Sahara Desert Tour 3 Days From Marrakech To Marrakech

1st Day: Marrakech To Dades Gorges Via Kasbah Ait Benhaddou

Today, We Drive Marrakech to Ait Ben Haddou, via the Ounila Valley. Traverse the High Atlas Mountains via the highest main road pass in Morocco, at 2260m altitude, offering stunning views and exhilarating driving. The route passes lush valleys and traditional adobe Berber villages. After the pass, we get to the gateway of the desert where we will have a visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ait Ben Haddou. Visit this fortified village – essentially a living museum, it is a ksar comprising numerous dwellings, and for years used as the backdrop in many international films.

Accommodations: Riad Rihana or Similar

Meals: Dinner and Breakfast

Drive Dades Valley to Merzouga, via the Todra Gorge (another striking natural canyon cleaved into the Atlas Mountains, by the Todra River). Option to stretch the legs and walk. After lunch continue to Merzouga, at the end of the sealed road, with the expanse of the Erg Chebbi dunes visible. Your driver will drop you at the meeting point with your camel caravan and you will trek on camel back for approx. 1 hour to reach your choice of desert camp (standard or luxurious) in time for sunset and home for the night in the dunes. Take an evening meal and then enjoy music and song at the campfire.

Accommodations: Sahara Magic Camp

Meals: Dinner and Breakfast

After your Breakfast, transfer back to Marrakech. Exit the desert a different way, via a dried river of Draa which is morocco’s longest valley, panoramic view of the Agdez Palm Trees then drive back to Ouarzazate. After some time at leisure for lunch, we carry on in the afternoon to Marrakech through the High Atlas Mountains. Arriving marrakech approximately at about 19h00.