from Ouarzazate
Private tours from Ouarzazate3 Day Ouarzazate Desert Tour
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Ouarzazate Desert Tour 3 Days By booking the Ouarzazate desert tour to Erg Chebbi Dunes, you guarantee an authentic desert.
10 Day Imperial Cities and Desert Tour from Casablanca
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Imperial Cities, Desert Tour from Casablanca 10 days Set off on a 10-day Morocco desert tour from Casablanca, a journey.
from Ouarzazate: FAQ
Ouarzazate is the closest city to both big dune fields. Merzouga (Erg Chebbi) is about 360 km, or 5 hours, via the Dades and Todra gorges. Erg Chigaga is about 4 hours: 260 km of road to Mhamid through Zagora, then 1–2 hours of 4x4 track to the dunes.
Two to three days. A 3-day tour from Ouarzazate reaches the dunes on the first day, gives you a full day in the desert, and returns through the Draa Valley or the gorges.
The Taourirt Kasbah, the Atlas film studios, Ait Ben Haddou (a UNESCO site, 30 km away), the Skoura palm grove and the road of a thousand kasbahs towards the Dades Valley.
Yes, at Ouarzazate Airport or your hotel in town. Tours can also end in Marrakech (4 hours over the Tizi n'Tichka pass) if that is where you fly out.
A private, air-conditioned vehicle, an English-speaking driver-guide, accommodation for the full route including at least one night in a Sahara desert camp, and an itinerary built around what you actually want to see.
2–4 months ahead for peak season (October to April) gives you the best choice of desert camps. Off-season trips can often be booked with just a few weeks notice.
Yes — the desert routes we run are well established and our driver-guides know them well. You are never left alone; your guide stays with you for the full trip.
More private tours
Day trips and short tours from Marrakech
- Three Valleys day tripLalla Takerkoust lake, Moulay Brahim, Asni and the Ourika valley in the High Atlas; back in Marrakech the same evening.
- Telouet and Aït Ben Haddou day tripOver the Tizi n’Tichka pass (2,260 m) to the Glaoui kasbah at Telouet and the Aït Ben Haddou ksar.
- Ouzoud Waterfalls day tripAbout three hours each way from Marrakech to the 100 m falls in the Middle Atlas, with lunch on a terrace above the water.
- Agafay Desert, 2 days / 1 nightA night in a camp in the stone desert outside Marrakech, with camel riding, quad biking and sandboarding.
Marrakech to the Sahara and on to Fes
- Marrakech to Fes via Dades Gorge and Erg ChebbiFirst night in the Dades Gorge, then the Erg Chebbi dunes and a desert camp before continuing to Fes.
- Southern valleys to Erg ChebbiThe valleys south of the Atlas on the way to the Merzouga dunes: camel trek, sandboarding and a night in camp.
- 4-day camel trek from MarrakechMarrakech, Ouarzazate, Agdz and Zagora to M’hamid, then on foot and by camel with a nomad guide, sleeping in desert camps.
Tours starting in Casablanca or Tangier
- Casablanca to Marrakech via Chefchaouen, 7 daysCasablanca, Rabat, Chefchaouen, Fes, the Merzouga dunes and the Dades Gorge, ending in Marrakech.
- Tangier to Marrakech, 4 daysTangier, Chefchaouen and Fes, then a night in the Merzouga desert, the Todra and Dades gorges and Aït Ben Haddou.





