5-Day Sahara Desert Tour From Agadir

• Private Tour
• Daily departures
• 5 Days
• Free Cancellation

Tour overview

Tour highlights

Day-by-day itinerary

1. 1Day 1: Agadir – Taliouine – Taznakht – Ait Ben Haddou – Ouarzazate

   Your journey begins as you head south-east from Agadir. In Taliouine, Morocco’s saffron capital, a local cooperative serves saffron tea and explains how to spot real saffron. Next stop is Taznakht, where Berber women weave the region’s famous carpets. After lunch at Ait Ben Haddou, explore this UNESCO-listed earthen village, a backdrop for Gladiator and Prince of Persia. In Ouarzazate, tour the Atlas Film Studios before dinner and overnight in a hotel or riad.
2. 2Day 2: Ouarzazate – Anti-Atlas – Agdz – N'Kob – Alnif – Rissani – Merzouga

   Cross the Anti-Atlas over the Tizi n’Tinififft pass (1,660 m), with sweeping views on all sides. Descend into the Draa Valley, once the caravan route to Timbuktu, with its long ribbon of palm groves and earthen villages. After lunch in N’Kob or Alnif, continue to Rissani, near the ruins of Sijilmassa, the great medieval caravan city, and visit its traditional market. Dinner and overnight in a hotel or riad in Merzouga.
3. 3Day 3: Merzouga – nomads – Mifis – Khamlia – Erg Chebbi camel ride

   Head off-road around Erg Chebbi to share mint tea with a nomad family and learn how they live in the desert. Take in the view over the dunes from the old Mifis mines, then visit Khamlia, home to Gnawa musicians whose ancestors came from West and Central Africa with the caravans. Enjoy their music and a Berber “pizza” for lunch. Later, ride a camel into the dunes for sunset and arrive at your camp for a traditional Amazigh dinner and music around the fire.
4. 4Day 4: Merzouga – Erfoud – Tinejdad – Todra Gorge – Dades Gorge

   Rise early for sunrise over the dunes, then return to Merzouga by camel or 4×4. Stop in Erfoud to see its fossils and at the khettaras, centuries-old underground irrigation channels. Have lunch in Touroug or Tinejdad. In the afternoon, walk through the Todra Gorge, where 300 m cliffs narrow to just 20 m apart, then continue to the Dades Gorge. Dinner and overnight in a riad or hotel.
5. 5Day 5: Dades – Valley of Roses – Skoura – Tizi n'Tichka – Marrakech

   Follow the Valley of Roses, at its most beautiful when the roses bloom in May, to the Skoura oasis and the 17th-century Amridil Kasbah, one of the finest in Morocco. Pass Ouarzazate, cross the High Atlas with a lunch stop in the mountains, and arrive at your accommodation in Marrakech in the evening.

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