4-Day Private Moroccan Sahara Tour from Marrakech to Merzouga Desert

DAY 1: MARRAKECH - AIT BENHADDOU- DADES VALLEY 

 we pick up from your hotel and crossing the Tizi-n-Tichka Atlas pass. We will visit Berber village of Telouet ,we take a guided tour of the Kasbah of el Glaoui, former War Lord and Pasha of Marrakech. We continue to Ait Benhaddou ,to visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou, a spectacular fortified village. After stop for lunch in Ait Benhaddou we continue to Dades valley where we stay overnight for dinner and accommodation in local hotel.

DAY 2: DADES GORGES -TODRA GORGES- MERZOUGA

Our private tour continues after breakfast and we pass few Berber villages along the way to Tinjdad,and Erfoud, from where you will feel the beginning of the Saharan oasis of Tafilalet. We continue to Rissani and Merzouga desert , . We will spend this night in an equipped desert camp with drums music in the middle of the Sahara desert. We will climb a high dune to watch the sunset. Traditional Berber dinner is served under the stars. We will spend the night in a nomad tents.

DAY 3: MERZOUGA -DRAA VALLEY- OUARZAZATE 

After early wake up we will watch the sunrise over the dunes and breakfast. then we pass towns Anif, Tazarine, N’kob where we have lunch and we join the beautiful Draa valley with its many date palms. We may visit Tamnougale Kasbah and then we drive towards the small town Agdz and crossing mountains to reach Ouarzazate . Arrival in the evening for dinner and hotel accommodation.

DAY 4: OUARZAZATE – MARRAKECH 

 after breakfast we make a visit of Kasbah Taourirte, beautiful kasbah in Ouarzazate. Then we will visit local movie studios , lunch in the way. We continue our trip crossing the High Atlas Mountains via the highest road pass in Morocco called Tizni Tichka pass at 2260m. It offers impressive views of valleys, mountains and many Berber villages nearby. Arrival in evening to Marrakech.