4 Days Desert Tour from Marrakech

Your 4 days desert tour from Marrakech starts in the morning, when your driver picks you up from your hotel or riad. We leave the red city and climb the High Atlas Mountains by the Tizi n’Tichka Pass, at about 2,260 meters. The road has many curves, Berber villages and wide mountain views, and you can stop for photos and mint tea.

Then we arrive at Aït Ben Haddou, a UNESCO World Heritage ksar built with red clay. Many famous films were shot here. Walk through its small streets, cross the river and climb to the top for a beautiful view over the palm trees. Lunch is at a local restaurant, not included in the price.

In the afternoon we drive to Ouarzazate and visit the Atlas Film Studios, where you can see old movie sets in the middle of the desert. After that we follow the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs through the Skoura oasis and continue to the Dades Valley, a land of rocks and green gardens.

At the end of the day you arrive at your hotel or kasbah in the Dades Valley, where you enjoy a warm Moroccan dinner and sleep for the night. Dinner and breakfast are included.

Driving distance: Approximately 380 km
Driving time: Approximately 7 hr

After breakfast, take a short walk in the Dades Valley, famous for its strange rocks that look like monkey fingers. The light in the morning is soft and perfect for photos. Then we drive to Tinghir and enter the Todra Gorge, where red walls rise up to 300 meters on both sides of a small river.

Walk between the cliffs, look at the palm gardens and, if you like, have lunch in a local restaurant near the gorge. This is a quiet and very beautiful place to stretch your legs before the long road to the dunes.

In the afternoon we cross the Tafilalet region, with its wide plains, old ksour and green oases, and arrive in Merzouga in the late afternoon. Here the landscape changes: the road ends and the tall golden dunes of Erg Chebbi begin.

At sunset you ride a camel for about one hour over the dunes to your luxury desert camp. Enjoy dinner, Berber music around the fire and a night full of stars. Dinner and breakfast are included.

Driving distance: Approximately 270 km
Driving time: Approximately 5 hr

Wake up early and climb a dune to watch the sunrise over the Sahara, weather permitting. After breakfast at the camp, you ride back to Merzouga, where your 4×4 desert excursion begins.

In the 4×4 we drive on the desert tracks around Merzouga. First you meet a nomad family, who share mint tea, bread and stories about life in the desert. Then we visit the Mifis mine, an old fossil and mineral area, where you can see ancient fossils in the stone.

After lunch we visit Khamlia, a small village known for its Gnawa music, where the people have a history linked with Africa. Then we reach the Merzouga lake, where, when there is water, you can see flamingos and other birds in the middle of the desert.

In the evening we go back to your hotel or riad in Merzouga, where you can take a shower, relax and enjoy dinner. Dinner and breakfast are included.

Driving distance: Approximately 30 km (4×4 desert tracks)
Driving time: Approximately 3 hr

After breakfast in Merzouga, we begin the last part of your 4 days merzouga from marrakech adventure. First we drive to Rissani, the old market town of the south, and visit its colorful souk, where farmers, traders and donkeys meet every day.

Then the road goes west to Agdz, a quiet town in the Draa Valley, with a big palm grove and old kasbahs. You can stop for photos and a tea break, and your driver will find a good place for a simple lunch, not included in the price.

From Agdz we continue to Ouarzazate and cross the High Atlas Mountains by the Tizi n’Tichka Pass, with last views of the peaks and villages. Then we descend to the Haouz plain and arrive in Marrakech in the evening, where your driver drops you at your hotel or riad, subject to access.

This is the end of your private 4 days tour from Marrakech to Merzouga. We hope you leave with beautiful memories, new friends and many photos of the Sahara.

Driving distance: Approximately 560 km
Driving time: Approximately 9 hr