{"id":1349,"date":"2026-08-01T03:18:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T02:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marrakechexpresstour.com\/?post_type=tour&#038;p=1349"},"modified":"2026-10-28T01:02:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T01:02:41","slug":"shared-marrakech-to-merzouga-3-day-sahara-desert-tour","status":"publish","type":"tour","link":"https:\/\/marrakechexpresstour.com\/fr\/tours\/shared-marrakech-to-merzouga-3-day-sahara-desert-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Visite de 3 jours au d\u00e9sert du Sahara entre Marrakech et Merzouga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three days, two nights and roughly 1,250 km of road \u2014 out from Marrakech and back,<br \/>\nde sorte que vous gardez le m\u00eame riad aux deux extr\u00e9mit\u00e9s et ne d\u00e9placez jamais vos bagages d\u2019une ville \u00e0 l\u2019autre.<br \/>\nYou travel in a small group, usually eight to seventeen people, in an air-conditioned<br \/>\nminibus. The Tizi n&#8217;Tichka pass at 2,260 m, A\u00eft Ben Haddou, the Dades Valley and<br \/>\nTodra Gorge, then a camel ride into Erg Chebbi and a night under the stars. Day<br \/>\nthree comes back the long way, down the Draa Valley through Morocco&#8217;s largest palm<br \/>\noasis. Departures run every day, and there is no single supplement.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A shared 3-day desert tour from Marrakech and back, over the Tizi n&#8217;Tichka pass to A\u00eft Ben Haddou, Todra Gorge and the Erg Chebbi dunes. A camel ride at sunset, a night in a desert camp, and the Draa Valley on the way home.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1623,"template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","met_tour_duration":"3 days \/ 2 nights","met_tour_price_from":100,"met_tour_price_to":160,"met_tour_group_size":"Up to 17 Travelers","met_tour_difficulty":"easy","met_tour_meeting":"Pickup from your hotel or riad in Marrakech between 07:00 and 07:30.","met_tour_languages":"[{\"text\":\"English\"},{\"text\":\"Spanish\"},{\"text\":\"French\"}]","met_tour_included":"[{\"icon\":\"van\",\"title\":\"Shared air-conditioned minibus\",\"desc\":\"A modern minibus for all three days \u2014 usually 8 to 17 travellers\"},{\"icon\":\"map\",\"title\":\"Marrakech, door to door\",\"desc\":\"Collected at your hotel or riad and dropped back at the same door\"},{\"icon\":\"chat\",\"title\":\"English, French and Spanish driver\",\"desc\":\"The same driver the whole way, not a different one each day\"},{\"icon\":\"bed\",\"title\":\"Night 1 \u00b7 Kel\u00e2at M'Gouna\",\"desc\":\"A private room in the rose town, with dinner and breakfast\"},{\"icon\":\"tent\",\"title\":\"Night 2 \u00b7 Erg Chebbi desert camp\",\"desc\":\"A tent with a real bed, dinner and breakfast \u2014 en-suite with the luxury option\"},{\"icon\":\"sun\",\"title\":\"Camel ride, both ways\",\"desc\":\"In at sunset on day 2, back out at sunrise on day 3\"},{\"icon\":\"people\",\"title\":\"No single supplement\",\"desc\":\"Solo travellers pay exactly what everyone else pays\"},{\"icon\":\"fuel\",\"title\":\"Fuel, tolls and parking\",\"desc\":\"No road costs added on the way\"}]","met_tour_excluded":"[{\"icon\":\"\",\"title\":\"Lunches and drinks  \",\"desc\":\"Around \u20ac8\u201312 each along the way\"},{\"icon\":\"\",\"title\":\"Local guide at A\u00eft Ben Haddou\",\"desc\":\"Optional \u2014 \u20ac2 per person, paid on the spot\"},{\"icon\":\"\",\"title\":\"Quad bikes and buggies at Merzouga\",\"desc\":\"Rented from the locals at the camp\"},{\"icon\":\"\",\"title\":\"Your nights in Marrakech \",\"desc\":\"Before and after the tour\"},{\"icon\":\"\",\"title\":\"Tips and travel insurance\",\"desc\":\"\"},{\"icon\":\"\",\"title\":\"Personal shopping and souvenirs\",\"desc\":\"\"}]","met_tour_itinerary":"[{\"day\":\"1\",\"title\":\"High Atlas \u00b7 A\u00eft Ben Haddou \u00b7 Dades Valley\",\"route\":\"Marrakech \u2192 Tizi n'Tichka \u2192 A\u00eft Ben Haddou \u2192 Ouarzazate \u2192 Kelaat M'Gouna \u2192 Dades Valley\",\"story_title\":\"Over the pass, into the south\",\"story_text\":\"The minibus collects you early and Marrakech is gone within twenty minutes. 