Marrakech My trip to Sahara desert

As professional a dynamic team we have ever seen, they have organised our trip in Morocco & it's the highlight of all our trips in different countries around the world.

Agent with a large & diversify trips arrangements:

Walking tours in Morocco, High Atlas tours and guided treks from Imlil, Trekking holidays in Moroccan Sahara desert.. the list goes on.

For our second excursion out of Marrakech, we sign up for a three-day Land Rover safari that takes us east through the High Atlas mountains and dry valleys of central Morocco, then south to the dusty village of Merzouga at the edge of the Sahara desert. The drive from Marrakech to Merzouga covers some of the most spectacular terrain in the country: lush palm oases, as well as seemingly barren plateaus and arid hills dotted with kasbahs, or fortified villages, constructed out of the same blushing earth of the cliff-sides they cling to. The towering Dades and Todra gorges provide a dramatic transition from mountain to plain, and a range of short day hikes, longer treks, and even a well-established rock-climbing scene.

The aim of our safari, however, is an overnight foray by camel into the Sahara. One of the much hyped, undoubtedly cliched attractions of Morocco, the Saharan camel trek surprises us by being authentically magical. A multitude of tour operators in Marrakech and throughout Morocco can organize multi-day camel trips deep into the rosy dunes close to the Algerian border; we found our afternoon departure from Merzouga, a single night under the stars and return to civilization at dawn to be the perfect dip into this hushed landscape -- any longer and you'd certainly need to feel more comfortable on a camel with only a blanket for a saddle.

Back in Marrakech, we arrange our third and final jaunt out of the city, this time to the sleepy mountain village of Imlil.