Our top pick676 reviews
3 daysMarrakech to Fes: 3-Day Luxury Sahara Desert Tour
★ 4.8 · 676 reviews
- Three days, Camel trekking in Erg Chebbi dunes
- Small group
- World Heritage site Ait Benhaddou
- Free cancellation
$150
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Sahara tour from Marrakech
A Sahara tour from Marrakech gives travellers a multi-day route through the Atlas Mountains. We compared 15 tours, prices from $71, free cancellation, and a top trip rated 4.8 from 676 reviews. Your booking includes a stop at Ait Benhaddou, a World Heritage site.
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Fifteen Sahara trips that leave Marrakech
Fifteen overnight trips out of Marrakech — two days to Zagora, three across the High Atlas to the Erg Chebbi dunes, four with a private vehicle. What a Marrakech Sahara tour really turns on is where it drops you on the last afternoon: back here, in Fes, or in Agadir.
3,675 reviewsTwo nights, two dinners
3 daysMarrakech to Fes: 3-Day Sahara Tour, Camel Ride & Camp
★ 4.8 · 3 675 reviews
- Three days, Todra Gorge and Ait Benhaddou stops
- Breakfast included
- Most booked
- Free cancellation
$110
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Lowest price here2,415 reviews
3 daysFrom Marrakech: 3-Day Sahara tour with Private tent & Meals
★ 4.7 · 2 415 reviews
- Three days, Sunset camel trek at Erg Chebbi
- Private tent in a Berber camp
- Cheapest here
- Free cancellation
2,324 reviewsAit Ben Haddou on the way
2 daysFrom Marrakech: 2-Day Sahara Tour to Zagora & Ait Ben Haddou
★ 4.5 · 2 324 reviews
- Two days, Sunrise and sunset over Zagora dunes
- Overnight stay in Zagora
- Bestseller
- Free cancellation
2,003 reviewsEnds in Fes
3 daysFrom Marrakech: 3-Day Sahara Desert Adventure to Fes
★ 4.6 · 2 003 reviews
- Three days, Wild apes in Middle Atlas cedars
- Ancient kasbahs along the route
- Bestseller
- Free cancellation
$108
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1,313 reviewsEnds in Fes
3 daysFrom Marrakech To Fes: 3-Days with Luxury Camp, Desert Tour
★ 4.8 · 1 313 reviews
- Three days, Camel ride in Merzouga, desert camp
- Crosses the Atlas Mountains
- Meals included
- Free cancellation
$110
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1,178 reviewsTwo days to Zagora
2 daysFrom Marrakesh: Zagora 2-Day Desert Safari with Food & Camp
★ 4.5 · 1 178 reviews
- Two days, Camel ride at sunset in Zagora
- Ait Ben Haddou on the way
- Bestseller
- Free cancellation
884 reviewsEnds in Agadir
3 daysFrom Marrakech: 3-Day Sahara Tour to Agadir & Camel Trek
★ 4.8 · 884 reviews
- Three days, Ends in Agadir on day three
- Todra Gorge and Erg Chebbi
- Meals included
- Free cancellation
$143
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Rated 4.9322 reviews
3 daysFrom Marrakech: 3-day Merzouga Desert Tour with Camel & Quad
★ 4.9 · 322 reviews
- Three days, Optional quad ride in Merzouga
- Todra Gorge on the route
- Meals included
- Free cancellation
Rated 4.8140 reviews
3 daysFes to Marrakech: 3-Day Sahara Tour, Camel Ride & Camp
★ 4.8 · 140 reviews
- Three days, Starts in Fes, ends in Marrakech
- Breakfast included
- Two nights, two dinners included
- Free cancellation
$107
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Rated 4.865 reviews
3 daysMarrakech to Fes 3 Days Sahara Desert Tour With Camel & Quad
★ 4.8 · 65 reviews
- Three days, Camel trek and quad in dunes
- Small group
- Night in a Berber tent
- Free cancellation
$183
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Rated 4.547 reviews
2 daysFrom Marrakech: 2-Day Sahara Desert Trip to Fes or Marrakech
★ 4.5 · 47 reviews
- Two days, Merzouga desert in two days
- Ends in Fes or Marrakech
- Meals included
- Free cancellation
$136
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Rated 4.631 reviews
