Marrakech → Merzouga
Seven days from the Red City through the High Atlas, down the Dadès Valley and into the great erg of Merzouga. The signature Morocco ride — and still, after a thousand crossings, the one that breaks riders open.
Marrakech to Merzouga
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The moments worth flying across continents for.
- 01Tizi-n-Tichka pass — 2,260 m
- 02Aït Benhaddou kasbah (UNESCO)
- 03Dadès Gorge switchbacks
- 04Todra Gorge canyon walls
- 05Erg Chebbi dunes — 150 m high
- 06Berber tea in the dunes at dusk
How 7 days unfold.
Marrakech → Aït Benhaddou
Climb the Tichka pass, drop into the southern hammada, sleep in a converted kasbah.
Aït Benhaddou → Boumalne Dadès
Roses, oases and the most photographed switchbacks in North Africa.
Dadès → Todra → Tinghir
Drive the river-cut canyon. Easy day, deep landscape.
Tinghir → Merzouga
Open desert highway. Final 40 km on piste into Erg Chebbi.
Erg Chebbi exploration
Sand-riding day, optional camel trek, overnight in a luxury desert camp.
Merzouga → Ouarzazate
Return via the Anti-Atlas back-route — almost zero traffic.
Ouarzazate → Marrakech
Tichka in reverse. End at the Café du France for one last mint tea.
Photographed by our guides.
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