Enjoy the best option to explore the Sahara desert by a trip starting from Marrakech crossing the high atlas arriving at the ait ben hadou kasbah overnight in dades gorges and a night in Merzouga desert camp under a sky of stars.
Day 1: Marrakech – Tizi -n-Tichka – Ait Benhaddou – Ouarzazate – Dades Valley/Gorges
We will pick up you up from your hotel/riad/ bus station and start our journey from Marrakech to Dades Gorges. Across the Tizi-n-Tichka Atlas pass, with far-reaching views across the mountains, we continue to Ait Benhaddou to visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou, a spectacular fortified village (Ksour). you’ll take your lunch at Ait.
Day 2: Dades Gorges – Tenghir – Todra Gorges – Tinjdad – Erfoud – Merzouga(Night in desert)
Enjoy the breakfast, we go from Dades gorges to the erg chebbi Sahara desert in Merzouga. Berber villages are scattered along the way, we’ll pass through Tinjdad, Jorf, and Erfoud in which we’ll feel the beginning of the Saharan oasis of Tafilalet, and then we continue to Merzouga.
Day 3: Camel Trekking back to Merzouga – Atlas mountains – Back to Marrakech.
After seeing the sunrise in the desert we go back on the camels to Merzouga after breakfast and take a shower in Hotel then start our journey backing to Marrakech through the Berber villages of the atlas mountains