3 daysMarrakech to Fes 3-Day Sahara Desert Tour
★ 4.6 · 31 reviews
- Three days, High Atlas and Merzouga dunes
- Small group
- Scenic valley stops on route
- Free cancellation
$150
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202 reviewsAtlas Mountains and dunes
4 daysFrom Marrakesh: 4-Day Private Atlas Mountains & Desert Tour
★ 4.7 · 202 reviews
- Four days, Ouarzazate, kasbahs and palm groves
- Private tour
- Bestseller
- Free cancellation
$435
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Rated 4.965 reviews
4 daysFrom Marrakesh: Private 4-Day Sahara Desert Discovery Tour
★ 4.9 · 65 reviews
- Four days, Erg Chebbi dunes and local markets
- Small group
- Historic kasbahs by vehicle
- Free cancellation
$550
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Which of the Marrakech Sahara excursions is yours?
Answer what matters most and the page picks one of the fifteen.
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What the road, the dunes and the camp look like
Two halves of the same trip, filmed. Tours from Marrakech to Erg Chebbi spend the first day climbing the pass at Tizi n’Tichka and stopping at Ait Ben Haddou; the second ends on the sand, by camel, at a camp you sleep in.
Zagora, Erg Chebbi, or four days
Two days, three days, four days — and where each one ends
Most people book a Sahara trip from Marrakech on length alone: two days, three days, four. The question that decides more is where it puts you on the last afternoon — back in Marrakech, in Fes, or on the coast at Agadir.
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| From Marrakech: 2-Day Sahara Tour to Zagora & Ait Ben Haddou | TOP PICKMarrakech to Fes: 3-Day Luxury Sahara Desert Tour | From Marrakesh: 4-Day Private Atlas Mountains & Desert Tour | |
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| Price per person | $71 | $150 | $435 |
| Total trip length | 2 days | 3 days | 4 days |
| Cost per day | $35.50 | $50.00 | $108.75 |
| Which dunes | Zagora | Erg Chebbi | Sahara dunes |
| On the way out | Ait Ben Haddou, Draa Valley | High Atlas, Ait Ben Haddou | Ouarzazate, kasbahs, palm groves |
| Where it ends | Back in Marrakech | In Fes | Back in Marrakech |
| Listing labels | Meals included | Small group · Meals included | Private |
| Rating | 4.5 · 2,324 | 4.8 · 676 | 4.7 · 202 |
| Best for | One night out and the least road | Finishing the trip in Fes | Four days at your own pace |
| Check dates | Book this one→ | Check dates |
TOP PICK
Marrakech to Fes: 3-Day Luxury Sahara Desert Tour
$150- Total trip length
- 3 days
- Cost per day
- $50.00
- Which dunes
- Erg Chebbi
- On the way out
- High Atlas, Ait Ben Haddou
- Where it ends
- In Fes
- Listing labels
- Small group · Meals included
- Rating
- 4.8 · 676
- Best for
- Finishing the trip in Fes
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From Marrakech: 2-Day Sahara Tour to Zagora & Ait Ben Haddou
$71- Total trip length
- 2 days
- Cost per day
- $35.50
- Which dunes
- Zagora
- On the way out
- Ait Ben Haddou, Draa Valley
- Where it ends
- Back in Marrakech
- Listing labels
- Meals included
- Rating
- 4.5 · 2,324
- Best for
- One night out and the least road
From Marrakesh: 4-Day Private Atlas Mountains & Desert Tour
$435- Total trip length
- 4 days
- Cost per day
- $108.75
- Which dunes
- Sahara dunes
- On the way out
- Ouarzazate, kasbahs, palm groves
- Where it ends
- Back in Marrakech
- Listing labels
- Private
- Rating
- 4.7 · 202
- Best for
- Four days at your own pace
Verdict
Three days is the right length
Three days is what this route was built around: a day over the High Atlas with Ait Ben Haddou on the way, a night at the Erg Chebbi dunes, and a third day out. Two days to Zagora, from $71, buys the camel ride and the camp with far less road. Four days is the same ground, privately, at a slower pace.
