5 Days Desert Tour from Marrakech to Merzouga Desert

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ITINERARY 5 Days Desert Tour from Marrakech

Day 1 : Marrakech – Ouarzazate – Alnif

We leave Marrakech after being picked up at the hotel, cross the High Atlas mountain, have lunch in Ouarzazate Moroccan Hollywood, and spend the evening in the Alnif desert. First meeting with the stars and sky night in a half-board hotel in the flat black stony desert.

Day 2 : Merzouga’s Erg Chebbi

During the day, we visit fossil quarries to collect fossils, primarily trilobites, and spend the evening in a hotel near Merzouga’s Erg Chebbi dunes. After dinner, take a half-hour Camel ride for an experience of viewing the sunset. We give a fire and sky talk, as well as conservation. Night under the stars in the camp.

Day 3 : Erg Chebbi regarding astronomy

explore south Erg Chebbi fascinating landscapes, visit old mines, and cretaceous beds, meet back the community whose parents were brought as slaves in the 12th century, share a cup of tea, and enjoy Gnaoua music night in the same camp. After dinner presentation regarding astronomy in northwest African culture, Berbers, Bedouin, and Touaregs, mythology, and beliefs.

Day 4 : TAFILALET sijilmassa

explore the history of the TAFILALET sijilmassa which used to be one of the main caravan meeting points from the 7th to 12th century, explore the souk afternoon back to the camp for a 200 mm telescope and binocular session of sky observation of the sky planets, galaxy s,, night in the same desert camp.

Day 5 : Drive back to Marrakech

We leave Marrakech after being picked up at the hotel, cross the High Atlas mountain, have lunch in Ouarzazate Moroccan Hollywood, and spend the evening in the Alnif desert. First meeting with the stars and sky night in a half-board hotel in the flat black stony desert.

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