DAY 1: MERZOUGA VILLAGE – MERZOUGA CAMEL RIDE – DESERT CAMP

This Merzouga desert tour starts in the evening, and we organize the camel ride to the desert. You will ride camel for around 1 hour to reach desert camp. The Berber dinner will be served in desert camp and we will spend the night in desert camp with Berber drums music in the middle of the Sahara desert. You may take amazing pictures of the sunset in desert. In the morning we will ride camels backing to Merzouga village , and you’ll have breakfast and shower in the hotel / riad in Merzouga.

DAY 2: MERZOUGA DESERT TOUR

Experience Morocco sahara desert camel trekking tours, after breakfast in the riad you’ll start your explorative journey of the area, starting by visiting the ‘village of the blacks’, originally slaves from Sudan, Mali and Senegal to experience their music and lifestyle. Later, we will drive in the desert area to meet nomad families-living under Berber tents- to explore their way of life. Today our lunch will be a traditional Berber meal (Berber pizza) with a local family. You will have the option also to visit the old city of Rissani – the foundation of the Alaouite dynasty – the current ruling royal family in Morocco. Rissani is surrounded by about 360 ksar (a fortified village with many towers) and has a big souk (an open market), held three times a week. Once called Sijilmassa, this was the meeting place for the salt caravans, coming from Tombouctou in Mali.

Here you’ll walk through the souk, selling spices, vegetables, and clothes. After that, we Drive back to the village of Merzouga. In the afternoon, you will ride your camel, guided by an experienced camel-man to explore what is hidden in the middle of the highest sand dunes in Morocco. The camel trek takes about 1hr 30 min to the camp where you will enjoy the sunset and watching stars. Dinner will be served in front of the tent where you will spend the night.

DAY 3: MERZOUGA CAMP – MERZOUGA CAMEL RIDE – MERZOUGA VILLAGE

We ride camels back to Merzouga village. We will have breakfast in local riad/hotel.