Combined Marrakech + Merzouga Desert, with flights
Itinerary
Day 1: MARRAKECH
Flight from your city of origin to Marrakech - Menara Airport.
Arrival in Marrakech, assistance at the airport and private transfer to the accommodation. Free time. Accommodation.
Day 2: MARRAKECH
Breakfast. Departure on a private tour with a local English-speaking guide for a visit to Marrakech, known as "the Pearl of the South" or the Red City. This tour begins in the magnificent Menara Gardens, which feature a side pavilion and countless olive trees. Afterward, visit the exterior of the Koutoubia minaret, the twin of the Giralda in Seville. Once in the old part of the city, visit the Bahia Palace, owned by a local nobleman. Finally, arrive at Jemaa el-Fnaa Square, one of the most interesting places in Morocco, providing access to the souks and the medina. Guilds of woodworkers, ceramicists, leatherworkers, and spice makers are some of the places you will visit. After the tour, return to your accommodation. Free time. Overnight stay.
Day 3: MARRAKECH / OUARZAZATE / DADES VALLEY
Breakfast. Departure towards the High Atlas Mountains. The route changes the landscape little by little, almost without realising it. From the strong green of the valleys, to the red ochre of the Tizi N’Tichka pass until reaching Ouarzazate. Free time for lunch (not included). Departure along the route of the kasbahs, until reaching Kelaa M’gouna (Valley of the Roses), a town famous for its rose water distillery. Doing this route by car is spectacular, with hundreds of kasbahs that the Berbers built to defend themselves from invaders and that are dotted throughout the route, winding through impressive landscapes typical of the Sahara desert such as villages, forests and palm groves. Arrival at the Dades River Valley. Dinner and accommodation.
Day 4: DADES VALLEY / TODRA GORGES / ERFOUD / MERZOUGA
Breakfast. Departure via the Dades Valley, one of the most beautiful natural sites on the trip, heading towards the Merzouga desert. This valley owes its name to the river that meanders through its mountains, between ochre, terracotta and red cliffs. Along the way, you can see beautiful kasbahs, fortified mansions and mountains crossed by streams and canyons. The Dades Valley has a wild landscape, in winter with snow on one side and a semi-desert on the other. Its wild grandeur and supernatural silence can only be matched by the Grand Canyon. The river forms a valley with spectacular rock formations along a winding path full of fruit trees, walnut trees, birch trees, almond trees and wheat fields. Stop en route for lunch (not included). As we approach the desert, the road becomes increasingly difficult and the villages we pass through become more and more authentic, until we enter the domain of the desert inhabitants, the Amazigh people, better known as Berbers. Arrival in Erfoud, the main town of Tafilalet in pre-Saharan style with an oasis that covers an area of about 5,000 hectares and has more than 300,000 date palms. Visit to a fossil extraction centre, where you can see the amount of aquatic life that existed in the Quaternary on what is now the Sahara desert. Continuation towards the Merzouga desert (Erg-Chebbi). Dinner and accommodation at the camp.
Day 5: MERZOUGA / RISSANI / ALNIF / AGDZ / OUARZAZATE
Breakfast. Departure to Rissani, an attractive little town, both for its setting and its history, situated in a palm grove 22 km from Erfoud. It has several interesting monuments, a busy market and an area used as a parking lot for donkeys where these animals are also bought and sold. It is considered the heir of the mythical Sijilmasa, the first capital of Morocco and the origin of the country's royal family. Continue to Alnif, where you can see herds of wild dromedaries and an impressive semi-lunar landscape along the way. Arrival in Agdz where a brief stop is made to enjoy the beauty of the Draa palm grove. Continue to Ouarzazate. Dinner and accommodation.
Day 6: OUARZAZATE / AIT BEN HADDOU / MARRAKECH
Breakfast. Departure for Ait Ben Haddou to visit its famous kasbah, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, possibly the most famous in Morocco and a filming location for several Hollywood movies, including Gladiator. Free time for lunch (not included). Continue to Marrakech. Overnight stay.
