Route Dossier — Departing Marrakech
5 Days Sahara tour from Marrakech
Two nights in the deep Sahara — nomad camps, Gnawa music, hidden oases.
Duration
5D / 4N
Route
MRK ⟶ MRK
Reviews
★ 188
Vehicle
Luxury 4x4 / Minivan
The connoisseur's desert tour. A full day around Merzouga by 4x4 — nomad families, the Gnawa village of Khamlia, fossil beds and seasonal lakes — bracketed by the great kasbah route and two unforgettable desert nights.
Day 01
Marrakech to Ouarzazate
Drive — approx. 200 km / ~4.5h with stops
Cross Tizi n'Tichka and step into the cinematic ksar of Ait Ben Haddou. Evening at a kasbah hotel in Ouarzazate, Morocco's Hollywood of the desert.
- Tizi n'Tichka
- Aït Ben Haddou
- Ouarzazate
Day 02
Roses Valley & Dades Gorge
Drive — approx. 130 km / ~2.5h with stops
Through Skoura's palms and the rosewater town of Kelaat M'Gouna, then an afternoon walk among the Dades Gorge's surreal rock formations. Night at a gorge-side riad.
- Skoura oasis
- Kasbah Amridil
- Valley of Roses
- Dades Gorge
Day 03
Todra Gorge to Erg Chebbi
Drive — approx. 260 km / ~4.5h with stops
The canyon at Todra, lunch in Tinghir's palmery, then the dunes. A camel caravan delivers you to camp as the Sahara turns to fire — dinner under more stars than you have ever seen.
- Todra Gorge
- Tinghir palmery
- Camel trek at dusk
- Desert camp
Day 04
Deep Desert Day — Khamlia, Nomads & the Black Dunes
Drive — 4×4 circuit around the erg
A 4x4 circuit around the erg: tea with a nomad family, hypnotic Gnawa rhythms in Khamlia, abandoned mining villages, fossil plateaus, and sunset from the highest dune. A second night in the Sahara.
- Khamlia Gnawa village
- Nomad families
- Fossil plateaus
- Sandboarding
- Second Sahara night
Day 05
Merzouga to Marrakech
Drive — approx. 560 km / ~9h with stops
One last sunrise, then the full sweep back — Alnif's fossil country, the Draa road, Ouarzazate, and the Atlas pass — arriving in Marrakech in the evening.
- One last sunrise
- Alnif fossil country
- Ouarzazate
- The Atlas pass
Provisions
- Private car (SUV or Minivan) A/C
- Pick up and return to accommodation
- Luxury stay booked
- Local guides
- Camel trekking (camel per person)
- Sandboarding (if interested)
- Flexible stops
Not Included
- Lunch
- Drinks
- Tickets