3 Days Desert Trip From Marrakech to Merzouga Desert

Recommended by 96% of travelers

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Marrakech, Morocco

3 days (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Marrakech is remarkable, but spending time in the surrounding landscape gives you a fuller picture of Morocco. This 3-day trip takes you south through the High Atlas Mountains and past traditional kasbahs to the Saharan dunes of Merzouga, where you overnight at a Berber desert camp. Ride a camel at sunset, explore the dramatic Todra Gorge, and choose from three accommodation packages to match your budget and travel style.

Spend three days exploring Morocco in one seamlessly arranged trip
Cross the Atlas Mountains without the stress of driving yourself
Skip the tourist traps—local restaurants along your route are pre-selected by your guides
Upgrade to a premium tent to guarantee a restful night sleep

What's Included

Free Pickup and drop-off
air-conditioned Transportation
Professional driver

lunch & drinks
Local Guide (Tips)

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

For some places in the old Medina which are not accessible by car the pick up will be at the nearest point that we share with you.

Itinerary

Marrakech (Pass By)

Tizi n Tichka

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Ait Ben Haddou

3 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Atlas Studios

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Ouarzazate (Pass By)

El Kelaa M'gouna

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Boumalne Dades

12 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Tinghir

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Todra Gorge

3 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Café Restaurant Tombouctou Touroug

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Sahara Eyes Morocco

12 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Merzouga Desert

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

El Kelaa M'gouna

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Marrakech (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation

Infant seats available
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.8

based on 96 reviews

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Good, bad and amazing desert trip

Satty_A, Jan 2026

We 2 female friends booked luxury option for New Year’s Eve. We were transferred from our spacious mini bus to a more cramped mini bus by Marrakesh City Travel Team with a different guide and driver from a different company and 14 fellow travellers. No communication as to why A long drive but beautiful scenery with stops for toilet, drinks and food and amazing sight seeing Arrived at first hotel in Boumaine Dades and everyone went to different accommodations. We were left at our hotel Maison Dhotes Restaurant Amazigh only to be told by the manager he had given our hotel room away to a big group and hotel was full. Guide and mini bus had left. We were then taken to another place 5 minutes drive by the manager to wooden huts where the staff were staying. We were not happy. We had to walk back to the hotel in the dark for dinner and breakfast At 11.30 pm the electricity went off- no lights or heating and no one to help on site. We were shivering all night as it was so cold and didn’t sleep Manager didn’t seem bothered when we complained and Marrakesh City Travel Team did not respond when I complained to them (they had read the WhatsApp message). Following day guide picked us up and told us we had to complain to our travel company as she was from a different one! Next day At Merzouga we were all separated again as all had different camps booked. We did not realise this as we had all bought alcohol to share on NYE. Disappointing as was a lovely group of people 1 hour + Camel ride to desert was hard work initially as we had to carry our own backpacks (not informed in advance about only having this bag and had to leave cabin luggage elsewhere - had 15 mins to pack this!). I asked whether a camel could carry my heavy rucksack and then relaxed on the camel and really enjoyed the ride and the desert sunset experience was amazing. You may feel DOMs in your thighs and arms over the next few days). We booked Sahara Eyes camp - luxury option. Lovely tent, private bathroom but no heating. Unfortunately the place was overbooked and people ended up sharing their tents with strangers. I refused when we were told we had to share as we had not slept the night before and I had booked a private option. (Staff became a bit aggressive but I walked away) At Sunrise we chose to go to Algerian border desert on a jeep with sand boarding (extra 100 MAD), camel option was free and quad bikes were 500 MAD. Another amazing and magical experience watching sunrise in the desert Tried sand boarding which was fun but unfortunately banged my head at the bottom when I fell off as the sand was not soft (consider health and safety). On the group coming back together for the return drive to Marrakesh it seemed everyone had a bad experience- 4 people said their desert experience was ‘ok’. A family of 3 and one other said their experience was ‘horrific’ - their camp had a power outage which was never fixed and everything plugged in literally blew up and they didn’t get the camel ride and felt abandoned Long drive back but again beautiful scenery 4 French travellers joined us for the drive back to Marrakesh only to realise 6 hours in they were on the wrong bus as they should have gone to Fez from the desert. The guide arranged a taxi for them (another 8 hours drive for them). All in all amazing experience for us but felt for others. Communication was non existent Recommend you go at a warmer time to avoid the cold mishaps and double check what you have booked and have all the details with you. You may need to be polite but assertive with some of the locals.

Beautiful experience with Murad experienced and kind driver!!

patrizia_s, Nov 2025

A wonderful experience, our driver / guide Murad was really good the key point of the excursion as he was able to assist and advise us in everything, he is an experienced driver, kind and never intrusive my compliments go especially to him!! We were really happy with the experience, the first night we stayed in a beautiful hotel located right on the gorges of the Dades the Dar Essyaha hotel, with spectacular views, terraces to relax and furnished in a typical and beautiful way, good dinner and breakfast, we had a large room with private bathroom and also a terrace with a view. The second night in the desert instead I would recommend the agency to change facilities because the one we stayed in, definitely beautiful location in the middle of the dunes and had the bathroom in the room, but the tents and common places are very scruffy in the cleanliness (non-existent) and furnishings and fundamental thing there is no heating (air conditioning or electric stove) inside so during the night despite the blankets it's really cold never felt before so I would not rate the structure with category "Luxury in equipped tent" in our tent in the bathroom inside there was no hot water and we found out at 11 pm when it was now too late. The landscapes you see in the car journey are beautiful it is really worth making this trip, and Murad made sure it was not heavy by calculating the stops in the right times and putting on pleasant and fun music. If I had to do another excursion like this I would definitely want Murad as a guide/driver!!

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Response from Host, Dec 2025

Grazie mille per le tue gentili parole! Siamo lieti che tu abbia apprezzato la tua esperienza con Marrakech City Travel. Il tuo feedback è prezioso per il nostro team e ci incoraggia a offrirti sempre il miglior servizio possibile. Ci auguriamo di avere il piacere di darti nuovamente il benvenuto molto presto.

Magic Experience

Maribel_S, Sep 2025

It is a magical experience, wonderful surroundings and guides, especially the exceptional Morat driver, highly recommended.

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Response from Host, Sep 2025

Muchas gracias por tu reseña. Nos alegra que hayas disfrutado de esta experiencia mágica en el desierto y de la atención de nuestro conductor Mourad. Marrakech City Travel te espera en otra aventura.