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Day tours from Riad Bab Atlas or your Marrakech hotel, and multi-day routes over the Atlas to Erg Chebbi and Fes. Book direct on guidedtourstomorocco.com.
Standard ask for price · Luxury ask for price per person, on every multi-day tour
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Day tours from the riad
Leave Riad Bab Atlas, or your Marrakech hotel, in the morning and sleep in Marrakech the same night. Agafay is the stone desert west of the city. It is not the Sahara.
Full day
Agafay desert day tour
- Highlights
- Agafay stone desert (not the Sahara), lunch, sunset
- Back by
- Evening
- Price
- ask for price
Full day (about 3 hours each way)
Essaouira day tour
- Highlights
- Atlantic port and blue boats, Skala ramparts, medina
- Back by
- Evening
- Price
- ask for price
Full day
Ourika Valley / Atlas day tour
- Highlights
- High Atlas Berber villages, Ourika river, waterfalls when open
- Back by
- Evening
- Price
- ask for price
Sunrise, half day
Hot-air balloon
- Highlights
- Balloon flight, royal breakfast, private pick-up
- Back by
- Late morning
- Price
- from $160 per person
Multi-day tours
Standard ask for price and Luxury ask for price on every route below. Riad-based packages (7-day and 10-day): Up to 8 guests. Airport black car free for 1 to 5 guests, +50 EUR for 6 to 8. Breakfast on the first morning only
3-Day Merzouga Desert Loop
- Days / nights
- 3 days / 2 nights
- Start → end
- Marrakech hotel or Riad Bab Atlas → back to Marrakech
- Highlights
- Tichka pass, Ait Ben Haddou, Dades, Todra Gorges, Erg Chebbi sunset and sunrise camel ride
- Nights
- 1 Dades, 1 desert camp
- Meals
- 2 dinners, 2 breakfasts
- Transport
- Standard: shared air-conditioned minibus. Luxury: private vehicle.
- Camp / hotel tier
- Standard: guesthouse and standard camp tent. Luxury: boutique kasbah and en-suite luxury tent.
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4-Day Marrakech to Fes Sahara Tour
- Days / nights
- 4 days / 3 nights
- Start → end
- Marrakech hotel → Fes hotel
- Highlights
- Ait Ben Haddou, Dades, Todra, Erg Chebbi camel rides and camp, free day in Merzouga, Ifrane cedars
- Nights
- 1 Dades, 1 desert camp, 1 Merzouga hotel
- Meals
- 3 dinners, 3 breakfasts
- Transport
- Standard: shared air-conditioned minibus. Luxury: private vehicle.
- Camp / hotel tier
- Standard: guesthouse, standard camp tent, desert hotel. Luxury: boutique hotels, en-suite luxury tent.
Standard ask for price · Luxury ask for price
Read the day-by-day itinerary →7-Day Riad + Essaouira + Sahara
- Days / nights
- 7 days / 6 nights
- Start → end
- Marrakech airport → Fes (ending A) or back to the riad (ending B)
- Highlights
- Riad Bab Atlas, guided Marrakech, Essaouira day trip, Ait Ben Haddou, Dades, Erg Chebbi camp
- Nights
- Ending A: 3 riad, 1 Dades, 1 camp, 1 Fes hotel. Ending B: 4 riad, 1 Dades, 1 camp.
- Meals
- Riad nights — Breakfast on the first morning only. Desert legs: dinner and breakfast.
- Transport
- Black car from the airport. Standard: air-conditioned minibus. Luxury: private vehicle.
- Camp / hotel tier
- Standard: riad standard bedroom, standard camp tent. Luxury: riad master bedroom, en-suite luxury tent, boutique hotels.
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10-Day Grand Morocco from Riad Bab Atlas
- Days / nights
- 10 days / 10 nights
- Start → end
- Riad Bab Atlas → Riad Bab Atlas (Marrakech loop) · airport drop-off next morning
- Highlights
- Guided Marrakech, Agafay stone desert (not the Sahara) or Ourika, Essaouira overnight, free riad day, Ait Ben Haddou, Dades, Todra, Erg Chebbi camp, then Skoura and Ouarzazate back to the riad for a final night
- Nights
- 6 riad, 1 Essaouira, 1 Dades, 1 desert camp, 1 Skoura/Dades
- Meals
- Riad nights — Breakfast on the first morning only. Essaouira: breakfast. Desert legs: dinner and breakfast.
- Transport
- Black car from the airport. Standard: air-conditioned minibus. Luxury: private vehicle.
- Camp / hotel tier
- Standard: riad standard bedroom, medina hotel, standard camp tent, kasbah hotel for the Skoura/Dades night. Luxury: riad master bedroom, boutique hotels, en-suite luxury tent.
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Read the day-by-day itinerary →What Standard and Luxury mean
The same split applies on every multi-day tour.
