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3 Days Desert Tour from Ouarzazate to Merzouga
Overview
If you love adventure, nature, and off-road trails, or if you are a photographer: Then this trip is probably what you need to take to experience the hidden off-roads and Saharan landscapes in south-eastern parts of Morocco.
3 days Desert tour from Ouarzazate to Merzouga that covers many remote regions of the Draa Tafilalt region including Mountains, deserts, valleys, Berber villages, palm groves, rock formations…etc.
This Morocco adventure tour of 3 days Ouarzazate Desert Tour to Merzouga starts with the valley of roses trails to Dades gorges after visiting one of the most famous Valleys of Todgha gorge, you will have the opportunity to experience the Berber cultures, food, and clothes, you will explore the Sahara Desert in southern Morocco which located near the border of Algeria and Morocco, experience camel rides, desert camps, Berber music.
Duration: 3 Days & 2 Nights.
Starting: Ouarzazate.
Ending: Ouarzazate.
Highlights:
- Visit the roses valley with Dades valley
- Drive to Dades Gorges
- Visit The Todgha Gorges and drive across Erfoud To Desert
- Ride a camel in Merzouga while assisting to a dramatic sunset
- Sleep under the stars in Erg Chebbi Sahara camp
- drive through the Draa valley To Ouarzazate
Included/Excluded
- Pick-up from your Hotel or Riad in Ouarzazate
- Private Trip in modern, air-conditioned transport
- English / Spanish-speaking driver/guide
- Camel trek in Desert to watch the sunset and sunrise
- Night in a desert camp with dinner and breakfast included
- Night in a hotel/riad with dinner and breakfast included
- Entrance Fees to Monuments
- Lunches
- Drinks
- Tickets
Tour Plan
We pick you up from your accommodation in the morning to start our 3 Days Desert Tour from Ouarzazate to Merzouga, to the Dades Gorge, passing the Oasis of Skoura, where numerous ancient kasbahs, some sadly in ruins, stand amongst the palm trees. From here, our route takes us through Kela’a M’gouna, the Valley of Roses, where we stop to see the cosmetic articles made locally from the valley’s abundant blossoms. These products are well-known throughout Morocco and are highly valued. From here, you take an off-road route to have a better impression of the landscape. You stop in the Dades gorge for lunch after which you have time to walk in the gorges, in the fields and gardens. We continue our way to Todra Gorges. spend a night in a hotel/riad.
After breakfast, the trip continues a short distance to Tinghir and the very different Toudgha gorges where you can take a short walk to appreciate the steep sides of the gorge and the narrow expanse of the sky above. From there, you continue to the Chebbi dunes via Tinjdad, and the Oasis of Tafilalet near Erfoud, famous for its Date Festival, and Rissani, which is the seat of the Alaouite family of the present king of Morocco. Between Tinjdad and Erfoud, you can stop to go down into the fascinating underground water channels deep below the earth, always cool and preventing the evaporation of this source of irrigation. In Erfoud itself, you can stop to see the workings of thousands of fossils made into all sorts of artifacts. Lunch will be in a Berber village along the way. At the bivouac, you are welcomed with a glass of tea before taking a camel ride to watch the sunset from the top of the dunes. Later there is dinner and the night in a nomad tent at the foot of the dunes.
If you wake up early enough, you can watch the spectacle of the sunrise, when the color of the dunes and the play of shadows are an awesome sight. The itinerary continues to the Dra’a Valley via the village of Tazzarine (featured in the film ‘Babel’), and on to N’Qob for lunch. In the afternoon the journey takes us to Tanasikht, to drive along the ancient caravan route to discover the real Draa Valley, with its huge palm trees and ancient villages. You return to Ouarzazate where our 3 Days Desert tour from Ouarzazate to the Merzouga Sahara will end.
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