Detailed Travel Itinerary: 8-Day Marrakech Sahara Desert Tour

Great Morocco offers an 8-day, 7-night desert journey from Marrakech to Zagora, complete with the greatest camel trekking in Morocco.

Tour Day 1: Marrakech

Great Morocco organizes tour departing from Marrakech. Transfer from the Marrakech airport to your Riad/hotel. Overnight at your Riad/hotel. Free time to explore Marrakech on your own (Medina and Jemaa El Fenaa).

Tour Day 2: Explore medina of Marrakech

Marrakech guided tour with a local guide to see the key attractions (Medina, Jemaa El fnaa, Souk, Koutoubia mosque, Saadian tombs, Bahia Palace, badia palace, Majorelles jardins, Menara gardens). Your Riad or hotel.

Tour Day 3: Marrakech - High Atlas mountains -Ouarzazate -Agdz - Zagora

After breakfast, the 8-day Marrakech Desert Tour to Zagora and Merzouga commences. We leave your Riad/hotel at 7:30 / 8:00 a.m. and travel across the high Atlas highlands. We arrive to Tizin'Tichka road (at 2260 m), Morocco's highest road pass. We proceed to Ouarzazate, where you will see Atlas Studios and the Kasbah Taourirt. We take a scenic drive through the palm-lined Draa valley and agdz. We conclude the day at Zagora, where you will spend the night in a traditional 4* hotel with dinner.

Tour Day 4: ZAGORA - TAFRAOUT SIDI ALI - MERZOUGA

After breakfast, we depart at 8:00 a.m. This is the most spectacular day of your tour; you will spend the entire day off-road from Zagora to Merzouga. It's the same route as the famed Paris-Dakar Rally. We will visit various Berber villages such as Tismomin and Oumjran. You will tour the Tismomin Ouasis and we will pause to drink berber tea and learn about berber origins and true life. You will experience the native rhythm. We proceed to Tafraoute Sidi Ali. We will cross various rivers and halt at a nomad's water well after lunch at Riad les Jardins de Tafraoute. In Merzouga, you ride camels to a desert camp where you will enjoy drum music all day... We will arrive at Merzouga before dark, giving you plenty of opportunity to take amazing photos among the dunes of Erg Chebbi before spending the night in a Sahara Desert luxury camp.

Tour Day 5: Explore Desert of Merzouga

A whole day in Merzouga to explore the desert in a 4x4 vehicle. Berber nomads, Gnaoua music in Khamlia, old M'fis mines.... Lunch (Local meal: Madfouna, included) (Local meal: Madfouna, included) Spend the night in local riad with dinner.

Tour Day 6: MERZOUGA -TODGA Gorges-DADES Gorges

Early in the morning your camel guide will wake you up to watch what well may be the best sunrise of your life. Afterwards you will trek back to the village of Merzouga. Enroute you couldn’t fail to appreciate the unique beauty of the spectacular Erg Chebbi sand dunes - changing with the light as the day progresses. After breakfast in your riad, you’ll leave for the Dades Valley, visiting Todra Gorges - the highest, narrowest Gorges in Morocco. After lunch within the valley, you will have an optional hour’s hike through the fields where you will enjoy visiting an old mud village. Meet locals and learn about the culture. On through Dades Valley, where you will have the opportunity to see majestic sand castles and the amazing rock formations known as “monkey toes”. Overnight accommodation will be in your hotel overlooking the Dades valley. Enjoy our 8 Day Marrakech Desert Tour to Zagora and Merzouga with Great Morocco.

Tour Day 7: DADES Gorges -AIT BENHADOU-MARRAKECH

Leave Dades Valley and travel to Marrakech through the Rose Valley and African holywood (OUARZAZATE), where numerous films have been shot. We go to Ksar Ait Benhadou, Morocco's oldest unique historical land. Following that, we go to Marrakech via the High Atlas Mountains. Take you to your Riad/hotel.

Tour Day 8: Transfer to the airport.

Take a taxi to the airport. End of an 8-day desert tour from Marrakech to Zagora and Merzouga.

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We at Great Morocco Tours offer Outstanding services (before, during, after the tours) for tour from Marrakech with comfortable transfer services , also we offer Showcasing the best of  Sahara Desert in guided camel tour with comfortable accommodation (hotels / riads / Sahara desert camps as standard or luxury).

We offer range of Sahara desert activities during our Tours departure from Marrakech city. We primarily provide bespoke Marrakech Tours and VIP Morocco private tours, and our clientele mostly comprise entire family groups, friends groups, single people, and couples.

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Our tours are designed to provide the finest possible experience; all of our tours are offered every day, with professional drivers and guides. We believe that your own personal Marrakech Desert Trip requires you to have your own personal travel guide in Sahara.

Why Choose us for tour from Marrakech? We provide several sightseeing package tours from Marrakech city since we specialize in tailor-made Morocco tours and customized Marrakech travel because many individuals nowadays choose to travel independently and construct their own unique Morocco tour itinerary.