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Tinghir's palm grove runs thirty kilometres along the river below\\nthe old kasbahs. Then the land flattens and empties \u2014 black hammada, the occasional\\nksar, the fossil town of Erfoud \u2014 until the Erg Chebbi dunes rise out of nothing on\\nthe horizon, 150 metres of them. The camels are waiting at the foot. You ride in as\\nthe light goes orange, and eat under the stars with the drums going.\",\"meals\":\"Breakfast \u00b7 Dinner\",\"accommodation\":\"Standard Desert Camp , Erg Chebbi\",\"summary\":\"\",\"images\":\"[1359,545,1355,439]\",\"transport\":\"Shared Air-Conditioned Minibus &amp; Camel\",\"lat\":\"31.521330\",\"lng\":\"-5.531164\",\"stops\":[{\"lat\":\"31.24360\",\"lng\":\"-6.09554\",\"when\":\"Morning\",\"event\":\"breakfast\",\"icon\":\"tea\",\"title\":\"Breakfast at the hotel\",\"desc\":\"Then east along the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs.\",\"tag_text\":\"Included\",\"tag_type\":\"\"},{\"lat\":\"\",\"lng\":\"\",\"when\":\"Morning\",\"event\":\"stop\",\"icon\":\"\",\"title\":\"Dades Valley\",\"desc\":\"The Monkey Fingers rock and the switchbacks of the gorge road.\",\"tag_text\":\"1,000 Kasbahs\",\"tag_type\":\"g\"},{\"lat\":\"\",\"lng\":\"\",\"when\":\"Late morning\",\"event\":\"walk\",\"icon\":\"mount\",\"title\":\"Todra Gorge\",\"desc\":\"Walk between 300 m walls that narrow to 10 m apart.\",\"tag_text\":\"300 m walls\",\"tag_type\":\"o\"},{\"lat\":\"31.52133\",\"lng\":\"-5.53116\",\"when\":\"Midday\",\"event\":\"stop\",\"icon\":\"palm\",\"title\":\"Tinghir\",\"desc\":\"A palm grove running 30 km under the old kasbahs.\",\"tag_text\":\"Palm grove\",\"tag_type\":\"g\"},{\"lat\":\"\",\"lng\":\"\",\"when\":\"Lunch\",\"event\":\"lunch\",\"icon\":\"fork\",\"title\":\"Lunch on the road\",\"desc\":\"A stop in Tinghir or Erfoud \u2014 paid on the spot.\",\"tag_text\":\"\",\"tag_type\":\"\"},{\"lat\":\"\",\"lng\":\"\",\"when\":\"Early afternoon\",\"event\":\"drive\",\"icon\":\"map\",\"title\":\"Erfoud\",\"desc\":\"The fossil town \u2014 an optional stop at the marble workshops.\",\"tag_text\":\"\",\"tag_type\":\"\"},{\"lat\":\"\",\"lng\":\"\",\"when\":\"Sunset\",\"event\":\"camel\",\"icon\":\"camel\",\"title\":\"Camel Trek at Merzouga\",\"desc\":\"The caravan meets you at the foot of the Erg Chebbi dunes.\",\"tag_text\":\"150 m dunes\",\"tag_type\":\"o\"},{\"lat\":\"31.05327\",\"lng\":\"-3.99560\",\"when\":\"Night\",\"event\":\"night\",\"icon\":\"tent\",\"title\":\"Desert camp, Erg Chebbi\",\"desc\":\"Dinner, Berber drums and a fire under the stars.\",\"tag_text\":\"Night 2\",\"tag_type\":\"n\"}]},{\"day\":\"3\",\"title\":\"Sahara Sunrise \u00b7 Draa Valley \u00b7 Marrakech\",\"route\":\"Merzouga \u2192 Rissani \u2192 Draa Valley \u2192 Ouarzazate \u2192 Tizi n'Tichka \u2192 Marrakech\",\"story_title\":\"Sunrise, then the long road home\",\"story_text\":\"Sunrise over the dunes is worth the early start \u2014 the sand goes from grey to deep\\norange in about fifteen minutes. The camels take you back out, you eat breakfast at\\nthe camp, and then the longest day begins. The road west runs down the Draa Valley,\\nthe longest palm oasis in Morocco and the old caravan road to Timbuktu, with kasbahs\\nstanding in the palms the whole way. Lunch in Ouarzazate, roughly halfway. Then the\\nTizi n'Tichka again, switchback after switchback, until the Haouz plain opens up and\\nMarrakech appears below.\",\"meals\":\"Breakfast\",\"accommodation\":\"\",\"summary\":\"\",\"images\":\"[1351]\",\"transport\":\"Shared Air-Conditioned Minibus\",\"lat\":\"31.099917\",\"lng\":\"-4.014088\",\"stops\":[{\"lat\":\"\",\"lng\":\"\",\"when\":\"Morning\",\"event\":\"sunset\",\"icon\":\"sun\",\"title\":\"Sunrise over the Dunes\",\"desc\":\"Climb the nearest dune for first light. 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Les paysages de l'Atlas, A\u00eft Benhaddou et les gorges du Todra \u00e9taient magnifiques. Le coucher de soleil \u00e0 dos de chameau et la nuit dans le camp du Sahara resteront parmi mes plus beaux souvenirs de voyage.