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Where the tour ends is the real choice
Seven of the fifteen routes do not bring you back: six finish in Fes, one in Agadir, and one more lets you choose Fes or Marrakech. That decides your next ticket, so read the ending before you read the price. If you fly home out of Marrakech, take a route that returns, or leave a spare day to get back.
Before you book
Which Sahara trip fits your week?
Three things decide it: how many days you can give it, whether you have to be back in Marrakech, and how much of the vehicle you want to yourself. Answer three questions and find out before you pay.
Do you have to be back in Marrakech?Some routes finish in Fes, and one finishes in Agadir
How much of the vehicle do you want?Only 5 of the 15 listings are Private or Small group
How many days can you give it?Two days reaches Zagora; the Erg Chebbi dunes need three
Answer the three questions above
You’ll get the one that fits your answers, and the thing about it that catches people out.
What people said afterwards
15,340 reviews across fifteen Marrakech departures
Ratings are the operators’ own numbers on GetYourGuide, shown as published. We do not write reviews and we do not average other people’s into a score of our own.
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Based on 15,340
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5 ★80%
4 ★14%
3 ★3%
2 ★2%
1 ★1%
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Marrakech to Fes: 3-Day Sahara Tour, Camel Ride & Camp
From $110 · 3,675 reviews
★★★★★
The three-day route most people take
Three days out of Marrakech over the High Atlas, with Todra Gorge and Ait Benhaddou on the way, a camel ride into the dunes and two nights and two dinners included. It ends in Fes rather than back here. Rated 4.8 across 3,675 reviews.
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Marrakech to Fes: 3-Day Luxury Sahara Desert Tour
From $150 · 676 reviews
★★★★★
Our top pick, and a small group
Camel trekking in the Erg Chebbi dunes and the World Heritage site of Ait Benhaddou, with a luxury camp on the second night. The one listing on the site that carries a Small group label. Rated 4.8 across 676 reviews.
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From Marrakech: 2-Day Sahara Tour to Zagora & Ait Ben Haddou
From $71 · 2,324 reviews
★★★★☆
Two days, Zagora dunes, one night out
The short answer: one night out, a camel ride at the Zagora dunes and Ait Ben Haddou on the way. It does not reach Erg Chebbi, and it does not need a third day. Rated 4.5 across 2,324 reviews.
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From Marrakech: 3-day Merzouga Desert Tour with Camel & Quad
From $90 · 322 reviews
★★★★★
Three days that bring you back here
Marrakech out and Marrakech back, with Todra Gorge on the route and a camel ride at the Merzouga dunes; the quad ride is optional. The highest published rating on the site. Rated 4.9 across 322 reviews.
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From Marrakech: 3-Day Sahara Tour to Agadir & Camel Trek
From $143 · 884 reviews
★★★★★
The one that finishes on the coast
The same crossing — Todra Gorge, Erg Chebbi, a night in camp — but the last afternoon runs west to Agadir instead of back to Marrakech. Worth checking against your onward flight. Rated 4.8 across 884 reviews.
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From Marrakesh: 4-Day Private Atlas Mountains & Desert Tour
From $435 · 202 reviews
★★★★☆
Four days, and the vehicle is yours
Ouarzazate, kasbahs and palm groves at a slower pace, with accommodation and meals included and a Private label on the listing. Four days is the longest thing bookable here. Rated 4.7 across 202 reviews.
