4 Days Tour from Marrakech

Day 1: Marrakech, Atlas Mountains- Tizi n Tichka- Ait Benhaddou- Ouarzazate- Skoura- Rose valley- Dades valley

Total distance: ~330–360 km

Total driving time: ~6.5–7.5 hours (without long stops)

Starting early in Marrakech, your journey takes off through the bustling streets before a slow dissolution of the streets into the background of the High Atlas Mountains. Shows you a new place. The road is curving up to the well-known Tizi n’Tichka Pass, and each turn presents you with a new landscape with some small Berber villages nestled in the hills. The air feels colder, the mountains are higher, and the landscape reminds one of entering a storybook.

You will take breaks in between to have a stretch, inhale the fresh air in the mountains, and appreciate the unbelievable scenery. Next, you drive on to the mythical Kasbah Ait Ben Haddo, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Its mud houses and winding streets appear to be in the same state as they were centuries ago, and you may know it due to the movies and TV programs shot here. The experience of walking through it resembles a stroll through hundreds of years ago.

Then you go to the Skoura Oasis, peaceful as it is, where palm trees and old kasbahs adorn the terrain. In this case, you will tour Casbah Amridil, which is among the most popular fortresses in the region, and be told how residents of the oasis constructed ingenious irrigation systems before modern devices were invented.

When the day becomes soft, you pass the rose-scented Rose Valley and end up in the gorgeous Dades Valley. The high cliffs are colored with warm colors during the sunset, and this makes the atmosphere magical. In this case, you would stay in a comfortable lodge, have a nice Moroccan dinner, and sleep overnight in nature. Your Marrakech to Merzouga desert tour makes your memories unforgettable.

Day 2 -Tinghir, Todra Gorge, Dayes Valley, Erfoud, Merzouga, and Erg Chebbi (Sahara Desert)

Distance: Approximately 204 KM
Time: 3 Hours 45 Minutes Drive

The road, after your breakfast, takes you through the so-called Road of 1001 Kasbahs, in which old fortresses just come out of the desert like silent sentinels of the past. Next, you come to Tinghir, an attractive city, with palms all around.

Todra Gorge, which is next to Tinghir, is truly unbelievable, with enormous cliffs that nearly reaching the heavens. When you are walking between these high walls, you feel small, small in the most unbad way. You can go on a tour, take photos,s or just enjoy the calmness of the water as it flows down the canyon.

After lunch, you pass on to Erfoud and its stone-coursing rocks and its juicy dates. The next stop is Rissani, the home of the royal Alaouite dynasty of Morocco. The history is practically palpable.

Towards the end of the afternoon, you come to Merzouga, the entrance to the Sahara. In this case, there are endless stretches of golden dunes of Erg Chebbi. A camel awaits you, and he is going to carry you over the soft sand when the sun sets on the dunes. The sky turns to gold, pink, and deep orange, one of the most magical scenes you will ever see.

You come to a beautiful desert camp as the night falls. You will take a delicious Moroccan meal, enjoy the fire, listen to the local music, and see the stars fiercely fill the black sky. It is the type of night that leaves an imprint on your heart from your Merzouga trip from Marrakech.

Day 3 Merzouga-Rissani-Alnif-Tazzarine-N Khob-Draa Valley-Agdaez-Ouarzazate

Distance: Approximately 350 KM
Time: 5 Hours Drive

Get up early to see the sunrise painting the dunes in soft gold. You may ride the camel or go with the 4×4 to the village. In any case, the morning sun on the desert is calm and promising.

Very soon, the road guides you to silent towns as Rissani, Alnif, and Tazzarine with their traditions and beauty. After a while, you arrive at Nkob, where there are mud-brick kasbahs that border the village. It is an ideal spot to capture pictures and meet nice local people.

The trip is based on this, along the spectacular Draa Valley, with its never-ending palm groves and traditional villages. The scenery changes beautifully with the desert plains mixed up with the rocky hills of the Anti-Atlas Mountains.

By keeping up your journey to Agdz, you will see the difference in the color of the earth and the sky after every mile. Towards the end of the afternoon, you end up in Ouarzazat, also known as the Hollywood of Africa, due to numerous movies that have been shot in the town. You arrive at your hotel and spend a wonderful evening, having discovered a lot during the 4 days tour from Marrakech to Merzouga trip.

Day 4: Ouarzazate -Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou -Telouet Kasbah -High Atlas Mountains -Marrakech

Distance: Approximately 195 KM
Time: 4 Hours 20 Minutes Drive

On your last day, you will start with a guided tour of the famous Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, leaving behind all your belongings, you will discover its ancient streets, where they were filmed, and you will hear the stories about the kings, caravans, and cinematographers who made this place a feature on the screen.

Then you go to Telouet Kasbah, a significant trading place on the ancient trade route that passed through the High Atlas Mountains. One would not walk through its halls and courtyards without finding a combination of power, beauty, and history.

Then it is again across the High Atlas Mountains over the beautiful Tizi n’Tichka Pass. The twisting, scenic cliffs and the views of the whole world remind one more of the beauty of the Moroccan land.

Towards the end of the afternoon, you are back in Marrakech and are left remembering the sunset settings in the desert, the calm oases and warm villages in the mountains, and the rich culture of southern Morocco, and have fun on 4 days tour from Marrakech to Merzouga desert.