6 Days Desert Tour from Marrakech
A 6-day journey from Marrakech to Merzouga, Fes and Casablanca.
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Overview
The 6-day tour from Marrakech takes you through some of Morocco’s most stunning landscapes and cultural sites. Starting with the Atlas Mountains and the famous Ait Ben Haddou, the first night is spent in the beautiful Dades Gorges.
You’ll then travel through the Todra Gorge and Ziz Valley to reach the Sahara Desert’s Erg Chebbi dunes in Merzouga. Here, you can ride camels, try sandboarding, and enjoy an overnight stay in a traditional desert camp.
The tour also includes a guided visit to Fes, covering highlights like the Tanneries and Attarine museum, and ends with a visit to the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca before returning to Marrakech.
Duration | Depart & Arrival Time | Price / person | Starting & Ending Location |
6 Days/5 Nights | - 08:30 AM | From €450 | Marrakech |
Highlights Of 6 days desert tour from Marrakech
Here are the main highlights of the 6-day tour from Marrakech:
- Enjoy stunning views of the Atlas Mountains
- Visit the UNESCO-listed Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah
- Spend a night in the scenic Dades Gorges
- See the breathtaking Erg Chebbi dunes
- Watch a sunset over the desert sands
- Take a camel ride in the Merzouga Sahara
- Try sandboarding on the dunes
- Camp overnight in the Merzouga Desert
- Experience a traditional Berber dinner and campfire
- Explore Fes with a local guide
- Tour the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca
Below is the itinerary for the 6-day Marrakech desert tour:
Day 1: Marrakech » Telouet » Ait Benhaddou » Ouarzazate » Dades Gorges [325 km]
Your private 6-day tour starts with a scene of the Atlas Mountains while we snake through the 2260m high Tizi N’Tichka pass to the Unesco World Heritage site of Ait Ben Haddou, it was added to the UNESCO list since 1987, famous on the big screen for movies like Gladiator (2000) and the famous HBO series Game of Thrones (2013).
We’ll then continue to Ouarzazate know as “The Gate to Desert” to visit Atlas Film Studios and the Taourirt Kasbah located in the city and later towards the Valley of Roses, well-known for its yearly festival of roses.
Then, we’ll drive to Dades Gorges and its gorgeous canyons where we spend the first night in a traditional riad or hotel with a complimentary dinner and breakfast.
Day 2: Dades Gorges » Draa Valley » Rissani » Erg Chebbi Dunes (Merzouga) [269 km]
Here, we’ll visit Todra Gorge, a colorful tight canyon popular with outdoor enthusiasts. Then we’ll drive through The Ziz Valley to reach Erfoud via Tinjdad, an oasis town famous as the gate to the impressive Erg Chebbi dunes and recognized for its unique fossils and their manufacturers.
While there, we can visit a local fossils factory that produces artisans and home furniture fabricated from fossils. Then drive to the Sahara desert to reach Merzouga.
Arriving at the edge of the golden sand dunes you change the vehicle by the Desert ships, camels, to sail into the wavy desert dunes, guided by experienced guides, a date with a stop to admire one of the best sunset sceneries, as daylight decreases the sand changes color, while you enjoy sandboarding.
Arriving at well-equipped Merzouga Desert Camp where we’ll stay overnight in Berber-style tents.
This spectacular night will be rendered memorable with a unique and traditional starlit Berbere dinner topped off by tribal music (Drums) around a desert campfire.
Day 3: Exploring Merzouga area & Visit nomad families [40 Km]
Today will be spent exploring the Merzouga desert. You’ll get a chance to “do your own thing”, with the option of camel trekking, or exploring via the comfort of a 4×4. We’ll also visit the Khamlia village famous for its traditional music.
We will continue our 4×4 excursion to an abandoned small town called Mefes and its lead mines, this town was and still is a source of different minerals since the French colonizer.
We simply can’t miss the opportunity of appreciating a visit to a generous nomad family living behind the dunes of the Merzouga Sahara desert. Our night will be topped off in the Riad/Hotel in the Merzouga area.
Day 4: Merzouga » Ziz Valley » Azrou Cedar forest » Fes [467 km]
After breakfast, at the hotel, we’ll drive through Rissani, and its local souk, the biggest market in the region, until we reach Midelt in the Atlas Mountains via Ziz Valley and palm groves.
There, we can stop for lunch in a local restaurant before driving to Azrou cedar forest and its Barbary Apes, before continuing to Fes where we’ll stay overnight in a local hotel.
We will visit Ifrane city, the stunning architecture, green gardens, very clean town, and perfect destination for Ski lovers due to its big Ski resort of Mishlifen. Because of its magnificent characteristics and location, Ifrane knows “Switzerland of Morocco”.
Day 5: Fes (Visit the city with a local guide) » Casablanca [295 km]
We’ll start the sightseeing tour with a local guide exploring the oldest city in Morocco, twisting through its roads and narrow alleys.
Fes is known as a Scientific city, and home to the oldest university in the world and consists of three distinct parts; Fes el Bali (a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981).
Fes-Jdid “new Fez” is the oldest of the three with more than 8500 narrow alleys and streets supported by a high wall (home of the Jewish quarter), and the “Ville Nouvelle”, the most modern quarter of Fez built during the French occupation.
The guided sightseeing tour includes a visit to the Tanneries, the Attarine museum, and the Moulay Idriss mausoleum. You’ll visit many different cooperatives and then, experience an enjoyable picturesque scene over the entire Medina of Fes.
After finishing the tour and have lunch, we’ll drive to Casablanca. Dinner and overnight in the biggest city in Morocco in terms of population, recognized as the economical city.
Day 6: Casablanca » Marrakesh [241 km]
Today, we visit the main attraction and monuments of Casablanca, including the Hassan II Mosque, before driving toward the red city of Marrakech where our 6-day trip from Marrakech ends by dropping you at your accommodation or airport.
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Tour Includes & Excludes
Price Includes
- Accommodation pick-up and drop-off
- Private transport in a modern, air-conditioned vehicle
- Knowledgeable driver/guide who speaks English
- Fuel for the entire trip
- 4 x nights in private hotel rooms with dinner & breakfast
- A tour on camels (one camel per person)
- Evening camel ride to watch the sunset
- Delicious dinner and traditional Berber drum party around the campfire
- Private tent stay at Merzouga Desert Camp with meals
- 4x4 vehicle transfers to and from the camp (if preferred over camels)
- Guided tour in Fes with a local expert
Price Excludes
- Beverages
- Lunches
- Optional entry fees for monuments
- Gratuities
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Our Customers Reviews
Awesome 6 Day trip from Marrakech
Great experience with Morocco Tours agency! We had a private tour group of 8 university students that spent 6 days, traveling through Marrakech, the Atlas Mountains, Ait Ben Haddaou, Quarzazate, the Sahara Desert, Fes, and Chechauen.
Our tour guide was very pleasant knowledgeable about Morocco and made our tour wonderful.
Addi assured us that we had the best experience possible. The accommodation and food were great. Overall, would highly recommend the Morocco Tours agency.
A Journey of a Lifetime
They organized tour guides for major sites, for example, in Fez. Personally, I would not recommend touring Fez without a guide.
He also organized a camel ride into the Sahara desert - an unimaginable experience! And this was our highlight of the whole trip.
All of the hotels were perfect for our group of 4 and all provided us with amazing breakfast spreads each morning.
In brief, I couldn’t recommend this tour agency enough! My friends and I had such a memorable week, all thanks to our great friend.
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