What it really costs
What two, three and four days actually cost
Price here tracks nights, not distance. Sahara excursions from Marrakech are sold by how many nights you sleep out and how much of the vehicle is yours, which is why two days starts at $71 and a private four-day starts at $435.
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| What you book | Price | What that buys | Cancellation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two days to Zagora | $71 | One night out, camel ride, Ait Ben Haddou on the way | Free cancellation |
| Three days to the dunes and back to Marrakech | $90 | Two nights out, Todra Gorge, camel ride at Erg Chebbi | Free cancellation |
| Three days, finishing in Fes | $108 | The same crossing without the return leg — you end in Fes | Free cancellation |
| Four days, private vehicle | $435 | Ouarzazate, kasbahs, palm groves, accommodation and meals included | Free cancellation |
Costs the listing doesn't show you
- The road is most of day one and day three. Marrakech to the Erg Chebbi dunes is a full day over the High Atlas each way. The sand is the middle.
- Where you finish is a cost. Seven of these routes leave you in Fes or Agadir. Getting back to Marrakech from there is a separate ticket and, realistically, another day.
- Meals are not on every listing. Two of the fifteen are sold without meals included, and nothing on any listing covers what you buy at the roadside stops.
- Private means the vehicle, not the desert. Only two listings are sold as private groups, and they are the two most expensive on this page.
What is genuinely included
- Hotel pickup at the start city — on fourteen of the fifteen listings
- Meals: thirteen listings are sold with meals included, two without
- Nights in a desert camp — two on the three-day routes, one on the two-day
- A camel ride into the dunes, where the listing names one
- Free cancellation — every one of the fifteen listings carries it
The honest answer
Are the best Sahara tours from Marrakech worth the drive?
Two long days in a vehicle to reach sand — that is the fair objection. What the ticket buys is the crossing itself: the High Atlas, Ait Ben Haddou, Todra Gorge and the Draa Valley are the trip, and the dunes are the night in the middle of it.
What makes it worth it
- The crossing itself: the High Atlas, Ait Ben Haddou, Todra Gorge and the Draa Valley
- A camel trek into the dunes, and a night in a camp rather than a hotel
- A Meals included label on 12 of the 15 listings
- Ouarzazate, kasbahs and palm groves on the four-day private routes
- Free cancellation on all four routes in the table above, so an early booking holds a date
Keep in mind
- Two long days in a vehicle: the dunes are the night in the middle of them
- Two days reaches Zagora; the Erg Chebbi dunes that people picture need three
- Several routes finish in Fes and one in Agadir — read the ending before the price
- Only 5 of the 15 listings carry a Private or Small group label
- One listing runs the other way and starts in Fes, not in Marrakech
The trip, day by day
Marrakech to the dunes, and where day three goes
A Marrakech to Erg Chebbi tour keeps the same shape whoever you book it with. What changes is how many nights you sleep out, and whether the last morning turns back towards Marrakech or carries on to Fes or Agadir.
Out of Marrakech
Pickup in the city, then the climb into the High Atlas over the Tizi n’Tichka pass. The mountains take most of the first morning.
Ait Ben Haddou
The fortified village above the river, a World Heritage site, and the first long stop of the trip.
Ouarzazate and the Draa Valley
Past the pass the land opens out. Ouarzazate, then palm groves along the Draa Valley to the first night stop.
Todra Gorge
Red rock walls with a river between them, and time on foot at the bottom before the road turns east.
Camel trek into Erg Chebbi
The vehicle stops where the sand starts. The last stretch to camp is on a camel, and this is the part people book the trip for.
The night in camp
Dinner at the camp and a night out on the sand, in a tent rather than a hotel. Quads are an extra on one listing, not the trip.
Back here, or on to Fes
The last morning is the fork. Some routes turn back towards Marrakech, others carry on to Fes, and one finishes in Agadir.
