4 Day Tour Marrakech to Merzouga
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Overview:
4 Day Tour Marrakech to Merzouga is the best to see many places like high Atlas mountain, Berber houses, Tichka Pass, visit Ait Ben Haddou the UNESCO place, the valley of S’kora, rose valley (Kalaa Magouna), Dades valley, Todra gorges, Merzouga and Daraa valley.
And you will do activities like camel trek and sandboarding. On this trip, you can stop anywhere you like and take pictures. ask our guide or driver to get a lot of information about the places and the history of Morocco
Itinerary of 4 Day Tour Marrakech to Merzouga
Day1: Marrakech – Atlas Mountain – Ait Ben Haddou – Rose Valley – Dades Valley
4 Day Tour Marrakech to Merzouga starts from your Riad or hotel in Marrakech at 8:30 am. Your trip kicks off with a view of the Atlas Mountains as we snake through the Tizi-n-Tichka pass, it’s the highest pass in the north of Africa.
And we will continue to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ait Ben Haddou, famous on the big screen for movies like Gladiator and the famous HBO series Game of Thrones. Then we will stop in Ouarzazate to visit Atlas Film Studios. We’ll continue towards the valley of Roses, known by the famous annual Festival of Roses. We’ll spend the night in the Riad, at a local hotel where you’ll also have the option of a complimentary dinner in Dades valley.
Day2: Dades Valley – Todra Gorges – Tinjdad – Erfoud – Merzouga
The day starts with the magic sunrise and breakfast at Riad, our trip starts to Todra Gorge, the Berber villages are scattered along the way pass-through Tinghir. We’ll stop to enjoy the beautiful landscape full of palm trees. Before we arrive at Todra Gorges that are currently one of the most popular rock climbing areas in Morocco, where we will have a short walk through its red high canyons.
Then we’ll go ahead to Tinjdad and Touroug where we’ll have lunch then to Erfoud which will feel like the beginning of the desert we will continue our way to Merzouga. After a break, you will take a camel ride for about one hour to get to your Nomadic Berber tents during the trek you will take a break in the middle of the dunes to try sandboarding and take photos and enjoy the scenery.
After the sunset, you will continue to the Barber camp, where you will be welcomed with a glass of mint tea, dinner, campfire, Berber music party, and you will spend your night in your tent.
Day3: Merzouga – Rissani – Agdez – Ouarzazate
3rd day, after enjoying the sunrise you’ll have breakfast and shower at camp. Then you have two options, ride camel or 4WD to go back to the originally started point in Merzouga, where you will meet your driver. Then we’ll travel to Ouarzazate driving through Tafilalet oasis (Rissani city) to visit its Weekly local market. Afterward, we’ll drive through a black desert area where we´ll see acacia trees of this landscape.
On the way to the Draa valley, we´ll make some stops to enjoy the beautiful views of the Daraa river that gives name to the valley. It is the longest river in Morocco. We´ll have some stops for lunch and taking pictures. Our desert tour continues to Ouarzazate crossing the Anti Atlas. dinner and overnight at Hotel or Riad in Ouarzazate.
Day4: Ouarzazate – Kasbah Talouet – Tizi-N’tichka-Pass – Marrakech
4th day. On the last day of our desert trip, after breakfast, our day will start in Marrakech. We will drive to Talouet through Ounila valley with its Berber villages. we will visit the Kasbah of Pasha Glaoui and stop for lunch in a local restaurant. And we will continue to Marrakech over the mountains of high Atlas passing through the Tizi-N’tichka-Pass (2260 m in altitude). Drop off in Marrakech end of our 4 Day Tour Marrakech to Merzouga.