Private desert tours
Sahara desert tours from Marrakech
Two to ten days from Marrakech to the dunes of Zagora or Merzouga, with your own driver, a night in a desert camp and the High Atlas on the way.
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Desert tours to Zagora and Merzouga
Every tour is private and runs on your dates. All of them start in Marrakech except the 10-day tour, which starts in Casablanca. Prices shown are online prices.
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2-Day Zagora Desert Tour from MarrakechThe quickest way to sleep under desert skies: Ait Ben Haddou, the Draa Valley and a night in a camp near Zagora.From €180View details - Save 10% online
3-Day Merzouga Desert Tour from MarrakechThe classic route to the Erg Chebbi dunes, with the Dades Valley, Todra Gorge and a night in a Merzouga camp.From €491View details - Save 10% online
3-Day Sahara Tour from Marrakech to FesCross Morocco from Marrakech to Fes by way of the Sahara, with a night in the Merzouga dunes.From €590View details - Save 10% online
4-Day Merzouga and Draa Valley Tour from MarrakechA more relaxed desert loop: Dades, Todra, the Erg Chebbi dunes and a return through the Draa Valley.From €576View details - Save 10% online
7-Day Morocco Tour: Desert, Fes and ChefchaouenA first-timer's loop: Sahara dunes, the medina of Fes, the blue town of Chefchaouen, Rabat and Casablanca.From €1,458View details - Save 10% online
10-Day Grand Morocco Tour from CasablancaCasablanca, Rabat, Chefchaouen, Fes, the Sahara at Merzouga, the Dades Valley, Ait Ben Haddou and Marrakech.From €1,737View details
How to choose
Zagora or Merzouga?
Two days: Zagora
Zagora is the shortest way to spend a night in the desert from Marrakech. You cross the High Atlas, explore the ksar of Ait Ben Haddou, follow the palm groves of the Draa Valley and sleep in a camp near Zagora, where the dunes are small.
Three or four days: Merzouga
The Erg Chebbi dunes at Merzouga are far higher, and you ride a camel into them at sunset, but they are about nine to ten hours’ drive from Marrakech, so the trip takes at least three days. The route goes through the Dades Valley. The 3-day tour returns to Marrakech, another 3-day tour ends in Fes, and the 4-day tour comes back a different way through the Draa Valley.
A week or more
The 7-day and 10-day tours combine a night in the Sahara with Fes, Chefchaouen, Volubilis and the Atlantic cities.
Good to know
Desert nights can be cold from November to March, so bring a warm layer even when the days are hot. Each tour page shows the day-by-day itinerary and what is included and not included.
Still deciding? Our guide Agafay Desert vs Sahara compares the options, and the Merzouga desert guide explains what to expect in the dunes.
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