7 Days Tour From Agadir to Merzouga Desert
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- Comfortable vehicle
- +4 Hours
- +1 People
- Multilingual drivers
Tour info
- DEPARTURE LOCATION➥ Agadir
- RETURN LOCATION➥Agadir
- DEPARTURE TIME ➥8 am
- DURATION➥ 7 days/ 6 nights
Includes and excludes
Includes
- Pickup & dropoff service
- English/Spanish speaking driver
- Accommodations
- 4WD vehicle with fuel
- Breakfasts
- Dinners
- Camel for each in the desert
Excludes
- Plane ticket
- Monuments fees
- Lunches
- Tips
- Drinks
Highlights
- Marrakech
- Gorges Dades
- Todra gorges
- Ait Benhaddou
- Camel trekking in Merzouga
- Glamping in the desert
- Ouarzazate
- Jamaa El Fna
Tour Overview
7 days desert tour from Agadir to Merzouga, Marrakech, Ait Benhaddou, Ouarzazate, Tinghir, Boumalne dades, and more. This trip can be tailored to your specific requirements, so please contact us at any moment to start planning yours.
The following is a tour description or a basic itinerary. On the first day, depending on your arrival time, we will begin our journey to Marrakech, the red city. From there, we’ll travel via the High Atlas Mountains, Ait Benhaddou, and Ouarzazate on the second day. We’ll spend the night in Boumalne Dades after that. The third day will be spent in the desert of Merzouga. We’ll arrive in the evening, take a camel ride, and stay in a Berber camp for the night.
The following day will be spent on a desert excursion to learn about the desert and to meet Berber nomads who still live in traditional tents. On the fifth and sixth days, you’ll go on a discovery tour of Marrakech. On the final day, we will go directly to Agadir, where the vacation will come to a close.
Itinerary
Day 1: Agadir to Marrakech
Our 7-day Morocco desert tour will begin in Agadir. We will pick you up from either the airport or your hotel in Agadir and transport you to Marrakech for a half-day excursion. Morocco’s historic imperial capital, Marrakech, is a bustling commercial hub with mosques, palaces, and gardens. We’ll spend the night there after a long day.
Day 2: Marrakech to Boumalne
After breakfast on the second day of your 7-day desert vacation from Agadir, we will pick you up from your hotel and drive you to our next stop. We’ll travel through the Tizi Ntichka pass from Marrakech to the Kasbah Ait Ben Hadou. We’ll stop at the famed 2260 meter (6,867 ft.) peak for a breathtaking panoramic vista. After that, we’ll travel to the Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, a famous fortified village (Ksar) in Morocco, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lunch will be given at a traditional Ait Benhaddou restaurant.
Following that, we’ll travel to Ouarzazate, where we’ll visit the Kasbah of Taourirte and the Atlas & CLA Studios, where a number of producers have worked on a number of films and movies. As a result, Ouarzazate is renowned as “Africa’s Hollywood.”
We proceed to Boumalne Dades in the afternoon via the Valley of the Roses, which is known for its massive rose harvest, which is used to produce perfume. Cosmetics and rosewater are also available. In Dades for the night.
Day 3: Boumalne to Merzouga
After an early breakfast, you depart from your lodging for the Sahara Desert of Merzouga, where you will embark on another adventure. We’ll first travel down the Thousand Kasbahs Road, passing through various Berber villages along the way. We’ll go to the Todgha Gorges, which are a series of limestone cliffs in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains.
Afterwards, we’ll continue on our journey and stop in Tinejdad, a Berber village noted for its palm trees, to explore. Following that, we’ll visit Jorf to see the ancient irrigation system.
The city of Erfoud will be our next stop. It is a place in southern Morocco where you will be able to view the fossil workers as well as the Date Market. We will arrive in the Merzouga desert at the end of the day and settle into your accommodations.
Day 4: Merzouga tour
Our 7-day travel from Agadir includes a discovery visit of the Merzouga desert, which is the highlight of all our Morocco itineraries. Our driver will first take you to the Morocco National 4X4 Auto Museum, which is owned by a Qatari. Then we’ll travel to Khamlia, a little town around 6 kilometers from Merzouga where the Gnaoua people live. You’ll be able to listen to their fantastic music, which is played on drums and castanets, there. Following that, we’ll take you to one of Mifis’ old MINES, where you can see where the French got their salt and kohl during their colonization of Morocco.
Afterward, we’ll take you to meet one of the nomad Berber tent families to get to know them better. We’ll then head to Srij Lake, where camels are kept and flamingos migrate.
We’ll visit Hassi Labied’s oasis in the afternoon, a little oasis where you can observe how they utilize tunnels to irrigate their farms from wells. Finally, we’ll take you on a camel ride that begins near the sand dunes and ends where our team of camel specialists awaits you. They’ll take you over the sand dunes of Erg Chebbi, where you could get a glimpse of the sunset. You will spend the night in a Berber camp in the area.
Day 5: Merzouga to Marrakech
We will return to Ouarzazate on the fifth day of our 7-days desert tour from Agadir. We’ll return the camels to the starting place in the morning after you’ve eaten breakfast. We’ll travel to Rissani and stop to see the souk and admire the crafts.
Later, on our trip to Ouarzazate, we pass through the Draa Valley on our route to Agdez. After that, we’ll journey across the High Atlas Mountains to Marrakech, Morocco’s red city. You will have some spare time there. Our overnight stay in Marrakech includes dinner and breakfast.
Day 6: Marrakech tour
Today, we’ll discover Marrakech, the world’s second-oldest Imperial city, which has long been significant trading and tourist destination. Your tour will visit the famous Jardin Majorelle, the Bahia Palace, and the Saadian tombs. The Koutoubia Mosque is a must-see in Marrakech, with its 66-meter-high tower. In the afternoon, we’ll go to Jemaa El Fna Plaza, the medina’s principal square, which comes alive as the sun sets with local storytellers, singers, entertainers, snake charmers, and the smells of superb cuisine being cooked over hot embers. The same hotel will be our home for the night.
Day 7: Marrakech to Agadir
Today is the last day of our 7-days desert tour from Agadir. We’ll transport you from Marrakech to Agadir and drop you off at the airport or your hotel.