Best time of day
Late afternoon on the sand, early on the dunes
The hours people come back talking about sit at the two ends of the day. The camel ride is timed for late afternoon, so you arrive at camp as the light comes off the sand. The other is first thing: the two-day Zagora listing names sunrise over the dunes as part of what you are buying, and the camps at Erg Chebbi sit where the same thing happens. Between them is the night in camp. The middle of the day, going out and coming back, is road.
On the ground
What the route actually looks like
Ait Ben Haddou
The fortified village on the way out, and a World Heritage site.
Todra Gorge
Red walls and a river, on the second morning of the three-day routes.
The camel trek
The last stretch into the dunes is on a camel, not in the vehicle.
The camp
Where the night goes on the three-day and four-day routes.
What it's like
What the road to the dunes is actually like
People book this trip with one picture in their head: a line of camels on a dune ridge, and a tent on the sand below it. The picture is real, and it is at Erg Chebbi, near Merzouga. What surprises most people is how far away it is. The sand sits on the far side of the High Atlas, and the road out to it is the trip.
That is the first thing to get straight. A Sahara tour from Marrakech is mostly a road trip with a night in the dunes in the middle of it. The vehicle climbs out of the city, over the Tizi n’Tichka pass, down through Ouarzazate and along the Draa Valley. You are looking out of a window for a good part of two days, and the window is the point.
Which is why length decides almost everything else. Two days gets you to Zagora: nearer dunes, one night out, a camel ride and Ait Ben Haddou on the way. Three days is the classic, and it is the shortest thing here that reaches Erg Chebbi. Four days is the private end of the list — the same ground, slower, with the vehicle to yourselves.
The second thing nobody tells you is that these trips do not all bring you home. Seven of the fifteen listings on this page finish in Fes, on the far side of the Middle Atlas. One finishes in Agadir, on the coast. One runs the whole thing backwards and starts in Fes. If your flight leaves from Marrakech, that matters more than the price does.
Ait Ben Haddou is the stop everyone photographs, and it earns it: an earthen village stacked up a hillside above a river, a World Heritage site, and the place where the road stops being ordinary. After it comes Ouarzazate, then the palm groves of the Draa Valley, and the country outside the window starts to look like the reason you came.
Day two is the long one. Todra Gorge in the morning — red walls, a river at the bottom, and time to walk between them. Then east, to where the tarmac gives out. The vehicle stops at the edge of the sand, the camels are waiting, and the last stretch to camp is on one of them rather than on a seat.
The camp is the part people describe afterwards. Tents pitched between the dunes, dinner, carpets, and a night that is quiet in a way a city never is. Listings differ here more than anywhere else on the route: some sell a standard camp, some a luxury one, one a private tent. What the listing says it gives you is what to go by.
Day three is the fork. Back over the Atlas to Marrakech, north through the Middle Atlas to Fes, or west to Agadir. None of the three is better than the others; they are different holidays. Decide where you want to wake up on the last morning, then choose the length, then choose the listing. In that order it is a short booking.
Shorter, longer, private
The three trips people weigh this one against
Three days across to the Erg Chebbi dunes is what most people book. The other shapes are here: one night out instead of two, a loop that turns back to Marrakech, and four days with the vehicle to yourselves.
One night out
From Marrakesh: Zagora 2-Day Desert Safari with Food & Camp
2 days · ★ 4.5 (1 178)
$81See dates Back in Marrakech
From Marrakech: 3-day Merzouga Desert Tour with Camel & Quad
3 days · ★ 4.9 (322)
$90See dates Private vehicle
From Marrakesh: 4-Day Private Atlas Mountains & Desert Tour
4 days · ★ 4.7 (202)
$435See datesPractical
Plan the trip
Five things decide how an Erg Chebbi tour from Marrakech goes: how many days you give it, which city you want to finish in, whether the vehicle is shared or yours, when you book, and what you carry for a night away from the hotel.
Two days
Zagora, not Erg Chebbi. One night out, a camel ride, and Ait Ben Haddou on the way.
