5 DAY TOUR MARRAKECH TO MERZOUGA

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The highlights of our 5-day Desert tour from Marrakech:

• Driving over the magnificent Atlas Mountains.
• Passing through the charming Telouet Village.
• Exploring the ancient Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah
• Visiting the Atlas Film studio
• Discovering the Dades Valley
• Wandering the Todra Gorges
• Sunset & Sunrise camel ride
• Overnight Desert Glamping
• Sandboarding
• Quad driving off-road
• Exploring Deep Sahara
• Following Dakar Route
• Off-road Desert tour to Zagora
• Passing the famous Tizi N’Tichka

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Itinerary:

Day 1: Marrakech to Dades Valley

The Journey will begin when leaving for Ait Ben Haddaou from Marrakech. The tour guide will accompany you from the door of your accommodation. We recommend starting the 5 day tour Marrakech to Merzouga at 8 Or as soon as you can get ready. An early beginning will leave you with more time to explore the sightseeing.

The adventure will lead you through the High Atlas and past the Tizi n Tichka Pass. You will see magnificent landscapes and a distinct mountain environment. Your tour guide will make multiple stops to ensure you get the opportunity to enjoy the surroundings.

By the middle of the day, you will reach the audience lover (AIT-BEN-HADDAOU-KASBAH). The Kasr was formerly a caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech, and this scene looks like something out of a desert movie. Its antique structures recall this once lively trading post, considered a welcome sight for nomadic travelers passing the Sahara Desert.

Ait Benhaddou has hosted the epic movie named Gladiator, the hit television series Game of Thrones, and many more well-known films.Once we arrive at the Kasr, we will stop for lunch before exploring the heritage site. After this, your tour guide will lead you to the Kasr. There are two ways to get to Ksar: through the new bridge or the traditional route through the river crossing. With our private 5-day tour from Marrakech to the Desert, you will have plenty of time to wonder about the Kasr and all the soundings.

Your 5 day tour Marrakech to Merzouga continues to Boumalne Dades with a couple of stops in the Ouarzazate and the Roses Valley.

Day 2: Dades Valley To Merzouga Desert

After breakfast, a new adventure included in this Marrakech to Merzouga Desert 5-day tour will start. Continue in the direction of the impressive Todra Gorge. You’ll pass through lush palmeraies, traditional Berber villages, and dramatic rock formations on your way to Todra Gorge.

Once entering Todra Gorge, you will be looking at an incredible sight, with a 400-meter-high granite wall bordering either side of the short road that leads into the gorge. The Todra is an exceptional experience not to miss when booking the 5 day tour Marrakech to Merzouga.

What comes next? It’s time to head to the Merzouga Erg Chebbi Desert, the ultimate highlight of this 5-day Moroccan road trip. After buying your scarves, your 4WD vehicle will change with a camel hump.

Riding the camels through the orange dunes and looking at a memorable sunset, without a doubt, will be a lifetime experience not to forget. Following the camel ride, you will arrive at a small luxury campsite on the edge of the dunes. If it’s not a cloudy day, you’ll admire the deep blue sky full of brilliant stars.

Day 3: Explore the sahara desert in Merzouga

The next day will begin early, with a magnific sunrise over the rippling orange dunes. Returning to the campsite, eat breakfast with the group before remounting the camel. It is time for the 5 Days Desert tour from Marrakech to return to Merzouga Village.

Take a 4WD and get deeper into the Sahara Desert. The first stop of the day will be the Hassi Oasis. Here, you will be able to understand how locals use canals to get water and do farming under palm trees.

Afterward, we’ll drive through Merzouga’s town center on our route to Khamlia Village. The Gnawa people, who originated in Sub-Saharan nations such as Sudan, Mali, and Niger, are well-known in this area. Enjoy the Gnawa songs and traditional dances.

Following a short visit to the fossil and metal mines, it is time to visit the nomad families. You can sit under their tent and have tea while meditating among their beautiful antiques. The father (head of the household) is in charge of brewing tea, the mother of the housework, and the children surround you with happier faces. They greet you with a charming smile and invite you to participate in their everyday activities, such as cattle herding.

By the end of the third day of your 5 day tour Marrakech to Merzouga, we will drive back to the hotel.

Day 4: Merzouga to Zagoura

After a traditional breakfast in the riad, you will return to your 4WD. The 5 day tour Marrakech to Merzouga Desert will continue deeply in the Sahara Desert.

Leave the hotel and take the off-road to Ouzina Village, Following the track of Dakar. Make several photo stops before visiting the humanitarian installations created by the Ouzina Association for Development and the Environment.

Continue these private 5 Days days from Marrakech to Merzouga through the pistes till you arrive in Zagora. Your tour guide will take you to many unforgettable sites that only a few people visited. Overnight stay in Zagora.

Day 5: Zagoura To Marrakech

Most of the other travel agencies will take you back to Marrakech the way you came the first day, but not with us. Yes, we’ll take you back to Marrakech but from another side to allow you to enjoy another part of Morocco.

Cross the Rockey Desert of Morocco (Mhamid EL-Rhozlane). After lunch in the Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah, continue on the Telouet Road until you reach the Tizi N’Tichka.

We will return to Marrakech around sunset, and our best 5-Day Desert tour from Marrakech to Merzouga will conclude.

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