\",\"lang\":\"en\",\"text_en\":\"This three-day trip to the Merzouga desert was exceptional. The Atlas landscapes,\\nA\u00eft Ben Haddou and the Todra gorges were magnificent. The sunset on camelback and\\nthe night in the Sahara camp will stay among my finest travel memories.\",\"topics\":\"atlas camp sunset todra\"},{\"name\":\"Alejandro Castro\",\"country\":\"Spain\",\"country_code\":\"es\",\"date\":\"2026-07-29\",\"rating\":\"5\",\"heading\":\"\",\"text\":\"Una experiencia inolvidable de principio a fin. El recorrido estuvo muy bien organizado y cada parada ten\u00eda algo especial. 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This is the rose town: ten thousand kilometres of Damask rose hedges grow along the valley, and for three weeks in May the whole place smells of them. Dinner is served at the hotel, and breakfast before the drive east to Todra the next morning.\\n\\n\\n\",\"note\":\"Rooms are twin or double \u00b7 solo travellers get a room of their own at no extra cost\",\"amenities\":[{\"icon\":\"bed\",\"text\":\"Private room\"},{\"icon\":\"fork\",\"text\":\"Dinner &amp; breakfast\"},{\"icon\":\"shower\",\"text\":\"Hot shower\"},{\"icon\":\"water\",\"text\":\"In the Valley of Roses\"}]},{\"name\":\"Luxury Desert Camp\",\"night\":\"2\",\"location\":\"Erg Chebbi dunes, Merzouga\",\"subtitle\":\"Night 2 \u00b7 Erg Chebbi dunes, Merzouga\",\"photos\":\"[1720,1714,1732,1734,1760,1716]\",\"desc\":\"An hour on camelback brings you into the Erg Chebbi dunes at sunset. Dinner is a\\ntagine and mint tea, then Berber drums around the fire and a sky with no town light\\nfor 50 km in any direction. The standard camp gives you a tent with a real bed and\\nshared hot showers a few steps away. The luxury camp, \u20ac40 more per person, gives you\\na larger private tent with its own en-suite bathroom and hot shower \u2014 no walking\\nacross the sand at night. You pick which one when you book.\",\"note\":\"Electricity in the evening only \u00b7 phone signal is weak \u00b7 choose standard or luxury when you book\",\"amenities\":[{\"icon\":\"tent\",\"text\":\"Tent with a real bed\"},{\"icon\":\"fork\",\"text\":\"Dinner &amp; breakfast\"},{\"icon\":\"camel\",\"text\":\"Sunset camel ride\"},{\"icon\":\"shower\",\"text\":\"En-suite with the luxury tent\"}]}]","met_tour_story_intro":"This is the cheapest honest way to reach the Sahara from Marrakech and sleep in it. You travel in a small group \u2014 usually eight to seventeen people \u2014 in an air-conditioned minibus with an English, French and Spanish speaking driver, and the whole thing costs \u20ac100 a head. Over the Tizi n'Tichka pass to A\u00eft Ben Haddou, a night in the Dades Valley, then Todra Gorge and a camel ride into the Erg Chebbi dunes. Day three comes home the long way, down the Draa Valley through Morocco's largest palm oasis. About 1,250 km in three days. Departures run every day and there is no single supplement, so a solo traveller pays exactly what everyone else pays.","met_tour_story_outro":"Nights in the desert drop to around 5 \u00b0C from November to March, and summer afternoons pass 40 \u00b0C, so pack a layer either way \u2014 our <a href=\"https:\/\/marrakechexpresstour.com\/what-to-pack-morocco-desert-tour-packing-list\/\">Morocco desert packing list<\/a> covers the rest, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/marrakechexpresstour.com\/best-time-to-visit-marrakech-month-by-month\/\">best time to visit Marrakech<\/a> guide has the weather month by month. For \u20ac40 more the luxury camp gives you a private tent with its own en-suite bathroom \u2014 it is the one upgrade travellers tell us afterwards they wish they had taken. If you would rather set your own timings, the <a href=\"https:\/\/marrakechexpresstour.com\/tours\/private-marrakech-to-merzouga-3-day-luxury-sahara-desert-tour\/\">private Marrakech to Merzouga tour<\/a> runs the same road on your schedule. If your trip carries on to Fes, take the <a href=\"https:\/\/marrakechexpresstour.com\/tours\/shared-marrakech-to-fes-3-day-sahara-desert-tour\/\">shared Marrakech to Fes tour<\/a> instead and skip the drive back. 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