Three days
The classic crossing to the Erg Chebbi dunes: two nights out, Todra Gorge, and a camel trek to camp.
Four days
The two private routes. The same ground at a slower pace, with Ouarzazate, kasbahs and palm groves.
What a day on the road is
Long. The pass out of Marrakech takes a good part of the first morning on its own.
Where the nights go
In a camp on the sand on the three-day and four-day routes; nearer the road on the two-day ones.
One night, or two
Two days means one night away from the city. Three and four days mean two or three.
Back in Marrakech
Six of the listings bring you back to the city you left.
In Fes
Seven finish in Fes, which suits anyone carrying on north afterwards.
In Agadir
One route runs west to the coast on the last afternoon instead.
Starting in Fes
One listing here runs the whole route backwards and begins in Fes.
Fes or Marrakech
One two-day listing offers either ending, so read which one you booked.
Why it matters
Your luggage and your onward flight both go where the vehicle goes.
A small bag for the night
You need very little in camp; ask your hotel about leaving the rest behind.
A warm layer
Worth having for the evening at the camp, whatever the day has been like.
Shoes you can walk in
Todra Gorge and the dunes both mean time on your feet, not in a seat.
A bag that closes
Sand gets into cameras and phones. Something that shuts earns its place.
Your own water
You are in a vehicle for much of two days. Carry a bottle you can refill.
A power bank
Plan for a night without a socket beside the bed, and charge in the vehicle.
Free cancellation
The four routes in the price table above are listed with Free cancellation.
Hold the scarce ones first
Only five of the fifteen listings carry a Private or Small group label.
Pickup from your hotel
Fourteen of the fifteen listings say pickup is available; the listing spells out where.
Some ask for notice
Four listings ask you to book at least ten hours before departure.
Early holds the date
Booking ahead holds a place on the date you want. It is not a discount.
One price everywhere
Operator desk, platform or hotel counter — the fare on the listing is the fare.
Best time
When to go
The route does not change with the calendar; your day does. Daylight decides how much of the Atlas crossing you actually see, and the five listings labelled Private or Small group are the ones worth booking earliest.
Mar – May
Spring, and the full choice of routes
All three lengths are on the table: two days to Zagora, three across to Erg Chebbi, four with a private vehicle and a driver. Decide the ending first — Marrakech, Fes or Agadir — and the date second.
Jun – Aug
High summer, book the scarce ones early
The same fifteen trips are listed all summer. Only five carry a Private or Small group label — the two four-day private routes and the luxury run to Fes — so hold those first.
Sep – Nov
Autumn, and the long routes
If you have four days, this is where the private routes earn the price: Ouarzazate, kasbahs and palm groves at a slower pace. The Agadir route ends on the coast instead of returning you to Marrakech.
Dec – Feb
Short days, and the two-day answer
Daylight is short and the Atlas crossing takes a good part of it. The two-day Zagora trips suit a tight winter itinerary: one night out, closer dunes, far less road for the same camp and camel ride.
From people who went
Six things the listing does not tell you
01
Two days means Zagora, not Erg Chebbi. The two-day routes go to the nearer dunes. The sand people picture, out at Erg Chebbi near Merzouga, is a three-day trip and there is no shorter way to it.
02
Check where it drops you. Seven of these listings finish in Fes and one in Agadir. If you fly home out of Marrakech, read the ending of the route before you read the price.
03
The night is in a camp, not a hotel. Three-day and four-day routes sleep out on the sand. What the tent is like varies from listing to listing, so read the one you are booking.
04
Only five listings are Private or Small group. Everything else on this page is a shared vehicle with other travellers in it. If that decides your trip, hold those five early.
05
The camel ride is a stretch, not the transport. It carries you from where the vehicle stops to the camp and back out again. The rest of the distance is on a road.
06
One route runs the other way. A Fes to Marrakech listing sits on this page too: the same road and the same dunes, but it starts in Fes and finishes here.
