This 3-day Desert Private Tour from Marrakech takes you through stunning landscapes, including the majestic Atlas Mountains and the vast Sahara Desert. Explore traditional Berber villages, ride camels across golden dunes, and spend a night under the stars in a luxurious desert camp.

High Atlas 3 days desert sahara tour marrakech

Ait ben-haddou3 days desert sahara desert camp tour

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Free Cancellation

3 Days / 2 Nights

Availability : Every day

Offered in: English, French, Spanish

Hotel pickup & drop-off Included

Tour Details

3 Days Desert Private Tour from Marrakech Overview

Welcome to explore and chill out in the wildlife of Morocco deeply in south destination by the variations of Landscapes: Mountains, Sahara and green valley. It were most beautiful experience to meet yourself in marvelous and impressive monologue.

Highlights

Enjoy fantastic landscapes views of High &Rang-Atlas.
Explore ENUSCO sites include Telouat ,Ait Benhadou kasbahs and Draa Valley.
Off road safari for camels ride for sunset in Erg chegaga at luxury camp.
Visit local women cooperative of carpets in Taznakht.
Cross range Atlas mountains through stunning landscape.

Price Includes

4WD & fuel and driver English speaking.
Accommodation in tamgrout with breakfast and dinner.
Guided camel tour in desert dunes CHIGAGA.
Accommodation in nomad tent with breakfast and dinner.
Pick up and drop off from your hotel / raid.

Price Excludes

Lunches and meals
Drinks

Departure & Return

Departure & Return Location

Your Hotel or Raid in Marrakech

Departure Time

At 8h am

Tour Plan

Itinerary of 3 Days Desert Private Tour from Marrakech

Day 1Marrakech to AGDEZ (Approx 5h)

Departure from Marrakech at 7:30am h then across the mountain of high Atlas TIZI’ NTICHKA 2260m, continue to visit Kasbah AIT BEN HADDOU and TAOURIRIT KASHBA in OURZAZATE whish are fortified by UNESCO that represent as modal of architecture of south of morocco and explored by filming like Laurence of Arabia and recently Gladiator … after lunch in AIT BEN HADDOU Kasbah you enjoy the DRAA valley famous of palms 200 km till M’HAMID, overnight in AGDEZ.

Day 2AGDEZ to Erg Chegaga Dune (Approx 4h)

After nice sleep and breakfast you have chance of visiting TAMGHROUT village, the second old bibliotheca or library in Africa after TOUMBOUKTOU contains more than hundred manuscripts written in gazelle skin, then the poetry factory where you can do pottery lesson known by green colors.
Continue the road through to M’HAMID the gateway to the desert with Monday market. There you can lunch or you picnic in the desert depended of weather of Sahara (wind or rain…).
After 2 hour off-road you will arrive to the sea sand of ERG CHEGAGA, in Sahara sand where you meet camels tour of one hour around the sea sand by enjoying the romantic sunset overnight in desert-camp with dinner and breakfast.

Day 3Erg Chegaga dune back to Marrakech (Approx 6h)

Don’t miss the lovely sunrise of Sahara, then you have your breakfast, at 8:00am left the desert behind enjoy your car after 2 hours off-road by a crossing a deserted and dry lake of IRIQI you arrived to FOUM ZGUID for short stop of Coffee, or orange jus….
Then you continue to TAZNAKT where you got lunch and have chance of exploring the feminine cooperatives working rugs and saffron whish are cheaper than big cities.
The only item of furnishing in Berber tent, the carpet embellishes all kinds of interiors. It is probably one of the most beautiful things to bring back from Morocco. The art of weaving is one of the oldest traditions of Morocco tribes and towns.
As for country carpets, these are often brightly colored and are decorated with naïve motifs. Everything is a symbol or has a meaning in this carpet, the fruit of the creative imagination of Berber women.
Through the Anti-atlas you will enjoy a lovely contrast of colorful mountains and landscape.
Finally, you re-cross the high Atlas back to Marrakech.

Map of 3 Days Desert Private Tour from Marrakech

Additional Info

Know before you go

Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required.

What to bring

Sunglasses, Sunscreen, Sun hat, Comfortable walking shoes.
Please make sure you prepare a small backpack/rack sack for your camel trek and overnight in the camp.