8-DAYS TOUR FROM MARRAKECH TO SAHARA DESERT
8 Days From Marrakech to Merzouga Desert
OVERVIEW
8 Days From Marrakech to Merzouga Desert, exploring Essaouira, Ouarzazate, Dades Gorges, and Merzouga desert, and the tour ends in Marrakech.
ITINERARY OF: 8 Days From Marrakech to Merzouga Desert
Day 1: Marrakech - Chichawa - Sid Almkhtar - Essaouira
This 8 Days From Marrakech to Merzouga Desert starts our journey from Marrakech to Essaouira through Chichewa Sidi Almkhtar, and on our road, we will pass a cooperative of argan, and then we will continue our trip to Essaouira, arriving in the afternoon
Driving Time: Approximately 3H 30 min
Driving Distance: Approximately 200 Km
Day 2: EXPLORING ESSAOUIRA AND ESCAPING TO SIDI KAOUKI
After breakfast, we will pick you up from your hotel/riad to start our journey to visit Essaouira Cité; after that, the evening is free
Day 3: essaouira - marrakech
After breakfast, we drive back to Marrakech through Chichaoua and Sidi Al Mokhtar. After lunch, you will have the chance to visit Marrakech with our official guide
Driving Time: Approximately 3H 30 min
Driving Distance: Approximately 200 Km
Day 4: MARRAKECH - AIT BEN HADDOU - OUARZAZATE - DADES VALLEY
We will pick you up from your hotel/bus station, and then we will start our journey from Marrakech to Dades Gorges. Across the Tizi-n-Tichka Atlas Pass, with far-reaching views across the mountains. to the traditional High Atlas Berber villages, and we continue to Ait Benhaddou to visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou, a spectacular fortified village (ksour). You will take your lunch at Ait Benhaddou or Ouarzazate and continue to Dades Valley. We will spend the night in a riad & hotel in Dades Valley.
Driving Time: Approximately 5H 30 min
Driving Distance: Approximately 330 Km
Day 5: DADES VALLEY - TODRA GORGE - ERFOUD - MERZOUGA DESERT
After breakfast, we are leaving Dades Valley to the Erg Chebbi Sahara desert in Merzouga. Berber villages are scattered along the way; we will pass through Tinjdad, Jorf, and Erfoud, where we will feel the beginning of the Saharan oasis of Tafilalite, and we will continue to Merzouga. After relaxing for a few minutes in Merzouga, we go to ride the camels, who are waiting to take us on an adventure in the sand dunes. We will spend the night in a camp (nomadic Berber tents) with drum music in the middle of the Sahara. This is a great opportunity to take lovely pictures of the sunset and sunrise. When we arrive at the camp, we go to the high dunes to see the sunset, and we will spend the night in nomadic tents.
Driving Time: Approximately 4H 30 min
Driving Distance: Approximately 270 Km
Day 6: exploring merzouga: a day in the heart of sahara
After seeing the sunrise in the desert, we go back on the camels to Merzouga after breakfast, then start our journey to visit some Berber villages around Merzouga, where we will have a chance to discover a part of nomadic life, and then we continue to visit Khamlia village, where you will have your lunch and listen to some African music. We will spend the night in a hotel/riad/tent.
Day 7: merzouga - alnif - nkob - draa valley - ouarzazate
After breakfast and taking a shower in the hotel, we start our journey to Ouarzazate through Rissani, where we will visit a market (souk). Then we continue our road through the Berber villages (Alnif, Tazarin, Nkob, and Draa Valley). We arrive at Ouarzazate in the evening/night.
Driving Time: Approximately 5H 30 min
Driving Distance: Approximately 370 Km
Day 8: ouarzazate - marrakech
After your breakfast in your hotel/riad, we start our journey to visit the Ouarzazate site, where you will have a chance to visit the known places in Ouarzazate (cinema studio, Taourirt Kasbah, and Tifeltout Kasbah ). After that, we leave Ouarzazate towards Marrakech across the High Atlas via the highest road pass in Morocco, Tizi n Tichka, 2260m high, offering impressive views of valleys, mountains, and many Berber villages nearby. Arrive in Marrakech in the evening. and this 8-day trip from Marrakech to Merzouga Desert is ending.
Driving Time: Approximately 3H 30 min
Driving Distance: Approximately 200 Km
What's included & excluded of the tour:
Price included :
- Pick you up from your hotel in Marrakech.
- Drop you off at your accommodation in Marrakech.
- Transport by private vehicle with A/C.
- English speaking driver/guide.
- Car Fuel.
- Private tour, there will be no more people in the group. You can stop whenever you want.
- You will have the opportunity to stop all over the way to visit interesting places, take pictures, and -also for rest.
- Camel trek (Camel per person).
- 6 nights' stay at a hotel/riad.
- 1 night stay at a private desert camp.
- Sandboarding in the dunes (if you're interested).
- Dinner & Breakfast.
Price excluded:
- Lunches.
- Drinks.
- Entrance/Activity Fees
- Tipping Driver & Guides.
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