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3-Day Tour to Merzouga Erg Chebbi with Food & Camel Trek

By Ando Travel SARL
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Free cancellation available
Price is RM 568 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 3d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Leave the bustling medinas and souks behind and discover an altogether slower pace of life on this 3-day desert tour to Merzouga and Erg Chebbi from Marrakech. Take the Tizi-n-Tichka pass through the High Atlas Mountains and visit the UNESCO-listed Aït Benhaddou kasbah with your guide. Discover a lush oasis of palm trees at Skoura and travel along the Dadès River. Visit Rissani, the ancient capital of the Tafilalt region. Meet your camel caravan in Merzouga and enjoy an evening under the stars in the Sahara Desert. Group size is limited to 17 on this tour.

Activity location

  • Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
    • 31.047878164882086, -7.130255656201919
    • 45122, Ait Ben Haddou, Morocco

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Hôtel Tazi
    • 79 Passage Prince Moulay Rachid
    • 40000, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

Check availability


3Days with Standard camp
  • Activity duration is 3 days3d
    3d
  • English

standard camp: spend the second night in the Merzouga Desert standard camp with shared bathroom and toilet .
Pickup included

Starting time: 7:00
Price details
RM 567.97 x 1 AdultRM 567.97

Total
Price is RM 567.97
3days with Luxury camp
  • Activity duration is 3 days3d
    3d
  • English

luxury camp: in a more isolated and scenic area. is more comfortable ,private tent with a shower, bathroom, toilet, isnide:and personalize
Pickup included

Starting time: 7:00
Price details
RM 963.09 x 1 AdultRM 963.09

Total
Price is RM 963.09

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Accommodation at hotel with breakfast and dinner (toilets and showers inside rooms)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Air-conditioned vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Accommodation at desert camp with breakfast and dinner (toilets outside, showers in lodge)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    English speaking Driver
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Hotel pickup and drop-off (hotels inside marrakech only)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Camel trekking in Erg Chebbi
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Lunch & Drinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Local guide in Kasbah Ait Ben Hddou (available for an extra charge 2€ pp)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Tips to driver

Know before you book

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Good walking shoes, sunscreen and sunglasses are recommended
  • It can be cold at night and in the winter so please bring appropriate clothing.
  • luggages allowed to carry, there’s enough space for it in the trunk of the bus
  • Dress code (seasonal recommendations
  • Meals included are dinner and breakfast (vegetarian option: available).
  • Return time to Marrakech : around 8 pm .
  • Drop off place : once you specify your drop off address , just inform our driver on your return day.

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Marrakech – Ouarzazate –Dades
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: snacks
  • Accommodation: Overnight stay at Dades Kasbah & similar
Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
  • 5h
Following a morning pickup from your accommodation in Marrakech, head deep into the High Atlas Mountains in your air-conditioned minivan to begin your tour. Travel along the Tizi-n-Tichka pass and past rural Berber villages, where local shepherds herd their flocks the way they have for thousands of years. First, visit the UNESCO World Heritage site of Aït Benhaddou kasbah, where locals and travelers alike have met to socialize and trade down the centuries. Soak up the atmosphere at your leisure, then head onward with your guide to a local restaurant for lunch in your (own expense). In the afternoon, head onward with your guide to the oasis at Skoura. Pause to admire the lush, green palm trees rising like a mirage in the dry desert, then continue on along the Dadès River through deep gorges, where the ruins of ancient kasbahs lie among traditional Berber villages. Arrive in Dades in the evening, where your dinner and accommodation await. Overnight: at Kasbah Amazigh or kasbah chems
Day 2: Dades– Merzouga – Erg Chebbi
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, snacks
  • Accommodation: Auberge sahara desert camp
Merzouga Desert
  • 6h
After breakfast at your hotel, hop back aboard your minivan and travel out along the famous ‘Road of 1000 Kasbahs’ to nearby Tinghir. Stroll through the oasis to the mighty Todra Gorge, where a deep crevasse in the orange limestone provides spectacular views, then sit down to lunch at your leisure (own expense) in one of the local cafes. In the afternoon, visit the holy town of Rissani — birthplace of Morocco’s ruling royal family and the age-old capital of the Tafilalt region. Continue on to Merzouga, a small village sitting on the borders of the Sahara Desert. Meet your camel caravan and, with the sun slowly moving across the afternoon sky, set off toward Erg Chebbi and your camp in the heart of the desert. With traditional music from local nomads to entertain you, enjoy dinner and an evening under the stars before retiring to bed. Overnight: campsite in the Sahara Desert
Day 3: Erg Chebbi – Ouarzazate – Marrakech
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Not included
High Atlas Mountains
  • 9h
Following an early-morning stroll before breakfast to enjoy sunrise among the sand dunes (optional), ride your camel back to Merzouga and meet your driver for the start of your return journey to Marrakech. Stop for lunch in Ouarzazate (own expense), then head onward through the spectacular scenery of the High Atlas Mountains. Arrive back at your Marrakech accommodation in the mid-evening to conclude your tour.

Location

Activity location

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    Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
    • 31.047878164882086, -7.130255656201919
    • 45122, Ait Ben Haddou, Morocco

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Hôtel Tazi
    • 79 Passage Prince Moulay Rachid
    • 40000, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco
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    مرآب باب تغزوت
    • 40000, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco
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    المقهى الكبير للبريد
    • 40000, Marrakech, Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Hôtel Restaurant Café de France
    • Rue des Banques
    • 40000, مراكش, جهة مراكش آسفي, Morocco
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Dar Moha
    • 81 Rue Dar el Bacha
    • 40000, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Riad Laarous
    • 40000, Marrakesh, Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    PLACE EL MOUKEF
    • 40000, Marrakesh, Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    اعدادية عبد المومن
    • Avenue Antaki
    • 40000, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Bab Lakssour
    • 40000, Marrakesh, Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Bab Aylan
    • 40000, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Collège Mohamed 5
    • 40000, Marrakesh, Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    صيدلية باب دكالة
    • زنقة بوطويل
    • 40000, Marrakech, Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Moulay al-Yazid Mosque (Kasbah Mosque)
    • 23 Rue de La Kasbah
    • 40000, Marrakesh, Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Place Mellah
    • 40000, Marrakesh, Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco

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