Day 7: MARRAKECH
Breakfast. At the scheduled time, private transfer to Marrakech Airport for your return flight.
Flight from Marrakech-Menara Airport to your home city.
General conditions
- Regular scheduled flights.
- Private transfers from the airport / accommodation / airport in Marrakech.
- 3 nights' accommodation with breakfast in Marrakech.
- Half-day visit to the monuments of Marrakech with a Spanish-speaking guide.
- Entrance to the Bahia Palace.
- Private transportation throughout the tour to the Merzouga desert in a 4x4 vehicle with a Spanish-speaking driver (maximum 4 people per vehicle).
- 1 night's accommodation with half board in Dades.
- 1 night's accommodation with half board in Merzouga.
- 1 night's accommodation with half board in Ouarzazate.
- Visits mentioned in the itinerary.
- Basic travel assistance insurance.
- Drinks.
- Lunches and dinners in Marrakech.
- Lunches en route.
- Extras and personal expenses.
- Tips.
- Optional excursions.
- Optional insurance.
- Any other service not mentioned in the "What's included?" section or in the itinerary.
- Passport with a minimum validity of 6 months is required to travel to Morocco.
- Certain nationalities require a visa (please check with your travel agency).
- Check the mandatory nature and supplement for Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve dinners.
- Program NOT recommended for people with reduced mobility.
- The order of visits may vary, but always maintain the content of the trip.
- Accommodations: The indicated category of each accommodation corresponds to the official category in Morocco, which does not always correspond to the same category in other countries. As for the camps, these do not have an official category.
- Possible changes in accommodations: If in any of the departures it is not possible to confirm the planned hotels or camps, an alternative will be offered to the client within the same contracted category.
- Luggage: In case of loss of luggage by the airlines or shipping companies, it will be the passenger's responsibility to manage the claim and call the company directly to process the delivery or compensation that may apply. Luxotour will not be responsible for any processing due to lost or broken luggage.
- People with reduced mobility: Many places in Morocco, hotels and transport are not adapted for wheelchairs, please check and notify us before making your reservation. Any additional assistance costs required throughout the tour will be borne by the client.
- Special foods: Cases of food intolerances (allergies, celiac disease, vegetarian food, etc.) must be communicated before arrival in Morocco, although it is not possible to guarantee any type of special diet or menu.
- Consumer withdrawal: The tour is sold as a closed package, so there will be no refund or discount for services that customers decide not to enjoy or in which they cannot participate due to personal, medical reasons, flight schedules or other events.
- Behavior during the trip: In the event that the attitude of a passenger endangers the operation of the tour and / or causes inconvenience to the rest of the group, they will be forced to leave the tour without any type of discount or refund for the services they cannot enjoy.
- Credit card: For Generally, hotels require passengers to provide a credit card or cash deposit as a guarantee in order to provide telephone calls, extras in bars and restaurants, minibars, laundry services, room service charges, etc.
- Personal Documentation: It is the passenger's responsibility to inform themselves of the current regulations regarding entry and exit to the country to which they are traveling, as well as to carry the required documents in order and with the validity required by the immigration and customs authorities. Luxotour assumes no responsibility in this regard. Please note that visa, transit and entry regulations vary from one country to another and are subject to change at short notice and without prior notice.
- Management fees: €30 per reservation.
- Regular airline flights:
- Name change NOT allowed.
- Date change allowed only before the issuance of air tickets.
- Once the tickets are issued, they are non-refundable.
- Land services:
- Cancellations between 15 and 11 days before the departure date will have a 5% penalty.
- Cancellations between 10 and 3 days before the departure date will have a 15% penalty.
- Cancellations 48 hours before the departure date will have a 25% penalty.
- Failure to show up on the day of departure without prior notice will have a 100% penalty.
- In the event that the client decides to reduce the program for personal reasons, unused services will not be refunded.