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PRIVATE MARRAKECH SAHARA TOUR

3 DAYS TOUR FROM MARRAKECH TO MERZOUGA DESERT

Day 1: Marakech To Dades Gorge

We will meet you at your riad or hotel at 8:30 am, then we depart Marrakech, and transport over the High Atlas mountains Tizi nTichka pass. We will have time to stop and enjoy impressive landscapes, and break for coffee and fresh-squeezed orange juice. We will spend the afternoon visiting World Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou. This village of clustered Berber Kasbahs has been used as a backdrop for more than 20 films and was one of the most important fortress strongholds on the old Salt Road where caravans brought slaves, gold, ivory and salt from Saharan Africa to Marrakech and beyond. We’ll pass through Ouarzazate, and the Valley of the Rose, famous for soft Persian rose oil. You will pass through many Berber villages, and once in the desert, see barren hillsides clustered with kasbahs .We stay at Dades valley auberge (small country inn) in the upper gorge.

Day 2:Dades Gorge To Erg Chebbi Merzouga

After breakfast we have a short drive to walk through a massive fault dividing the High Atlas mountains. Todra Gorge sheer rock walls rises to 300 m in its narrowest part. Then we’ll head for the Erg Chebbi sand sea. We continue deeper into the desert landscape, until dunes appear on the horizon. Our mid-afternoon destination is the auberge (small country inn) near Merzouga, where  you meet your camel guide and ride into the bivouac (camp). Upon arrival you will have a traditional tagine dinner prepared (vegetarians welcome) under the evening stars shining brilliantly in the clear night sky. Climb the dunes and watch the moon rise before retiring to your bed in a nomad tent

Day 3: Erg Chebbi Merzouga To Marakech

Return by camel at sunrise to the auberge for breakfast and shower. The remainder of the day is spent driving back to Ouarzazate where we’ll stop for lunch and visit the old Glaoui Kasbah Taouirt. Then we cross the High Atlas once more, down the Tizi nTichka pass. Arrival evening in Marrakech at approximately 6 pm. Marrakech hotel this night optional with an extra cost.

What is included in Marrakech to desert tour :

Tour in 4x4 vehicle/minibus with A/C  

Driver/Guide ,  Fuel

Hotel overnight stays (breakfast & dinner included)

Camel ride and 1 night in desert camp

What is not included :

Flight

Lunch , Drinks