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2-Day Zagora Tour from Marrakech Including the Atlas Mountains, Camel Trek and Desert Camp
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2-Day Zagora Tour from Marrakech Including the Atlas Mountains, Camel Trek and Desert Camp

By Ando Travel
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Delve deep into rural Morocco on this 2-day desert tour from Marrakech to Zagora. Leave tricky navigation to your driver-guide, who travels through the High Atlas Mountains via Tizi-n-Tichka pass. You’ll experience life at a slower pace among Berber villages and spend an overnight in a private tent at a Bedouin Sahara desert camp. Dinner plus breakfast, transport, and a camel trek are all included.
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Ages 1-99, max of 100 per group
Duration: 2 days
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Live guide: English, French
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Highlights
  • 2-day tour in the High Atlas Mountains, from Marrakech
  • Visit the UNESCO-listed Kasbah Aït Ben Haddou
  • Relax in Ouarzazate and stay overnight at a Bedouin camp
  • Trek into the Zagora Desert on camelback

  • Breakfast
  • Dinner
  • Camel trekking in the Zagora desert
  • Overnight accommodation in a private tent at a Berber camp in the Zagora desert
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only)
What's not included
  • Lunch
  • Local guides
  • drinks

Start:Traveller pickup offered.
  • Option 1
    صيدلية باب دكالة, زنقة بوطويل، Marrakech 40000, Morocco
  • Option 2
    Bab Aylan, Marrakech 40000, Morocco
  • Option 3
    Riad Laarous, Marrakesh 40000, Morocco
  • Option 4
    Place mellah, J297+XR, Marrakesh 40000, Morocco
  • Option 5
    PLACE EL MOUKEF, J2M8+2C4, Marrakesh 40000, Morocco
  • Option 6
    Hôtel Tazi, 79 Pass. Prince Moulay Rachid, Marrakech 40000, Morocco
  • Option 7
    Hôtel Restaurant Café de France, J2G7+G2G jamaa el-fnna، Rue des Banques, مراكش 40000, Morocco
  • Option 8
    Moulay El Yazid Mosque, 23 Rue de La Kasbah, Marrakesh 40000, Morocco
  • Option 9
    Collège Abdelmoumen, J2P8+GHR, Av. Antaki, Marrakech 40000, Morocco
  • Option 10
    Collège Mohamed 5, J2M5+M98, Marrakesh 40000, Morocco
  • Option 11
    المقهى الكبير للبريد, Angle Boulevard El Mansour Eddahbi et Avenue Imam، Marrakech 40000, Morocco
  • Option 12
    مرآب باب تغزوت, Parking Bab taghzout،, J2Q5+2MQ, Marrakech 40000, Morocco
  • Option 13
    Dar Moha, 81 Rue Dar el Bacha, Marrakech 40000, Morocco
Pickup details
  • Directions: Hotel pickup is available from hotels and riads located in central Marrakech. Please be sure to advise your hotel details at the time of reconfirmation to arrange your pickup time. If your riad is inside the Medina, you will be asked to make your way to the nearest place accessible to vehicles, which may involve a short walk.
Additional pickup options
During checkout you will be able to select from the list of included pickup points.
  • Jemaa el-Fna, Jamaâ El-Fna, Marrakech 40000, Morocco
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

    • Not wheelchair accessible
    • Pushchair accessible
    • Near public transportation
    • Infant seats available
    If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 7674ZAGORA

    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    • Good walking shoes, sunscreen and sunglasses are recommended
    • A conservative dress code is recommended in Morocco. Men and women should keep their upper body as well as their knees covered at all times as a sign of respect to the local culture. Wearing shorts is not recommended. It can be cold at night and in the winter so please bring appropriate clothing
    • Please note: due to the long distances, approximately 8 hours will be spent driving each day
    • Most travellers can participate
    • This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
    • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 100 travellers

    • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

    If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 7674ZAGORA

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    • Ando Travel
      3,366
      Marrakech, Morocco
      Joined in January 2015
    • imtiazid
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Memorable experience.
      Muhameed our driver and Nabeel our translator were both fantastic and created a very memorable experience. We are very greatful! Highly recommended. :)
      Written 13 January 2025
    • DrOAlwindi
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Amazing trip
      Had a really good time, the whole experience from the punctual pick up, to the smooth ride to the tour of the waterfall and lunch provided, really good , shout out to our driver for the trip Abdelaali who was pleasant, safe, and professional throughout the journey.
      Written 10 January 2025
    • bearwithabeee
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Was a perfect experience
      Tour Guide - Hachimi 10/10 This was a great tour and a highlight of our trip in Marrakech - Tour bus picked us up exactly on time it said - Smooth bus journey to Ouzoud Falls (with breaks, would suggest to bring a few snacks for the ride but can buy during pit stop) - The group was greeted by Hachimi who was top notch. Was knowledgable, funny, and attentive with the different languages and needs of the group - Endless opportunities to take great photos of scenery, monkeys and for the Gram - Boat ride was perfect, short and sweet because it’s cold - Restaurant had some of the best tagine we’ve had for our holiday - Bus back to medina was again smooth Would highly recommend
      Written 10 January 2025
    • W7837GFgregoryd
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Waterfall trip awesome
      Excellent, guide passionate and knowledgeable, beautiful waterfall, boat ride fun, lunch good and inexpensive. Oh, monkeys cute.
      Written 6 January 2025
    • ket31_31
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Amazing trip and amazing Marwan (best guide ever☺️)
      Excellent experience, best 3 days of our trip! Amazing guide Marwan who created our mood and made everything working perfectly and on time! Super positive person and extremely professional! Love it!!!❤️☺️
      Written 6 January 2025
    • FarAway60589887737
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Amazing, no other words
      Amazing experience! The colours of the sunset in the desert left us speechless….And special thanks to Brahim, best driver ever!
      Written 5 January 2025
    • 904magdalenas
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Thank you
      The beautiful views, guide and driver full of professionalism. They look after tourists reliably. You have to walk a lot and the return from the waterfall is only 600 steps uphill. Lunch you can have an appropriate price.
      Written 4 January 2025
    • niap2025
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      10/10
      Abdelaali was a great driver! Super friendly and looked after us all :) the desert was beautiful and all the hosts were so welcoming
      Written 4 January 2025
    • Z6070WBbenm
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Did the 3 day Sahara trip from Marrakesh to Merzouga with Hassan. He was an excellent guide who showed us so much
      Hassan was an excellent guide who showed us so many great places. The sahara desert was unforgetable and we were welcomed by the locals who showed us the unbelievable landscape and provided some amazing meals
      Written 3 January 2025
    • Heather220_1
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Definitely worth it!
      3 hours drive from Marrakech with a very conscientious & safe minibus driver took us to the starting point of our visit. A fantastic tour guide called Marwan brought us to the top of the waterfalls where we could take photos together & with the monkeys. Marwan was careful to warn off hawkers & give good advice as well as educating everyone about the Berber area. A stop to a Berber collective was optional with absolutely no pressure to buy. It was quite a long & sometimes muddy walk down to the bottom of the falls where you could get the little boat across but we chose the bridge but it wasn’t too steep or unsafe. Lunch wasn’t great, don’t order the tagine, the company should change the restaurant they book. However it was the equivalent of €12 each so that’s ok. Many steps uphill bring you to a few viewing platforms but there were older & slightly infirm people in our party & they all managed the trip with breaks. The scenery is beautiful if busy with other tourists (but we went at a busy holiday time so that’s to be expected!) Our guide Marwan was excellent, we were lucky as he’s Berber & very patient & spoke many languages. Overall this was excellent value & we got really lovely memories & photos from the day so I’d recommend it.
      Written 3 January 2025
    • michellecC832PI
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Waterfalls and nature walk
      This trip was amazing. Our driver was safe and friendly. Our guide was a very special person. He was very kind and very knowledgeable. He looked after us and ensured our trip was very enjoyable.
      Written 3 January 2025
    • Megan K
      0 contributions
      3.0 of 5 bubbles
      Waterfall is stunning
      The waterfall was absolutely stunning! But the guided walk was far too long, took over 2 hours just to walk to the waterfall and then our tour guide would not let us leave until everyone tipped.
      Written 2 January 2025
    • 454daviss
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Gorg!!
      Wonderful tour! Great guides and gorgeous views. Diversity of activities and plenty of opportunities to connect with other tour attendees.
      Written 2 January 2025
    • normantem
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Time to remember
      The place is amazing, the view is absolute breath taking. The guys take you all the way up and down the place so you get a full view. Also boat rides take you near the actual fall. Our tour guide Usef was brilliant and so down to earth. Also one of the best English speaking tour guides we had. Absolutely recommend the trip. The bus was spacious and well conditioned. As guide recommended be careful with the monkeys as they are unpredictable.
      Written 1 January 2025
    • Vered A
      0 contributions
      3.0 of 5 bubbles
      Beautiful site, poor quality tour guide
      Ouzoud waterfalls are beautiful and worth a visit. Our tour operator picked us up on time. The guide at the location did not add much information. We were disappointed that neither the driver nor the guide used the time to share information about the history, geography, culture, geology of the area, and of Marocco. Three hours drive each way are a great opportunity to share this information. Same is true for the tour guide who simply took us from point A to point B (which we could easily do ourselves), and stated the obvious: here are monkeys, here are olive trees, etc.
      Written 31 December 2024
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    Giacomo Giorgi
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Feb 2020 • Family
    We made a two days trip for Zagora Desert from Marrakech. Youssef was our driver for the trip and it was very excellent, he made many breaks for beautiful panorama photos and stops for toilet. In Zagora we made a Trip with camels to arrive to the camp and we spend there the night. The camp was fantastic and the people there were fantastic: they made dance us around a fire with characteristics African music and bring us the a hill top in order to take a sunrise photo.In conclusion it’s possible only to use beautiful words for Youssef and the Camp people for they ability to make us spend a fantastic trip Zagora Desert

