in the Sahara and see Ait Ben Haddou and the Valley of the Roses. Cross the landscapes of the Atlas Mountains and the dunes of Erg Chebbi.

Departures

• 6h00

Included

• Pick-up and drop-off at your hotel or riad
• English- or French-speaking driver
• Transport in luxury car (Mercedes vito)
• Camel ride
• Overnight stay in luxury tents
• Dinner and evening in the bivouac
• Breakfast
• Dinner and show
• Overnight in Tinghir at the 4-star Bougafer hotel or similar
• Dinner at the hotel

Complementaries

• Bring comfortable shoes

Full description

Spending a night in the Sahara Desert is an unforgettable experience for visitors to Morocco, and this 3-day shared tour allows you to travel further and explore more of the country. Visit UNESCO World Heritage Site Aït-ben-Haddou, the Valley of the Roses and Tinghir, and stop off at the traditional Berber villages around the Toudra Gorge. Then take a camel ride over the Erg Chebbi dunes, the highest in Morocco, and sleep under the desert stars in a Berber camp.

Day 1: Marrakech – Tinghir

Your 3-day shared desert tour from Marrakech to Merzouga begins early in the morning. Head for Ait Benhaddou via the Tizi Ntichka pass and the High Atlas Mountains. You’ll make several stops along the way. Visit the Aït-ben-Haddou Kasbah, a UNESCO World Heritage site that has also been used as a set for several Hollywood blockbusters. Continue on to Ouarzazate and the Taourirte Kasbah before lunch. In the afternoon, drive through the Valley of the Roses before arriving at your hotel in Tinghir. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 2: Tinghir – Merzouga

After breakfast at your hotel in Tinghir, take the 1,001 Kasbahs road to the Tinghir oasis, where you’ll take a side road along the river leading to the Toudra Gorge. Enjoy some free time to admire the immensity of the cliffs and lunch in a local café (at your leisure), then continue to Rissani in the early afternoon, a town famous for its date market, which was also the starting point for the ancient trading caravans that crossed the Sahara desert to Timbuktu.

Continue towards Merzouga through rocky desert landscapes. Arriving at the threshold of the Erg Chebbi dunes, rejoin your camel caravan and ride through color-changing sand dunes against a backdrop of the sunset on the horizon. Reach your Sahara desert camp, nestled in the middle of nowhere, just before dark.

Take advantage of this moment of calm to admire the sand dunes and surrounding landscapes before enjoying a Moroccan dinner served under the stars around a campfire. In the evening, enjoy live Berber music to the beat of the drums.

Day 3: Merzouga – Marrakech

After an early breakfast and a camel ride on the main road, meet your driver for the return journey to Ouarzazate. Take some free time for lunch before continuing your journey back to Marrakech through the Atlas Mountains. Your 3-day shared desert tour ends in Marrakech in the evening.