Forty minutes from Marrakech
Agafay Desert
A stone desert at sunset, close enough to reach before dinner.
A stone desert at sunset, close enough to reach before dinner.
Agafay is not the Sahara. It is a rolling desert of stone and dust just outside Marrakech, with the snow-capped Atlas as a backdrop. It is the easiest way to feel the silence of the desert without the long drive south. We arrange sunset dinners under lanterns, Gnawa music around the fire, and nights in luxury tented camps that rival any hotel.
Agafay is a stone desert just outside Marrakech, with the Atlas Mountains on the horizon. It does not have the sand dunes of the Sahara, but it offers wide open landscapes and desert silence without a long drive. Most guests come for a sunset dinner and return to Marrakech the same night; others stay in a tented camp.
No. Agafay is a stone desert near Marrakech. For high sand dunes, the destination is Merzouga and the Erg Chebbi dunes, further south-east.
Yes. A typical evening includes the transfer, sunset, dinner and the return to Marrakech before midnight.
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