    P.S. An important thing to remember is to preparare some backpack to spend the night in the camp because it’s forbidden to bring the luggages.
    Written 25 February 2020
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    F O
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Oct 2021 • Friends
    Abdo was an amazing driver, super friendly, informative and had great stop off locations for a quick look at the scenery (which you don’t want to miss!). The journey is long (as expected) but we had plenty of opportunities to stretch our legs and get out of the car just to look around and the car is super clean.

    The kasbah Haddou UNESCO stop is as pretty as it looks in the photos. We had a local guide Lahsen (an artist) who’s family lived there so it felt very authentic. We learnt quite a lot about their culture, as well as their unique building techniques - I’d recommend this stop for sure as he was a font of knowledge.

    The desert was the highlight for me. It was magical, from the pick up with our guide Mohan (not sure how to spell his name!) who was the friendliest man, checked on us regularly and took lots of photos for us. To the camels who were sweet and very calm. The music at night was fun and we had our go with the instruments. Nothing compares to the sunset and sunrise which were breathtaking, definitely force yourself to wake up for the sunrise! We were expecting a very bare bones dinner but the tagine was the best thing we’d ever tasted! It set the bar impossibly high in our opinion.

    Would recommend this tour for a taste of the desert and a look around the different landscapes Morrocco outside of Marrakech. The nicest, friendliest team of guys!

    Thank youuuuu 😊
    Written 7 October 2021
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    Katt & Philippe
    Aix-en-Provence, France21 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Our Zagora desert tour was a wonderful experience. Our driver for the two days was Abdou. He was a gentle and kind man. During the drive, he took all the opportunities for us to stop and take photos of the magnificent region. He is passionate about his Berber culture and happy to share stories. Before Zagora, we stopped at Ait Ben Haddou. Our guide there was Hassan, he took us around the heritage listed Berber village and invited us to have lunch with his family home with Abdou aswell. After lunch we were amazed by a local artist Mustafa. He creates art using Berber materials, tea, saffron and orange juice (yes, orange juice) and brings the art to life using fire/heat. Then we continued to Zagora. We were very unfortunate with the weather as the clouds came in, but the rain was much needed for the area. Thereafter we met our camel leader Mohammed, leading us into the Zagora desert camps. The desert was very rocky and began along the road, however the sand dunes began to appear at the base of the mountains closer to camp. This was a spectacular sight! The camp caretakers were all wonderful. They were entertaining and friendly. All our meals were lovely. The camp is well looked after and had all adequate facilities (hot water included). We woke up with the hope of a sunrise, but alas, the clouds stayed behind. On our way back to Marrakech, Abdou took us to Ouarzazate before driving through the amazing snow capped Atlas Mountains and safely back to Marrakech. On top of all of this, we had this whole experience on our own. The first overseas tourists to camp in the Zagora! We're grateful to have the private tour, but would love to come back when the world opens again and we can share it together. Thank you to Ando Travel! YALLAH!

