4 days tour to the Merzouga desert

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First day: Marrakech - Aït-ben-Haddou - Ouarzazate - Les gorges du Dadès
After we have picked you up from your hotel (or the airport) you will leave for Ouarzazate. On the way, you will pass by the Tizi-N-Tichka pass, a road that passes through the Middle Atlas at 2260 meters in height.
On the way, you will come across the kabash of Aït-ben-Haddou, an incredible fortified city which dates back over 800 years. This is where films like Gladiator or Kingdom of Heaven were filmed.
After the visit, we will take the "thousand kasbahs" route to Skoura, where you will stop in the surprising Kasbah of Amredhyl. From here, we will go to Kelaat M'gouna, the capital of the Valley of the Roses, to reach the Dades Gorges, where you will be accommodated.
Second day: The Gorges of Dedès - The Gorges of Todra - Merzouga
After breakfast, we will set off for the Dades Valley and you will cross the Todra Gorges, where you can stay until lunch.
After gaining strength, you will go to Merzouga by crossing the Palmeraie de Jorf (where the best dates in the country are cultivated) and Arfoud, a pretty village known for its fragments of fossils.
Once in Merzouga, we will leave the 4x4 to enter the desert by camel to the camp where you will spend the night. Here, in the silence of the desert, we will enjoy a traditional Moroccan meal.
Third day: Merzouga - Rissani-Alnif-Tazarine - The Drâa Valley - Agdez – Ouarzazate
After seeing an incredible sunrise in the desert, you will again ride your camels to shower and breakfast in a hotel (depending on the type of camp, breakfast and shower can be taken before the ride to camel back).
You will then pass through the Tafilalet palm grove and the village of Rissani (where the Alaouite dynasty and the ancient capital of the Alaoui sultans was born) to arrive in Alnif, where you will take a road which crosses the Middle Atlas and these marvelous mountainous landscapes. You will arrive at Tazarine (a traditional Berber village), N'kobet finally, the Drâa Valley and its overhanging palm grove.
In the afternoon, you will cross the Anti Atlas via the Tizi n Tnifift pass (1,660 meters high) towards Ouarzazate, where you will spend the night in a riad / kasbah.
Fourth day: Ouarzazate - Marrakech
After breakfast, you will take time to visit the famous Kasbah Taourirt and the Atlas Cinema studios, the most important in Africa.
You will be back in Marrakech in the afternoon.
End the excursion to Fez
If you wish, you can end the excursion to Fez by paying an additional 100 euros. In this case, the route for the last day would be different. After a good breakfast, we will head to Rissani, the ancient capital of the Alawi sultans. We will continue the road through the Ziz valley and the Middle Atlas to Ifrane, whose natural landscapes have earned it the nickname "Moroccan Switzerland".
We will arrive in Fez around 6:00 p.m.
With this excursion, you will visit the most surprising part of the Moroccan desert and you will discover contrasting and impressive landscapes. You will come across mythical roads, dirt roads, valleys, passes, gorges, dunes and villages steeped in history.
If you don't have much time to do this excursion, we advise you to take a look at our 2-day excursion in the Zagora desert or our 3-day excursion in the Merzouga desert.