4-Day Desert Journey from Errachidia to Marrakech via Merzouga

Loading available options...

Overview

  • Duration:4 days 3 nights
  • Travelers:1 - 40 guests
  • Tour Type:Morocco Tours, Tours from Errachidia
  • Language:English, Espanol, French
Discover Morocco’s boundless desert beauty on this 4-day adventure from Errachidia to Marrakech. Sleep beneath the Milky Way in Merzouga, explore fossil sites and Berber villages by 4×4, and cross the stunning valleys of Todra, Dades, and Skoura. End your unforgettable journey through kasbahs, oases, and film studios on the road to vibrant Marrakech.
Read more

Highlights

  • Scenic drive from Errachidia through the Ziz Valley to Merzouga
  • Overnight stay in a luxury desert camp under the stars
  • 4×4 desert tour to fossil sites, Black Desert & Tissrdmin village
  • Visit Khamlia village for authentic Gnawa music
  • Camel ride across the golden dunes at sunset
  • Explore Todra and Dades Gorges’ stunning landscapes
  • Discover Skoura’s palm groves and historical kasbahs
  • Visit Ouarzazate, Aït Ben Haddou & Atlas Film Studios
  • Cross the High Atlas Mountains via the Tizi n’Tichka Pass
  • Arrive in Marrakech after an incredible desert-to-city journey

Includes/Excludes

  • Airport pick-up from Errachidia & drop-off in Marrakech
  • Private 4×4 vehicle with English-speaking driver/guide
  • Camel trek in the dunes of Merzouga
  • 1 night in a luxury desert camp (dinner & breakfast included)
  • 2 nights in comfortable hotels/riads (Skoura, Dades or similar)
  • Breakfasts and dinners during the tour
  • Bottled water during travel days
  • Lunches and drinks not mentioned
  • Entrance fees to attractions (if applicable)
  • Personal expenses and tips
  • Travel insurance

Itinerary

Day 1: Errachidia Airport – Merzouga

Pick up from Errachidia towards the South, transfer from the airport to the Camp that will take 2 hours , once arrived you will spend a good night sleep in a tent under the majestic milky way galaxy.

Day 2: Desert Experience by 4×4

After breakfast you will take the 4×4 for a tour to some nearby caves where natural fossils can be found, then you will go to the small and ancient village of Tissrdmin where many movies have been filmed, taking the road which passes along the route of the famous Paris – Dakar rally. You will then pass through the Black Desert with its volcanic stones where we will take tea with a Tuareg family. Then you will arrive at the village of Kamlia, famous for its inhabitants from black Africa and their music. This village is also famous for the festival of music and dance that takes place every year during the first week of August. From here you will go to see the lake Dayet Srji with its pink flamingos. before returning to the luxury camp to relax before taking the camels for a trek into the dunes. After a camel trek of about an half hour you will arrive at the luxury camp where you will spend over night luxury camp .

Day 3: Merzouga- Todra – Dades-Skoura

After breakfast, We head back to Rissani from a different direction, Skoura is a magical oasis lined with many palm groves. The contrast of the Atlas Mountains and the desert landscape is fascinating. Known for growing roses the perfumes in the air are intense. The palm groves were built by the 12th century Almohad Sultan Yacoub el-Mansour and named after its natives – the people of the Haskourene tribe. Many of the most spectacular Kasbahs in Morocco can be found in and around Skoura. After lunch in a typical southern restaurant we head for the town of Skoura, known for its Monday markets. Then we head back to your hotel, relax, have dinner and spend the night in the most relaxed, noise and pollution free town of Morocco.

Day 4: Skoura – Ourzazate – Ait ben Haddou- Marrakech

Today, after breakfast, we travel to Ouarzazate. You can see the Kasbah of Taourirt and the Atlas Studios , Ait Ben Haddou . They are the largest and most famous film studios in all of Africa. We then continue on the road of Tizin’Tichka stopping for lunch in a small village. We will arrive in Marrakech in afternoon and end of services .
Tour Map

Localisation

You might also like...

This site is registered on wpml.org as a development site. Switch to a production site key to remove this banner.