Morocco Tours Agency
Tour from Marrakech to Merzouga, Merzouga is a small village located on the south-eastern Side Of Morocco, about 30 kilometers From Rissani (Alaouite Capitale) & 50 kilometers from the Algerian border.
Looking for dunes? Merzouga is famous for its dunes, the highest in Morocco. The village is adjacent to the largest Erg in Morocco the Erg Chebbi. The spectacular golden dunes of Erg Chebbi are among the most elegant in the Sahara. Some dunes rise to 150 m in height. They stretch to the horizon from the famous Valley of Ziz (Gazelle in the Berber Language) and the Algerian border.
Your Accommodation / Airport, Train-Bus Station or wherever you want
30 Minutes Before Departure
At 8:00 am we will meet you at your accommodation’s reception then depart to Dades via the high atlas mountains, crossing Tichka Pass, a road that goes in the middle of the High Atlas and which stands at 2260m above sea level, we will stop to visit an argan oil women co-operative to see how people in the atlas prepare the Argan oil and have a cup of coffee, then continue our way to join Kasbah Telouat, a former house of the famous warlord El Pasha Lglaoui, then we continue via the salt way to join the famous Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1987, we will visit the Kasbah then have lunch in a local restaurant.
After that we continue to Dades crossing the city of Ouarzazate or Hollywood of Africa, a city famous for being the shooting site for the famous movies “ Gladiator” “And the Mummy”.. then we pass by Skour palm grove, and Rose Valley in which we will stop for a woman co-operative for rose distillation, then we continue our road via Kalaa Magouna “ The Rose Capital” arrive at Dades.
after breakfast, depart to Merzouga via Todra Gorge, a very wonderful canyon with its high standing rocks 300m high, then we continue via the town of Tinjdad. Lunch on the road. Passing through the town of Erfoud very famous for its dates international festival and also for being a fossils town.
Upon your arrival to Merzouga, you will put your luggage in a hotel, and take only the necessary ones, then you will camel trek across the golden dunes of Erg Chebbi, and you will attend the sunset on your way to the bivouac. Overnight at a nomad-tented camp.
In order to assist one of the most beautiful sunrises, you will have to wake up early. After breakfast departs to the red city of Marrakesh via the historical town of Rissani, the cradle of the Alaousit dynasty, and have a walk in its old and ancient souk.
We continue our way toward the town of Nkob the first village on the road at the bank of the Daraa Valley the longest valley in Morocco with its 7 million palm trees. After lunch, we will hit the road via Ait Sawn Pass to join the Tichka Pass and arrive at Marrakesh in the late afternoon. Drop off at your accommodation.
