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
Departure in the morning heading east toward Ouarzazate via Tizi N’tichka Pass up through the high Atlas Mountains stopping to take scenic photos along the way. You will visit the Ait Ben Haddou village to see an ancient Kasbah ranked by the UNESCO organization, it is one of the world’s top touristic attractions. Many famous movies were filmed there.
You will continue to Ouarzazate which is the largest movie studio or the so-called the Hollywood of Africa, it where you can stop for lunch (optional). Set off through the Skoura which is an extensive Oasis of palm groves where a beautiful Kasbah is located called kasbah Amrhydil.
Then via Roses valley, it is where the roses festival is held every May of each year, in this town you’ll change the direction as you’ll take an off-the-beaten-track through which you’ll appreciate the tranquility of the mountains populated by the nomads of the Atlas. On the way, you’ll keep your eyes open to see a host of mud and bricks constructed in Berber villages.
Check into your accommodation at the bottom of the gorges. Overnight in Dades
Breakfast and check out to another kind of Gorges is Todra Canyons ( 300 m up narrowest point ), and it is an ideal place for walking and exploring on your own. Then we will drive further to the desert of Merzouga, to join the unique dunes of Morocco. Dinner and overnight in a hotel near the dunes.
After breakfast, you will make a visit around Merzouga by 4×4, in which you will visit the slave village of Khamlia, where you will enjoy the local Gnawa music. Furthermore, you will visit a nomad’s tent through which you will have the chance to discover the quotidian life of the nomads, you will have a cup of tea with them and then return to your hotel.
In the afternoon at sunset, you will Camel Trek through the golden dunes of Erg Chebbi to a nomad-tented camp where the camels are hobbled, and where you will enjoy the total silence and calmness that the vastest Sahara on earth has to offer, also enjoy your fresh dinner under the stars and where you will enjoy the desert music played by the camp staff. Overnight in a nomad-tented camp with dinner.
You’ll wake up early to see the sunrise over the dunes then ride back on your camel to the hotel where you’ll have breakfast and shower. We then continue the trip towards the vast palm of Tafilalet through the town of Rissani (the root of the Alaouite dynasty and the ancient capital of Sultans Alaouite) Continue to Alnif lunch in the right place.
Carry on the road via Tazarine, N’kob, and Tansihkt from here we will take an off-road which crosses the Draa Valley, it would be your chance again to see the Ksours and Kasbahs. Arrive in the ancient town of Agdez. Overnight in Agdez.
After breakfast, we will start our journey toward to red city of Marrakesh crossing the Pass of Ait Sawn and then through the Atlas Mountains. Arrive in Marrakesh and the end of the trip.