Vehicle
Standard
Air-conditioned minibus (shared small group on the 3- and 4-day tours)
Luxury
Private vehicle and driver-guide for your group (for example a Mercedes V-Class or a 4x4)
Desert camp
Standard
Standard Berber camp tent
Luxury
Luxury camp, en-suite tent with private bathroom
Hotels
Standard
Comfortable guesthouses and kasbah hotels, private room (Dades, Merzouga, Essaouira, Fes)
Luxury
Boutique hotels and kasbahs
Riad Bab Atlas room
Standard
Standard bedroom on the 7- and 10-day tours
Luxury
Master bedroom on the 7- and 10-day tours
Riad
Standard
4 bedrooms, 2 shared pools, Palmeraie; up to 8 guests
Luxury
Same riad, same shared pools
Driver-guide
Standard
English, Spanish or French
Luxury
English, Spanish or French
Itineraries in brief
3 days / 2 nights
3-Day Merzouga Desert Loop
Marrakech → Marrakech. Standard ask for price · Luxury ask for price
- Day 1: Pick-up in Marrakech, Tizi n'Tichka pass, Ait Ben Haddou, Ouarzazate, Road of a Thousand Kasbahs, dinner and night in the Dades Valley.
- Day 2: Todra Gorges walk, Erfoud and Rissani, sunset camel ride into Erg Chebbi, dinner, music and campfire, night at our Erg Chebbi desert camp.
- Day 3: Sunrise over the dunes, camel back, breakfast at camp, long drive back to Marrakech (about 9 to 10 hours, via the Draa Valley or Ouarzazate and Tichka), drop-off at your hotel or Riad Bab Atlas in the evening.
Included
- Marrakech pick-up and drop-off
- Transport
- Driver-guide (English, Spanish or French)
- 2 nights with dinner and breakfast
- Sunset and sunrise camel rides
Not included
- Lunches
- Drinks
- Tips and personal expenses
- Optional Ait Ben Haddou local guide (about 2 EUR)
4 days / 3 nights
4-Day Marrakech to Fes Sahara Tour
Marrakech hotel → Fes hotel. Standard ask for price · Luxury ask for price
Ait Ben Haddou, the Dades Valley, Todra Gorges, sunset and sunrise camel rides in Erg Chebbi, a free day in Merzouga, and the Ifrane cedar forests on the way to your Fes hotel.
Read the 4-day itinerary →
7 days / 6 nights · two endings
7-Day Riad + Essaouira + Sahara
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Riad Bab Atlas: 4 bedrooms, 2 shared pools, Palmeraie. Up to 8 guests. Airport black car free for 1 to 5 guests, +50 EUR for 6 to 8. Breakfast on the first morning only
- Day 1: Black-car pick-up at Marrakech airport (free for 1 to 5 guests; +50 EUR for 6 to 8), check in at Riad Bab Atlas, shared pools. Breakfast on the first morning only
- Day 2: Guided Marrakech tour: Koutoubia, Bahia Palace, souks, Jemaa el-Fna at dusk. Night at the riad.
- Day 3: Essaouira day trip (argan cooperative stop, port, ramparts, medina), back to the riad in the evening. Night at the riad.
- Day 4: Riad, Tizi n'Tichka, Ait Ben Haddou, Ouarzazate, dinner and night in the Dades Valley.
- Day 5: Todra Gorges, Erfoud and Rissani, sunset camel ride in Erg Chebbi, night at our Erg Chebbi desert camp.
Ending A, Fes
- Day 6: Sunrise, camel back, breakfast; Ziz Valley, Midelt, Ifrane cedars; night at a Fes hotel (dinner and breakfast).
- Day 7: Morning guided walk in the Fes medina (licensed local guide), then drop-off at Fes airport, train station, or your next hotel.
Ending B, back to the riad
- Day 6: Sunrise, camel back, breakfast; long drive back via the Draa Valley or Ouarzazate and Tichka; night at Riad Bab Atlas.
- Day 7: Breakfast on the first morning only. Morning by the shared pools, black-car drop-off at Marrakech airport.
Suggested default: Ending A (Fes) for guests flying out of Fes or continuing north. Ending B (riad) for round-trip Marrakech flights.
Included
- Airport black car, and the airport drop-off in Ending B
- Riad nights (Ending A: 3, Ending B: 4)
- Guided Marrakech tour
- Essaouira day trip
- 1 Dades night and 1 camp night with dinner and breakfast
- 1 Fes hotel night with dinner and breakfast in Ending A
- Camel rides, transport, and driver-guide
Not included
- Flights
- Lunches
- Drinks
- Monument entry fees
- Hammam, cooking class, balloon (from $160)
- Tips, travel insurance, Ait Ben Haddou local guide
10 days / 10 nights
10-Day Grand Morocco from Riad Bab Atlas
Riad Bab Atlas → Riad Bab Atlas (Marrakech loop) · airport drop-off next morning. Standard ask for price · Luxury ask for price
Guided Marrakech, a choice of Agafay stone desert or Ourika Valley, an Essaouira overnight, and a free day at Riad Bab Atlas. Then Ait Ben Haddou, the Dades Valley, Todra Gorges, an Erg Chebbi camp, and a night in the Skoura/Dades area before the drive back to the riad. Guests spend that last night at Riad Bab Atlas. The next morning a black car goes to Marrakech Menara airport (RAK). Agafay is not the Sahara.
4 bedrooms, 2 shared pools. Up to 8 guests. Airport black car free for 1 to 5 guests, +50 EUR for 6 to 8. Breakfast on the first morning only
Read the 10-day itinerary →Photo credits
Riad Bab Atlas, Agafay, and hot-air balloon photographs are from guidedtourstomorocco.com. Agafay photographs show the stone desert west of Marrakech, not the Erg Chebbi dunes.
- Essaouira port: Mustang Joe, CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Ourika Valley: jeanarp, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
- Kasbah Amridil, Skoura: Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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