5 Days Marrakech Desert Tour

Our 5-day Marrakech desert tours start with breakfast at the hotel and then head to Todra Gorge. Along the way, we'll pass through several Berber villages and stop to enjoy the beautiful Todra valley, which is full of palm trees. Finally, we'll get to Todra Gorges, which are currently one of the most popular places in Morocco for rock climbing.

Here, we'll take a short walk through the 300-meter-high gray and pink canyons. After that, we'll go to Tinjdad and Touroug for lunch, and then to Erfoud to experience the first oasis in the Sahara. From there, we'll continue to Merzouga and the beautiful Erg Chebbi dunes.

There is a break in the middle of the dunes where you can watch the sunset, try sandboarding if you'd like, take pictures, and enjoy the view. You will then take a camel ride that lasts about an hour and a half to get to your Nomadic berber tents.

After the sun goes down, you'll go to the camp and be greeted with a drink of mint tea. You'll then have dinner, a campfire, a music party, and a place to stay the night at the Berber camp Merzouga.

After breakfast at your hotel, we'll start our Merzouga trip to see some of the area's more interesting sights. We'll start by going to the Hassi Labied oasis to see its irrigation canal and farming land.

To the south is the yearly Sriji lake, if it's full of water. From there, we'll go to Khamlia town, where you can listen to the Gnawa music of people of color who came to Morocco as slaves more than one hundred years ago.

After, we'll go to the M'ifis mines. The Merzouga desert is also famous for its minerals and fossils. On our 4x4 desert tour of the Merzouga, we'll have the chance to meet a Berber family who still lives in a tent in the middle of the Sahara and have a glass of mint tea with them while we learn about their life.

On the way, we'll stop at a few different scenic views to take in the view and enjoy the scenery...We'll go to a nearby restaurant for lunch and then return to the village. Free time in the afternoon, dinner, and the night at a hotel or riad in Merzouga.

The next day, after a hearty breakfast at the hotel, you will rendezvous with your chauffeur. Proceeding to Ouarzazate, you will pass via Rissani to see its weekly traditional market, if we are fortunate enough to be there on one of the market's days (Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday).

After that, we'll go through a dry pre-desert region where we can view the usual acacia trees seen in this region. We'll pause along the route to the Draa valley to take in the breathtaking views of the river that gives the valley its name. It is Morocco's longest river. We begin our five-day desert trek from Marrakech to Ouarzazate by traversing the Anti Atlas.

After lunch in the city, we will continue our drive to Ouarzazate and arrive in the late afternoon or evening. We will have supper and spend the night at the hotel.

We will pick you up at your Ouarzazate hotel for breakfast and then drive to the fortified village of Ait ben Haddou. The famous Kasbah was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986, and many movies have been filmed there, including Gladiator, Obelix, The Mummy, The Jewel of the Nile, and Sahara with Penélope Cruz. Before going through Tizi n'Tichka, you can stop along the way to enjoy the beautiful views of the mountains and traditional Berber towns. For lunch, you can eat at a restaurant in the middle of the Atlas Mountains. Then we'll keep going to Marrakech, where our 5-day Marrakech desert tour will end when we get there in the afternoon.