5-day Merzouga desert tour in Morocco

Welcome to our page about the 5 days tour from Marrakech to Merzouga desert. Discover amazing destinations! Are you on a Marrakech city break and wish to book one of our Marrakech desert tours? We crafted the perfect Merzouga tour and exciting desert experience for you.

• Day 1 » Marrakech – Ait Benhaddou – Dades valley
• Day 2 » Dades valley – Todra Gorges canyon – Erg Chebbi dunes
• Day 3 » Around Erg Chebbi dunes – Khamlia – Merzouga
• Day 4 » Erg Chebbi dunes – Rissani – Nkob – Ouarzazate
• Day 5 » Ouarzazate – Fint Oasis – Marrakech

Merzouga Desert Tour

We offer you the possibility of going from Marrakech to Merzouga desert crossing amazing places such as the Tizi-n-Tichka mountain pass, the UNESCO Morocco site of Ksar Ait Benhaddou, Ouarzazate city, the Dades Valley, and the Todra Gorge canyon.

Due to distance, Sahara Desert tours from Marrakech going to Merzouga can’t be made on a day trip. You need a minimum of two nights / three days to properly arrive at the Sahara.

Does a camel ride Morocco tell you anything? Yes, on our 5-day Marrakech Sahara tour, you can have a thrilling Merzouga camel trekking and sleep in a Morocco desert camp.

Want fewer days? We have other Marrakech desert tours available! Check out the 3-day Merzouga desert tour and the 4-day Merzouga desert tour. Morocco desert tours are usually available in three destinations: Zagora desert, Mhamid desert (Erg Chigaga dunes), and Merzouga desert (Erg Chebbi dunes).

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Daily Itinerary

Day 1 » Marrakech – Ait Benhaddou – Dades valley

Our staff will pick you from your hotel in Marrakech to start the journey to a bunch of beautiful destinations and visit Morocco.

Firstly you will pass through the Atlas Mountains up to the Tizi n’Tichka mountain pass at 2,260m.

Down the mountains, you go towards Ksar Ait Benhaddou. This UNESCO Morocco site is a fortified mud-brick village full of the best examples of kasbahs in Morocco.

In the movies, Ait Benhaddou is the village with an adobe fighting arena in Gladiator, and also the Yunkai city in Game of Thrones.

After lunch and continuing your journey to Dades Valley that due its red colors looks like you’re entering another planet.

After a short photo stop at the Monkey Finger’s viewpoint, you now go up the incredible Tissadrine road that’s on the list of most beautiful drivable roads in the world.

You arrive at your hotel inside the incredible Dades Gorge canyon. You can now go to your room and have a shower and get ready for dinner. The day was long, and you need to prepare for tomorrow’s drive to the desert.

Day 2 » Dades valley – Todra Gorges canyon – Erg Chebbi dunes

Early departure after breakfast at your Dades hotel. Driving towards another spectacular site, we cross the Tinghir area with some photo stops.

Deep inside the valley, we finally go out for a walk inside the breathtaking Todra Gorge canyon. You now travel to the desert, as you start to notice the landscape changing and the mountains to disappear.

The second day of your Marrakech desert trip ends when you finally arrive in the lovely Merzouga desert camp.

After a camel ride in Erg Chebbi Dunes, you’re ready to go inside your tent, shower, have dinner, and listen to some local traditional music.

Day 3 » Around Erg Chebbi dunes – Khamlia – Merzouga

Today is the day you have to wake up very early to enjoy a magnificent sunrise in the Sahara Desert. It is hard to wake up but totally worth the effort. Go up one of the big dunes and enjoy this amazing show given by nature itself!

After breakfast in the camp, you will be taken around the Erg Chebbi dunes, to visit several interesting villages, oasis, and if you’re lucky, to meet some nomad families.

The trip around the dunes includes Hassilabied oasis, Merzouga lake, Khamlia village, Taouz petroglyphs, and Mfis abandoned mines.

You’ll be taken to a desert hotel where you will have your own room, have a shower and wait for dinner.

Day 4 » Erg Chebbi dunes – Rissani – Nkob – Ouarzazate

You will wake up early in the morning to have breakfast. You start the fourth day of your desert adventure to reach Ouarzazate late afternoon.

After leaving the dunes we visit Rissani’s eclectic market, the mausoleum of Moulay Ali Cherif, and the historical fortified village of Ksar Oulad Abdelhalim.

Today you cross a very remote region of Morocco. The immense and enormous African landscapes and plenty of table mountains provide a fantastic ride. You have a stop for lunch in a restaurant in the middle of the desert plateau of Alnif.

After lunch, you go to Nkob Berber village, famous for having 45 of the best kasbahs in Morocco. Tea break with a fantastic view of the palm grove.

After Nkob, we cross part of the Draa Valley all the way to Agdz. Here you will stop at the panorama viewpoint and enjoy the view of more than 2 million palm trees below the peculiar Kissane Mountain.

Late afternoon arrival to your Ouarzazate hotel where you have dinner.

Day 5 » Ouarzazate – Fint Oasis – Marrakech

The morning in Ouarzazate starts when you visit the famous 17th-century Kasbah Taourirt belonging to the Marrakech Pacha from the Glaoui tribes.

We cross the plateau to reach Fint Oasis, one of the most beautiful oasis in southern Morocco and the scenario for Pentos city of Game of Thrones.

Lunch with a view over the oasis and the surrounding traditional rock villages.

After lunch and continuing your journey to Marrakech, you visit the famous Atlas Studios.

This is the shooting location for countless famous movies such as the Kingdom of Heaven, Prisoners of the Sun, Gladiator, Lawrence of Arabia, Kundun, the Mummy, a Hologram for the King, Prince of Persia, Babel, Body of Lies, and many others.

Late afternoon arrival to Marrakech. End of tour.

Desert camps in Merzouga

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