5 Days Desert Tour Marrakech to Merzouga

Our driver will pick you up from your hotel/riad in Marrakech at 8:30 am to start your 5 days desert tour Marrakech to Merzouga in a private 4×4 vehicle direction to Dades valley over the mountains of high Atlas passing through the Tizi Ntichka pass at 2260 m high above the sea level. We’ll enjoy beautiful landscapes with different colors and stops to take photos of the small Berber villages.
Arriving at the Ksar (fortified village) of Ait Ben Hadou where we will visit the famous Kasbah (declared world heritage site by UNESCO in 1986), is one of the most targeted places of shooting many movies such as the Queen of the Desert, Gladiator, Lawrence of Arabia…
After lunch in a local restaurant, we will drive to Ouarzazate known as the gate of the desert, where we will spend the first night at the hotel.

After breakfast at the hotel, we’ll continue our trip of 5 days Marrakech to Sahara desert of Merzouga, taking the road of 1000 kasbahs driving around the colorful villages of the Roses valley, Nkob (small Berber town known for its numerous Kasbahs). We’ll reach to Rissani, which will feel the beginning Saharan oasis after that we will continue to the dunes of Erg Chebbi from here you will take a camel ride for an hour and a half to enjoy the sunset. While on the back of your camel, you will continue to the camp for an overnight in a traditional nomad tent.
Dinner and spend the night in a Sahara desert camp.

Wake up early in the morning, to enjoy a wonderful sunrise over the sand dunes before you take breakfast and shower, ride back the camels to the hotel, then start our Merzouga excursion with a visit to Hassi labied village and its lush oasis, with palm trees, which is being watered by an irrigation canal, Khamlia village lived by dark skin people (coming from Mali who was brought to Morocco as immigration) where we’ll take a cup of tea meanwhile we listen to a concert of the spiritual music of Gnawa. 
Afterward, we‘ll continue to visit the local market in Rissani and why not an hour ATV Quad biking or Buggy driving in the dunes to end up our day (Not included in the tour price). Dinner and overnight at hotel/riad in Merzouga.

After breakfast, we leave the Sahara desert to go to visit Erfoud known for the fossilized rocks before starting our way along rivers, oases and fortified kasbahs to the best places of the high Atlas, the Todra Gorges carved from the red rocks of the landscape by a river, where you can enjoy a walk in the oasis along Todgha river.
In the afternoon we continue to Dades valley, also known as the figs valley going through Boumalne Dades to get to our hotel for overnight.

At the last day of Merzouga desert tour from Marrakech, we’ll drive alongside the Valley of the Roses, Kelaat Magouna the city of roses and Skoura palmary, before we carry on to Ouarzazate to visit the Kasbah of Taourirt, the old residence of the Glaoui or Marrakech pasha, and if you are interested we can visit the cinema studios and the cinema museum. After lunch at leisure, we will start our way back to Marrakech going through Tizi Ntichka pass and the high Atlas Mountains with some stops to take pictures. You might also want to end your tour in Essaouira or elsewhere on request.