4 Days Morocco Travel Package Tour from Marrakech to Merzouga

OVERVIEW OF THE 4 DAYS MARRAKECH TO MERZOUGA DESERT TOUR

We offer you this four days Morocco tour package from Marrakesh to Merzouga and which will take you on a memorable Morocco travel through the High Atlas Mountains, Ait Ben Haddou, and Todgha Gorges. You‘ll have a visit to the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou and you will taste the special food of the region, attend the breathtaking sunset, experience camel trekking in Merzouga, a stop at the Khamlia Village, spend the night under the charming Sky which is decorated by shinning stars, and wake up on the panoramic sunrise. Keep in mind that this 4 days from Marrakech to Merzouga desert tour is just a suggested plan; if you would like to modify or customize another Morocco Travel Package, feel free to contact us. 

FOUR DAYS tour FROM MARRAKECH TO MERZOUGA; HIGHLIGHTS

• Drive through the High Atlas mountains and enjoy the various landscape views
• Visit the Kasbah of Ait Ben Hadou, a UNESCO Heritage site
• Explore the Dades Valley and its amazing rock formations, Kasbahs, and Amazigh villages
• Enjoy a walk through the Todra Valley and its 300m high red cliffs
• Visit the Khamlia Village to experience the lifestyle and music of the Gnawi people
• Explore the Lake of Merzouga and its colony of greater flamingos
• A camel trek through the Erg-Chebbi sand sea
• Wake up to the panoramic view of the sunrise
• Stop in Ouarzazate, the African Hollywood
• Drive back to Marrakech

Detailed Program of the 4 days desert tour from Marrakech to Merzouga:

Day1: Marrakech – Atlas – Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou – Ouarzazate – Skoura – Dades (348 KM/ 6H30M)

The four days tour will start from Marrakesh where we will meet for the first time; this city was an old capital of Morocco’s ancient monarchs, and it is named to be the capital of the Maghreb Union. At 8 am we will drive through the High Atlas mountains which are known as the highest top in Morocco 4,167m named Toubkal go Through the Tizi N’Tichka passage on the mountain and enjoy the various landscape views. On the route, we will have a break for tea with mint or coffee at one of the Amazigh Hamlets. The next break will be at Ait Ben Hadou village to visit the Kasbah of Ait Ben Hadou; an old building that is for collective living, this Kasbah is nominated as a UNESCO Heritage in 1987. This Kasbah and the region, in general, are very important for the industry of film making (famous movies like the man who would be king in 1975 and many others) it is also a fortress on the Salt Road where caravans from different regions came to buy slaves, gold, ivory, and salt. Here we will enjoy the lunchtime special food of the region. Then we will continue the path towards the Dades Valley, through the Kalaat Magouna; a town is known for its thousands of hectares of roses you can admire on May, Skoura Amazigh villages surrounding the valley of Dades; this valley which is shaped in a form of gorges long time ago, here we can spend the first night.

Day2: Dades – Todra Gorges – Jorf – Erfoud – Merzouga (Camel Ride & Night in Desert) (253KM/ 4H20M)

The following day after your breakfast meal. The caravan will continue the road through the valley admiring the amazing rock formation ( the monkey toes) and the integration of the Kasbahs within the beautiful nature to name but a few of the amazing Kasbah of AitYul from the 19 century. Entering Tinrghir region and the Todra Valley and its panoramic landscape view and surrounding Amazigh villages. In the Todra Valley, we will have a walk through the river with its amazing 300m high red cliff which is a favorite destination for many rock-limbers to practice this sport. Lunchtime will be served either in Rissani or Erfoud; two town oases in the Sahara, before leaving to Merzouga the village of the golden sand where you will be welcomed with tea with mint then check in a Hotel and leave ride camels to the camp in the desert to enjoy the sunrise and spend the night under the Amazigh tent

Day 3: Merzouga – Errissani – Alnif – Nkob – Agdz – Ouarzazate (353.7 km/ 5h20m)

In the early morning, our guide will wake up you very early in the morning to enjoy the sunrise shining over the golden sand of Mezouga. A few minutes later you will ride back to the auberge in the village to take a fresh shower and a tasty breakfast. Then you will take the route towards Ouarzazate to overnight and visit this wonderful cinematographic place called Hollywood of Morocco, taking pictures of its monuments used for filming.  Passing through many different landscapes and villages Errissani where the Mausoleum of the first sultan of the current Dynasty of Morocco the grandfather of Mohammed the 6^th Moulay Ali Cherif.  You may stop for lunch when it is the time at one of those villages.

DAY 4: Ouarzazate – High Atlas Mountains – Marrakech (201 km/ 3h33m)

The next morning, you will have a breakfast meal. Then we will start the trip From Ouarzazate, meeting the valley of roses which is cultivated with hectares of roses; their beauty and smell could be seen in May. The drive will take us to the Ighram “the fortified village” of Ait ben Haddou; where we will have lunch, whose name is taken from the Ksar of Ait Ben Haddou, a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1987, where famous films were shot to name but a few as Lawrence of Arabia, Gladiator, The Mummy. Tizi Ntichka, is the next stop, a mountain wind road which we will climb to the top and take pictures of the amazing view. At the end of the road, Marrakech was known in Tamazight as Amour N Akouch or the land of GOD. Arriving in the evening our driver will pick you up at your last destination. End of the 4-day tour from Marrakech to Merzouga Desert.

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