4 days tour from Ouarzazate to Merzouga overview:
Outside of Merzouga, in Erg Chebbi, are the most well-known and well-liked Sahara sand dunes, with different vistas along the route. In addition to fortified Kasbahs, lush oasis, stunning valleys, vast canyons, and breathtaking sand dunes, this 4 days tour from Ouarzazate to Merzouga offers a one-of-a-kind experience in the southern region of Morocco.
On this Ouarzazte desert trip, the following locations hold the highest significance: the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, the exquisitely restored Kasbah Amredhil, the historic Kasbah Tamnougalte, the Valley of the Roses, the Dades and Dra’a Valleys, and the ancient caravan route. Each location offers the chance to explore Berber settlements, talk to locals, and see what it’s like to live in an oasis.
You may ride camels in the desert and take pictures of your pals standing in the sand dunes wearing blue turbans. You will be able to see both the dawn and sunset from the top of Erg Chebbi’s beautiful dunes. You will eat your meal outside beneath a starry sky and then dance to music and rhythms from the Berber people. In Merzouga, you spend the night in a unique, private, and cozy tent close to the large dunes. And the memories of the day’s desert excursion will fill your dreams.
Spectacular 4 day Ouarzazate to Merzouga desert tour highlights:
- Erg Chebbi sand dunes.
- Camel rides.
- Camping at Berber tents.
- Ouarzazate.
- Todgha Gorges.
- Berber Kasbah.
- Atlas mountains.
- Agdez.
Ouarzazate to Merzouga desert tour 4 days itinerary:
Day 1: Ouarzazate – Dades Valley (117 km):
The first day of our 4 days tour from Ouarzazate to Merzouga start with a breakfast in your riad, your driver/guide will take you up at 8.30 am in a spacious 4WD car and bring you to Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, which you will tour with a local guide. The most well-known kasbah in Morocco is Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, which is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has served as the backdrop for several Hollywood blockbusters.
Read MoreYou proceed forward to Skoura Oasis from here, where you may stroll among the enormous palm trees and see the fortified Kasbah Amredhil. Soon after, your journey leads us through Kel’aa M’gouna, the Valley of the Roses, and the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs. Here, a visit to one of the numerous cosmetic goods cooperatives is planned to see how the many roses are transformed into perfumed cosmetics and personal care items.
After lunch, you’ll veer off the beaten path to learn more about life in the oasis and take in the continuously shifting scenery. You will make stops along the route at the caves occupied by whatever Berber nomads chance to pass by and make a claim there. You visit them for a cup of tea and then head to the Dades Gorges.
There will be time once we get to Dades Gorges to stroll around the farms and gardens and through the valley. Either a hotel or a kasbah will be where you spend the night.
Accommodation:
- Standard: Hotel Babylon o similar.
- Superior: Hotel Xaluca o similar.
- Breakfast and Dinner included.
Day 2: Dades Valley– Merzouga (248 km):
Your 4 days tour from Ouarzazate to Merzouga continues after breakfast to the Dades Gorges, where you may enjoy a stroll by the river and a little distance further. Once you turn back north toward the mountains and reach Tinghir, you proceed back down the valley to the main road. There, you may enjoy another little walk along the river between the gorge’s steep, slender walls.
Read MoreYou soon continue our journey via Tinjdad to the Erg Chebbi dunes. You may see the intriguing “khattarat” subterranean water canals in Tinjdad after lunch. They are located far below the surface of the ground and are constantly cold, avoiding the evaporation of this source of irrigation. The journey continues to the Oasis of Tafilalt and Erfoud, where you may visit and is renowned for its fossil and artifact exhibitions.
After being greeted with a drink of tea at the desert camp, you will ride a camel for an hour to an hour and a half to the top of the Erg Chebbi dunes, where the sunset is spectacular and the dunes extend as far as the eye can see.
Enjoy dinner outside beneath the stars, then spend the evening listening to Berber music and drumming around the campfire:
The accommodation for the night will be a luxurious camp with a private bathroom, king-sized mattresses, lovely Moroccan furniture, and tastefully placed lighting to enhance your enjoyment of the solitude and beauty of the dunes.
Accommodation:
- Standard: Jannat Luxury Camp o similar.
- Superior: Jannat Luxury Camp o similar.
- Breakfast and Dinner included.
Day 3: Merzouga – Zagora (280 km):
The third day of our 4 days tour from Ouarzazate to Merzouga, If you get up early enough, you will be rewarded with the magnificent dawn, when the dunes’ color and the shadows’ interaction create a truly spectacular scene. There will be time for a second camel and a walk over the dunes after breakfast. Shortly after, the route from Merzouga to Zagora continues past the villages of Rissani, Alnif, and Tazzarine, which were shown in the “Babel” film. Dinner will be served at a stunning riad where the night will be spent.
Accommodation:
- Standard: Riad Marrat o similar.
- Breakfast and Dinner included.
Day 4: Zagora – Ouarzazate (160 km):
The fourth day of our 4 days tour from Ouarzazate to Merzouga begins after having breakfast, you travel south to Tamgroute hamlet to see the green pottery studios and the Quranic Library. Although it is particularly well-known in the south, this pottery is also present in the medinas of Marrakech, Rabat, and Fes.
Read MoreIn order to gain a greater sense of the palm tree farms, fortified kasbahs, and lush oasis, you drive up the Dra’a Valley in the direction of the north while off-roading along the old caravan route. We’ll pause at panoramic vistas to take pictures and stretch our legs.
A visit to Kasbah Tamnougalte, where you will have lunch, is planned with a local guide at the top of the Dra’a Valley. We travel back to Ouarzazate in the late afternoon across the Tizi-n-Tinfifite pass in the Anti-Atlas Mountains. Your journey to the Erg Chebbi dunes in the 4 days tour from Ouarzazate to Merzouga will come to an end when your driver escorts you back to your accommodation.
Ouarzazate to Merzouga desert tour 4 days on the map:
Accommodation in Ouarzazate.
8:30 am
4 days/ 3 nights
Accommodation in Ouarzazate.
English speakers drivers
Includes:
- Transport in a private air-conditioned 4×4(Toyota Prado Tx) or Mini Bus with fuel.
- Pick-up from and drop-off at your riad or hotel, and airport transfers.
- English speaking driver/guide.
- Private room or tent with private bathroom.
- Breakfast.
- Dinner.
- Camel for each in the desert.
Excludes:
- Lunches, Drinks.
- Airplane Ticket.
- Monument Fees.
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