Private 5-day route: Marrakech to Marrakech via Merzouga Desert

After breakfast in your hotel your private driver will pick you up and continue your sahara desert trip, taking the road of 1000 kasbahs drive around the colourful Berber villages of the Dades valley.

You will arrive to Tinghir and enjoy the beautiful palm grove. Secondly we will continue to the Gorge of Todra. Once there we will go on a short hike along the 300 m high canyons, a often visited place by mountain climbers.

Afterwards we will head to the Erg Chebbi dunes in Merzouga Sahara Desert. On the way to the dunes you will have free time for lunch. Once you arrive to the dunes you will take a camel ride for 1 hour and 30 minutes, while enjoying the sunset, to get to the camp in the oasis.

You will spend the night in a luxury desert camp, under nomadic tents or outside under shooting stars.

After breakfast in the camp,you will kick off your explorative journey of the desert area.

Your first visit will be to the ‘village of the Khamlia’ where a community from Sudan lives. There you will experience their music and lifestyle. Also it is the best place to try the traditional Berber Pizza.

Not far away is located the lake of Merzouga, called Tissardmine. Enjoy sightseeing its bird populations, including flamingos. You may also like to visit the nomad wire house where many Berber handcrafts are priced lower than in the big cities.

After a day of pure enjoyment, you will drive back to the desert lodge. Dinner will be served, while enjoying your second night in the Desert.

After a second night in the desert you will start your 4th day with breakfast, followed by a shower.

After that you will leave for Ouarzazate via Rissani. You will explore the tourist area, including the Mausoleum of Moulay Ali Cherif. Followed by free time for lunch in Nkoub, you will continue to Ouarzazate through the Draa Valley. This valley is a stunning oasis home to Berber villages, sumptuous Kasbahs, streaming sand dunes, lush green plains, snow-capped Atlas Mountains, endless stretches of palm trees and the Draa, Morocco’s largest river.

Your 4th day itinerary will finish in your hotel in Ouarzazate.

After breakfast in your hotel you will be drive to Ait benhaddou village.

Once there you will visit the World Heritage Site, one of Morocco’s most spectacular ksours (fortified villages).

Finally you will continue to Marrakech with a detour to the traditional High Atlas Berber village of Telouet. There you will visit the Kasbah el Glaoui and, after that, cross the high Atlas mountains.