3 Days From Marrakech To Merzouga Desert

3 Days From Marrakech To Merzouga Desert

3 Days From Marrakech To Merzouga Desert and back to Marrakech. Is a tour with 2-night stays. It will take you on a breathtaking expedition in the south of Morocco. Travel through the Mountains of high Atlas with its Berber villages, Kasbahs, Gorge, Canyon, Palm Groves, and Sahara desert (Erg Chebbi dunes) with its oasis.

Day 1: Marrakech – High Atlas – Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou – The Dades Gorges:

Pick up at the Hotel or Riad where you are staying in Marrakech, departure to the High Atlas Mountains through the port of Tizi N’Tichka at about 2,260 meters altitude. With stops to enjoy spectacular panoramic views, we will visit the oil co ARGAN, where we will discover the production process and explain the innumerable benefits it has for the human body. We will continue to the south and then we will take a 6 km track that will take us to the fortified village of Ait Ben Haddou where we will visit its famous Kasbah (Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO).

In this spectacular setting, films of such renown as Gladiator, Jewel of the Nile, Sahara. Lunch in the village and we will continue the journey towards Ouarzazate, considered the great desert gate, the place from where the great expeditions start and where the great Kasbah of Taourirt. We will continue towards the Valley of the Roses passing through the great palm grove of Skoura to reach the Gorges of Dades.

Day 2: The gorges of Dades – The Gorges of Todra – Dunes of Merzouga (Desert):

Breakfast and we will travel to Merzouga up a path to observe the gorges from a strategic place in the mountain and then continue on a road dotted with beautiful Kasbah totally different from each other. After several stops, we will reach one of the strong points of the south: The Gorges of the Todra 300m, The Todra river bed has formed a gorge of vertical walls of enormous proportions and of great beauty, it is the paradise of the climbers and a unique place. lunch on the site and then to the desert until we reach the impressive Dunes of Merzouga where we will have a hospitality tea while we rest a little.

We will leave the suitcases in the hostel and we will leave in a caravan of dromedaries, which is one hour, will take us to the Haimas camp. Stop in the middle of the road to see the sunset in the dunes and stretch your legs before following the path to the camp. before dinner, we will have the opportunity to go up to the dunes that are near the camp and have a tea enjoying the peace and silence that is breathed there. we will spend the night in a haima, under the stars. (unforgettable night)

Day 3: Merzouga – Draa Valley – Anti Atlas – Ouarzazate – Marrakech:

We will wake up before dawn to watch the sunrise in the Great Dune. Return in camels to the lodge. Shower, breakfast, and we will start the trip, passing by Rissani. One of the oldest cities in Morocco and capital of the Alaouit dynasty, and crossing the arid and at the same time interesting pre-desert landscapes until we reach the Draa Valley where we will make several stops to enjoy this beautiful valley that runs along the river that bears the same name.

It is the longest river in Morocco and crosses the entire country to Mauritania. We will cross the Anti Atlas to reach Ouarzazate, lunch at the site. In the afternoon we will cross the High Atlas, we will arrive in Marrakech in the afternoon.