Other endings
Three more of the fifteen routes
Most reviewed here
Marrakech to Fes: 3-Day Sahara Tour, Camel Ride & Camp
3 days · ★ 4.8 (3 675)
$110View Ends in Agadir
From Marrakech: 3-Day Sahara Tour to Agadir & Camel Trek
3 days · ★ 4.8 (884)
$143View Runs the other way
Fes to Marrakech: 3-Day Sahara Tour, Camel Ride & Camp
3 days · ★ 4.8 (140)
$107ViewGo deeper
More on the routes, the camps and the Atlas crossing
Straight answers
Sahara trips from Marrakech, answered
How long is a Sahara tour from Marrakech?
Two, three or four days. Two days reach Zagora, with one night out. Three days cross the High Atlas to the Erg Chebbi dunes and put you two nights away from the city. Four days cover the same ground privately, at a slower pace. There is no shorter version: the distance out and back will not fit into a single day.
How much does it cost?
The two-day Zagora route starts at $71, three days to the Erg Chebbi dunes from $90, and a four-day private vehicle from $435. Price tracks nights out and how much of the vehicle is yours, not distance.
Zagora or Erg Chebbi — which dunes?
Erg Chebbi, near Merzouga, is the tall orange sand most people picture, and it is a full day of driving from Marrakech each way, so it needs three days. Zagora is closer, which is why the two-day routes go there: a camel ride, a camp and Ait Ben Haddou on the way, with far less road.
Do these tours bring you back to Marrakech?
Not all of them. Six of the fifteen finish in Fes, one in Agadir, and one lets you choose Fes or Marrakech. Six more are loops that bring you back here, and one runs in reverse: it starts in Fes and ends in Marrakech. Read the ending before the price.
Is a camel ride part of it?
On the routes whose listing says so, yes — a trek into the dunes in the late afternoon, ending at the camp you sleep in. One Zagora listing names a camel ride at sunset, the other sunrise and sunset over the dunes; the longer routes name the trek into Erg Chebbi. Check the listing you are booking rather than assuming.
Where do you sleep?
In a desert camp: one night on the two-day routes, two on the three-day ones. Two listings state it outright — two nights, two breakfasts and two dinners. Thirteen of the fifteen are sold with meals included; two are not, and the table says which.
Can you cancel?
Yes. Every one of the fifteen listings on this page carries Free cancellation. What differs is how far ahead you have to book: several want ten hours’ notice, one takes bookings fifteen minutes ahead. That is the operator’s own rule and it is shown on the listing you book.
The wider trip
Three days out of Marrakech — the plan we would follow
One PDF: which of the two-, three- and four-day routes fits the week you have, where each one leaves you on the last afternoon, and what to hold before you arrive. Built from the operators’ own listings and the same live prices as this page.
- All fifteen routes by length and by the city they end in
- What the second and third night actually buy you
- When to book the private and small-group listings
- What to carry for a night in a desert camp
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How we put this together
Checked, not guessed
Prices, ratings, lengths and inclusions are read off the live GetYourGuide listing for each tour and updated together with the page.
How we pick
Every multi-day Sahara route bookable out of Marrakech is on this page, including the ones we would not book ourselves. Nobody pays to be featured.
Our top pick is not the most booked
Our top pick, the three-day luxury route to Fes, is the only route above 600 reviews sold as a small group, and it holds 4.8. The most booked tour is a different one, and we say so.
What we do not know
We do not run these tours. Group size on your date, which camp you sleep in, what the road is doing — if the listing does not say it, we do not promise it.
The answer
Three days, then pick the city you finish in
Three days is the shape of this trip: a day over the High Atlas, a night in camp at the dunes, and a last day that either turns back to Marrakech or carries on to Fes. Our top pick is the small-group route to Fes at $150, rated 4.8 from 676 reviews; two days to Zagora start at $71.
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