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2-Day Zagora Desert Tour from Marrakech: High Atlas Mountain Crossing and Bivouac Camping
4.6
729 Ratings
High Atlas Mountains
Embark on a thrilling 2-day desert adventure from Marrakech. Cross the majestic High Atlas mountains, visit Ait Benhaddou castle, and experience a camel ride to a bivouac campsite in Zagora. Includes transportation, accommodation, and authentic Moroccan meals.
Embark on a thrilling 2-day desert adventure from Marrakech. Cross the majestic High Atlas mountains, visit Ait Benhaddou castle, and experience a camel ride to a bivouac campsite in Zagora. Includes transportation, accommodation, and authentic Moroccan meals.
Duration:
2 days
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- High Atlas Mountains - Discover the High Atlas Mountains with your driver-guide. Enjoy numerous stops to take photos of the breathtaking landscapes and capture unforgettable views along the scenic route.
- Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou - Meet a local guide in Ait Ben Haddou to explore the historic kasbah. Learn about its rich history and architecture…
- High Atlas Mountains - Discover the High Atlas Mountains with your driver-guide. Enjoy numerous stops to take photos of the breathtaking landscapes and capture unforgettable views along the scenic route.
- Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou - Meet a local guide in Ait Ben Haddou to explore the historic kasbah. Learn about its rich history and architecture while capturing memorable photos along the way.
- Zagora - Embark on an enchanting desert journey with camel rides at both sunrise and sunset. As the day comes to a close, relish a delicious dinner accompanied by soothing ambient music under the starry sky. Conclude your adventure with an overnight stay in the heart of the desert, where the tranquility and vastness create a truly unforgettable experience.
- Ouarzazate - Stop in Ouarzazate city to visit the cinema studios and the Kasbah of Taourirte (optional visit).
- Tizi n Tichka - Enjoy a delightful lunch in the Atlas Mountains, offering a dreamy experience.
What's Included
- Overnight accommodation in Berber camp
- Included meals: 1 breakfast and 1 dinner
- Convenient hotel pick-up and drop-off service
- Sunset and sunrise camel rides in Zagora
- Comfortable transport in an air-conditioned minivan
- Overnight accommodation in Berber camp
- Included meals: 1 breakfast and 1 dinner
- Convenient hotel pick-up and drop-off service
- Sunset and sunrise camel rides in Zagora
- Comfortable transport in an air-conditioned minivan
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Bottled water
- Entrance to Aït Ben Haddou Kasbah (€3) – payable locally
- Lunch
- Bottled water
- Entrance to Aït Ben Haddou Kasbah (€3) – payable locally
Additional Information
Embark on a stunning 2-day desert journey across the magnificent High Atlas Mountains. Discover the historic fortress of Ait Benhaddou and climb to an elevation of 3,800 feet on your way to the lively city of Ouarzazate. Delight in a peaceful one-hour camel trek from Zagora to your private bivouac beneath the stars. Experience authentic Berber…
Embark on a stunning 2-day desert journey across the magnificent High Atlas Mountains. Discover the historic fortress of Ait Benhaddou and climb to an elevation of 3,800 feet on your way to the lively city of Ouarzazate. Delight in a peaceful one-hour camel trek from Zagora to your private bivouac beneath the stars. Experience authentic Berber hospitality with a delicious dinner at the camp and a robust breakfast at sunrise. Travel in comfort by minivan or coach, fully immersing in the timeless scenery of Morocco.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Location
High Atlas Mountains
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(729 Ratings)
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Aterliko
Dec 5, 2025
Extraordinary experience, unforgettable view. - We booked a trip directly in Marrakesh in The MarocooTripTravel Agency. We travelled by bus in other participants from different countries. We visited AitBenHaddou - a place stimulating imagination. Camels ride at the end and the beginnig of the next day. Admiring the sunset and sunrice on the desert. Incredible view. Photos don’t express it. Be prepared for drastic temperature drop in the night, have some additional warm clothes for sleeping.
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Vivi78420
Dec 2, 2025
Beautiful memory! - Everything was perfect, our driver, our guide. The tents were very comfortable. Recommend without hesitation!
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Martamn2643nq
Nov 19, 2025
Experienced and competent guide - Mohamed was an engaging and helpful guide. It made the journey very light and entertained us, also revealing some secrets of the
Place.
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Kalefah
Nov 16, 2025
Fantastic trip; our driver, Laarbi, was excellent. Great Camel ride and impressive stops on the way. Highly rec - Laarbi, our driver, was awesome. Incredible drive with fantastic scenery. The desert camp was excellent, as was the camel ride.
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Luca_p
Oct 26, 2025
Beautiful experience - Super Laarbi!!!
Great experience highly recommended, everything perfect and clean. They accept paper for lunch!
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494nataliec
Jul 4, 2025
An amazing experience - I had an amazing experience from start to finish. The tour guide was very friendly and knowledgeable, plenty of stops through the journey. Ben Haddou was stunning, and the guide was very funny and informative. The camel ride was so much fun and the camping in the Sahara desert was amazing! The Berber community there made us feel at home, the meals and hospitality provided were very good! What an amazing experience from start to finish. Excellent value for money! Thank you so much
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Jennyaz1163lk
Jun 30, 2025
Beautiful Views! - Absolutey worth it! Mohammed was an excellent driver on winding roads, and staying overnight was unreal -- only wish we stayed another night :)
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Gemma
Jun 17, 2025
Excellent trip - Amazing experience & excellent value for money.
Accommodation was great & trips and stops on the way to the desert brilliant.
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X4508brtobiass
Oct 11, 2025
Five stars for Guide and driver, two stars for camp - I need to split into three parts 1) Tour from our riad to the desert and back to our riad 2) Camel ride 3) Stay in the desert 1) Tour - Great, very good driver (Mohamed) and very good guide (Ali) if they would have been responsible for the full tour it would be a clear five stars. Ali is very organized and knowledgeable and dependable. 5 stars for Ali and Mohamed 2) Camel ride Great and fun, the guides were very nice 3) Desert experience - the staff was friendly and the food was good but: it was very disorganized, even after several confirmation the group could not learn a clear schedule which caused several delay and stressy actions on our side. We had booked the luxury version. Anyhow, our toilet was not clean (with „remnants“ from the former user), we had no water for both the shower and the faucet and we washed our hands with our bottles). The food (dinner and breakfast) was both very late and we feel neglected, staff was disorganized. It was not worth to get luxury package at all
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Antoinegv22ns
Jun 22, 2025
Disappointing - We do not recommend this trip.
14h drive back and forth to see no dunes. You will sleep under the stars (in tents under 35°) in the middle of the desert (that is, only on a few mounds of sand).
We made only one stop to visit the movie sets (the others were only in cafes to take a break). Don’t hesitate to choose a restaurant other than the one your guide takes you to, which is twice to three times more expensive than those next door.
The other planned visits were not made, we thought we would go to the atlas studios in Ouarzazate.
We camel for 30 minutes arriving (around 7:30 pm) not on dunes but on a totally passable trail on foot. The last five minutes are on sand.
That's a lot of car for not much after all. There are a few positive points: the visit of ait ben hadou is rather nice and the sunrise is pretty. Our driver was also nice.
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