The Erg Chebbi dunes
Merzouga Sahara
The true Sahara, great orange dunes that shift color through the day.
The true Sahara, great orange dunes that shift color through the day.
Merzouga and the Erg Chebbi dunes are the Sahara of the imagination, towering ridges of orange sand that turn pink at dawn and deep red at dusk. The overland route from Marrakech is part of the journey, through the Todra and Dades gorges and the Valley of a Thousand Kasbahs. At the dune line we set a private luxury camp, a sunrise camel journey, and Amazigh poetry by the fire.
Merzouga sits at the edge of the Erg Chebbi, a sea of orange dunes in south-eastern Morocco. The road from Marrakech crosses the High Atlas and passes through the Dades and Todra gorges, which is why most journeys spread the drive over two days. Nights are spent in a private desert camp at the foot of the dunes.
Around 550 kilometres by road, usually split over two days with an overnight stop in the Dades valley.
Yes. Many itineraries go Marrakech to Merzouga to Fes, so you do not drive the same road twice.
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