Marrakech with Zagora Desert Tour

Overview
Duration
Duration
6 Days
5 Nights
Duration
Countries
1 Country
3 Cities
Type
Type
Private Tour
Run
Run:
Everyday

Discover enchanting journey through Morocco with the Marrakech and Zagora Desert Tour. Begin your adventure in Marrakech, a city of vibrant colors, bustling souks, and historic sites like the Koutoubia Mosque and Jardin Majorelle. Then, venture into the vast expanse of the Zagora Desert, where golden sands and majestic dunes await. Experience a night under the starlit sky at a traditional desert camp, savoring local cuisine and enjoying Berber music by the campfire. Witness breathtaking sunrises and sunsets over the desert landscape, creating memories to last a lifetime. This tour offers a perfect blend of urban excitement and desert serenity, promising an unforgettable Moroccan experience.

Included
  • Meet and assist upon arrival to Marrakech airport.
  • Accommodation 3 nights in Marrakech with breakfast.
  • Accommodation 1 night in Zagora with dinner and breakfast.
  • Accommodation 1 night in Erg Chigaga with dinner and breakfast.Local English guide in Marrakech.
  • All transfers are in private A/C cars.
  • 4x4 Car to the camp.
  • Entrance fees
  • Daily Mineral bottled water in the car.
  • Service charges and local taxes.
Excluded
  • International flights.
  • Morocco Entry visa.
  • Personal expenses, Tipping, optional tours.
Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival to Marrakech

Arrival to Menara Airport in Marrakech, meet by our driver and then transfer to your hotel.

Overnight in Marrakech.

Day 2: Marrakech Tour

Breakfast. Your introduction to Marrakech will begin in the Medina, the old quarter of the Marrakech. From here we will explore this historically charming area by foot. In jemaa el Fna, you will visit the famous 12th century Koutoubia Mosque and its influential minaret. After tasting a fresh squeezed orange juice, you will be driven to the Lower Medina to explore more of Marrakesh’s secrets: the sixteenth century Saadian Tombs with its stark towers, the 19th century Bahia Palace, originally built for Si Moussa, a former slave who became King Moulay Hassan’s chamberlain. The palace holds a courtyard and riads decorated with beautiful carved stucco, Arabic architecture. Optional lunch at one the Moroccan restaurants of the Medina and then transfer to your hotel. Overnight in Marrakech.

Meals: Breakfast

Day 3: Marrakech - Ait BenHaddou - Ouarzazate - Zagora

Breakfast. Marrakech “Red City” is the most important former imperial city in Morocco’s history. It is situated on the foothills of the Atlas Mountains, which we will drive through for miles enjoying the fascinating presence of superb and scattered Berber villages. Almost halfway we will pass by the Universal heritage of Ait Ben Hadou Kasbah, a fortified village of the 11th century. 35km away from Ait Ben Hadou Kasbah we will visit Africa´s Hollywood, Ouarzazate, where the biggest film studios are. The journey will go on along the longest valley over
the kingdom, 1052 km, and the biggest palm tree oasis. Arriving to Zagora where the remains of an Almoravid fortress can still be seen. Night and dinner in Zagora.

Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

Day 4: Zagora - Mhamid - Chigaga Dunes

Breakfast. Leaving Zagora to Tamagrout which is situated along Draa River. In this small town, we will visit one of the oldest libraries of the kingdom. We drive along Draa valley to M’hamid village. Meet your 4x4 driver and drive to Chegag Dunes (60 km). From a vast plateau, you will be impressed by the huge dune of Chegaga appearing from the horizon, where we go for a camel ride to meet one of the most fascinating dune sights you will ever see, the superb sunset in the middle of the high dune. That night we stayed in a Berber camp and enjoyed a wonderful star view.

  • Overnight in a camp in Chigaga Dunes.
  • Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

Day 5: Chegaga Dunes – Tazenakht – Marrakech (up to 9 hours drive)

Breakfast. Chigaga Dunes – Iriki Lake – Foumzguid – Tazenakht – High Atlas – Marrakech. From Erg Chigaga we drive through dunes along a peaceful and fascinating wilderness passing by the natural dried lake of Iriki. After a long way driving off-road, we get onto the paved road and pass the small town of Foum- Zguid, which is a noiseless and sleepy Berber town. We stopped in Taznakht, which was a former trading post for this large region. This little Berber village is one of the biggest carpet centers in the kingdom. From Taznakht we drive for almost 90 Km, along quiet oases and plenty of Berber villages; to get to the junction between Marrakech and Ouarzazate, we cross the High Atlas Mountains again to return to Marrakech.

  • Overnight in Marrakech.
  • Meals: Breakfast

Day 6: Final Departure from Marrakech

Breakfast. Then transfer to Menara Airport in Marrakech for your final departure flight.

Meals: Breakfast

Prices & Accommodation
Silver Accommodation 
Prices
Price per person in Triple Room
Price Per Person
$ 1205
Price per person in Double Room
Price Per Person
$ 1387
One person travelling alone
Price Per Person
$ 1940
Single Occupancy Supplement
Price Per Person
$ 359
Golden Accommodation 
Prices
Price per person in Triple Room
Price Per Person
$ 1305
Price per person in Double Room
Price Per Person
$ 1499
One person travelling alone
Price Per Person
$ 2050
Single Occupancy Supplement
Price Per Person
$ 440
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