2 days tour from Marrakech to Zagora
2 days tour from Marrakech to Zagora
Moroccan Desert Tours provides a 2 days tour from Marrakech to Zagora, Check out the finest private 2 day desert trip from Marrakech to Zagora. This is your greatest option to explore and discover the desert of eastern Morocco in a short amount of time.
Table of contents:
- Departure location: Marrakech
- Return location: Marrakech
- Departure time: 08:00 AM
- Itinerary duration: 2 days/ 1 night
2 days tour from Marrakech to Zagora overview:
The fantastic 2 days tour from Marrakech to Zagora Desert will take you to see and do some of Morocco’s top attractions. In general, you’ll begin by exploring the high Atlas Mountains, passing through some of the country’s most renowned Kasbahs. However, you will wind up performing one of Morocco’s greatest pastimes, a camel ride across the sand dunes. In addition, our tour includes a night in a Berber tent in the Zagora desert.
Highlights of our 2 days tour from Marrakech to Zagora:
- Mountains of the High Atlas.
- Argan oil cooperative.
- Kasbah of Ait Benhaddou.
- Atlas studio in Ouarzazate.
- Deraa Valley is known for its palm palms and dates.
- Curves in Ait Saouen.
- The Zagora desert offers camel rides.
- Berber tents are available for rent in Zagora.
Itinerary of 2 days tour from Marrakech to Zagora
Day 1: From Marrakech to Zagora via Ait Benhaddou:
Our first day of the 2 days tour from Marrakech to Zagora itinerary will begin with a pick-up from your hotel at 8:00 a.m. We’ll go across the High Atlas Mountains, passing past the famed Tizi nTichka, which stands at 2260 meters. In general, we will do many stops in various locations to enable you to snap photographs. Of course, our special visitor is free to request any number of stops. We’ll keep driving to Zagora, but this time we’ll stop at one of Morocco’s walled settlements, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. You’ll have plenty of time to explore the village’s major attractions.
After that, we’ll travel to Zagora, where we’ll be waiting. We usually arrive late in the evening, which is the ideal time to go camel riding and watch the sunset. We’ll mount the camel and ride it to our Berber tent in the desert. The primary highlights of this evening will be eating a delectable Moroccan supper, listening to Berber music (drums), and gazing at the lovely starry sky.
Day 2: Zagora to Marrakech via Ouarzazate:
We will get up early enough to see the sunrise, you will be rewarded by the wonderful sunrise.
After breakfast we return, taking the same road back towards Ouarzazate, we will leave the main road to reach the UNESCO World Heritage Kasbah of Ksar Ait Ben Haddou, Morocco’s most famous Kasbah. It has been used as a backdrop for many Hollywood movies and was one of the most important fortress strongholds on the old salt caravan routes.
The return to Marrakech is along the main road, which passes many Berber villages, along the river and through the mountains, towards Tizi-n-Tichka. We arrive in Marrakech around 18:00 hours. End of our 2 days excursion to Zagora desert from Marrakech.
Tour includes:
- Pick-up and drop-off at/from your accommodation
- Transport in a private, air-conditioned car.
- Driver/Guide who is fluent in English
- Fuel for cars
- 1-night stay at a hotel/riad in a private room (At your preferred room type).
- Trekking with camels (Camel per person).
- Camel riding at sunset.
- (Breakfast & Dinner) x 2 in the Desert Camp (At your choice tent type)
- Transfer from and to the camp in a 4x4 vehicle (Alternative to Camels).
Tour excludes:
- Monuments fees
- Lunches
- Tips
- Soft drinks
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Highlights overview:
The 2 days tour from Marrakech to Zagora is full of stunning sights to visit. As a result, we’d like to provide you with an outline of what you’ll see and experience during your trip with us.
The Atlas Mountains:
Our 2 days tour from Marrakech to Zagora will take you to the High Atlas Mountains, which will be your first stop. This lovely sight is part of the famed Atlas Mountain range, which spans three countries. To begin, we normally travel via Tizi Ntichka on our way to this location. This is one of Morocco’s longest curving highways, stretching for nearly 200 kilometers. Along the trip, you’ll pass through various Berber settlements as well as other Argan oil cooperatives.
The highest peak in the mountains, Toubkal, is found in the High Atlas (4,167 m). The Atlas mountains, in general, are not a chain of mountains, but rather ranges separated by broad plateaus. On the route, we’ll stop at a variety of locations, most of which will be panoramas. The major stop is one of our country’s most distinctive features: Argan oil cooperatives. If you have the opportunity to see ladies preparing cosmetics in the traditional Moroccan manner, take advantage of it.
Ouarzazate is a Berber word that means “without noise.” It is located in the southeast corner of Morocco and is known as the gateway to the Shara desert. Ouarzazate is a significant city in our nation since it is one of Africa’s most prominent filming locations. This location has been used to film a number of well-known films and television shows, including Game of Thrones and Prison Break. One of the primary international airports for individuals who want to enter the desert quickly is located in Morocco’s Hollywood. In general, we will take you to the Atlas Studios on this trip. There are several unique locations where movies are shot there. You will also get the opportunity to see Taourirt’s kasbah. Thami El Glaoui, a wealthy basha who formerly governed Marrakech, constructed the latter.
Zagora Desert:
Zagora Desert Having a variety of activities and sites to see and see is perhaps what makes Morocco a distinctive destination to explore. The desert is without a doubt one of the most popular tourist destinations. Riding the camels through the dunes and spending the night in a Berber camp is definitely a lifetime experience. You’ll get to see all of this and more on our 2-day trip from Marrakech to Zagora itinerary. Zagora is known for being a desert area and gets a huge amount of tourists every year as it is the second most visited desert in Morocco after Merzouga.