3 days Marrakech to Merzouga desert trip

Suggested itinerary for the 3 days Marrakech to Merzouga desert trip:

Day 1: Marrakech – Ait benahddou – Ouarzazate – Dades Gorges

Today our 3 day Marrakech Merzouga desert trip will start with a pick up from your hotel at 8 am and departure to Dades Gorges. We will cross the famous twisting curves of the high Atlas and we will see the mountainous landscape, green, full of Berber villages. The 3 days Marrakech to Merzouga desert trip will give us a stop during the trip to enjoy the scenery and take pictures. In the Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou , village where movies like Lawrence of Arabia, Gladiator… were filmed and we will visit its fortress. Then, we will continue the journey to Ouarzazate, the gateway to the desert and also the African Hollywood, here in the city we will visit the Atlas Studio, that it is considered the largest film studio in the world and the famous Kasbah Taourirt, a Berber palace built with mud and adobe. Then, we will continue traveling until we reach the village in the valley of the roses, which is a producer of the damascene rose that serves as the basis for the manufacture of natural cosmetic products, Kelaat M’Gouna. Then, we will continue to the Dades valley, the valley through which runs the river of the same name enclosed between spectacular canyons and gorges. The last stop of the 3 day desert trip from Marrakech will be a visit of the most beautiful views: the viewpoint of the cliff known as the monkey fingers or brain of the Atlas and then go to the hotel. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Dades Gorges.

Day 2: Dades Gorges -Todgha Gorges – Merzouga Desert Trek

The 3 days Marrakech desert trip journey will be as follow: breakfast at the hotel and drive to Merzouga in the desert of Erg Chebbi. During our route, we will make several stops to enjoy our trip. In Todgha valley we will make a short walk through its famous canyon, and several stops to enjoy its fantastic panoramic views. Then, we keep on our 3 days Marrakech to Merzouga desert trip journey through more Berber villages of Tinjdad and Erfoud: the city besides being known for its great oasis also for the cooperatives of the fossils found in the Sahara desert, there we will make a short visit to learn a little more about how this area of the desert was millions of years ago. Then, we follow our journey until we reach our destination in the afternoon, where our camels will be waiting for us to spend the night in the desert. We will feel the tranquility and the silence of this landscape. Traditional dinner and overnight in a tent in the desert desert camp.

Day 3: Erg Chebbi – Alnif – Draa Valley – Marrakech

Our 3 days Marrakech desert tour to Merzouga program will be as planned; after personal shower and breakfast, we will set off to take our way back to Marrakech. During the 3 days Marrakech desert trip journey, we will have views of a desert-mountainous landscape. We will pass through the famous Draa valley (the longest river in Morocco and Algeria, with 1,100 km of riverbed that rises in the high Atlas and flows into the Atlantic Ocean). Necessary stops will be made along the way. In the late afternoon we will be in Marrakech and drop you off at your accommodtion or transfer you to the airport and our 3 days Marrakech desert trip ends.

Included in the 3 day Marrakech to Merzouga tour:

• All hotel/riad transfers.
• Private travel from Marrakech in comfortable A/C vehicle.
• English speaking driver/guide.
• All dinners and breakfasts.
• Camel excursion to Merzouga camp.
• Comfortable accommodation in riad / hotel and Sahara camp

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