    (Prepare yourself for long drives and winding mountain roads, and if you can... make sure mother nature delivers with her blue skies 😊)
    Written 5 November 2020
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    Sofya Zima
    6 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    May 2021 • Couples
    The journey was simply magical! Thank you to our wonderful driver who stopped at the most beautiful locations on the way to the desert! We also wanted to take a picture in the poppy field, and the driver fulfilled our little dream without any problems! The camp was very comfortable, the dinner was insanely delicious-tagine is my favorite dish now. Sunsets on the dunes deserve special attention, it was very beautiful and unforgettable. And at night we saw the most starry sky in our lives. Thank you to the guides, the driver, the Cheerful Bedouins for their drumming around the campfire. And to the local Moroccans for the fun company. Definitely one of the best travel experiences!🧡
    Written 23 May 2021
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    Willington G
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Apr 2022 • Couples
    Really good experience with Yussef as our driver. Expect a lot of the trip of riding in a comfy bus with AC. All the restaurants we ate at were great around 12 euro per meal. The camel rides were amazing packed with a nice homemade dinner and then a bonfire as we got to experience dancing and drumming by the people we stayed with. We ended the night with stargazing and woke up for the sunset. If you only have 2 days to do an adventure in Marrakech this is the best one!
    Written 25 April 2022
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    Stephane S
    1 contribution
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Sept 2023 • Family
    Great first experience to discover the Sahara. The staff was very friendly and the stops on the way were interesting, and the landscapes at the camp well worth the journey.

    And now for the negative sides... As often in Morocco, there are some hidden costs. Everything is slightly more expensive, for example the tour guide in Ait Ben Addhou is 30 MAD, not 20, the restaurant is 120 and not 100. And there's no choice of where you can go, and the price is double of what you would pay in Marrakech for a much lower quality. And the same applies to the return trip.

    Another negative aspect is the complete absence of planning for the following day, everyone in the camp was constantly wondering what was happening and when, from the dinner time to what time to wake up in the morning to watch the sun rise and breakfast / leaving time.

    So overall a positive experience, even though a bit more organisation and clarity would make this a much more recommended experience.
    Written 7 September 2023
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    Molly
    London, UK5 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jun 2022 • Friends
    We booked this very last minute as we were struggling to choose between so many options of trips/companies to go to the desert with. I’m happy to say I can’t recommend Hamin’s trip more.

    It is a very long drive but Hamin did many stops along the way to break up the journey. He was really accommodating to our needs and we learnt so much about Moroccan culture through speaking to him along the way.

    The night in the desert was unforgettable and the camp was so beautiful and luxurious. All of the guides and locals there were so friendly and because of this we had such a special evening.

    The food at the camp was delicious and really authentic, we were welcomed with mint tea and the offer of a cool shower before dinner. Exceeded our expectations in every way, thank you!
    Written 6 June 2022
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    Úlfur S
    Island of Malta, Malta4 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Apr 2022
    Had a fantastic time on this trip. Our driver Youssef went above and beyond and made the trip even better. I normally get carsick rather easily, however this was no problem as Youssef is an amazing driver. He would stop whenever we needed, when we needed to use a bathroom or take pictures, while somehow keeping us on schedule to see the sunset in Sahara.
    Written 13 April 2022
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    IRo T
    10 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Apr 2022
    The tour was an amazing experience during our trip to Morocco. Even though it is an intense ride through rocky roads the sceneries are breathtaking and all is worth it as you get to experience the sahara desert on the back of a Camel. Youssef, our driver, made the trip even better with facts about the places along the ride and many stops for panoramic photos. He was also a very warm and friendly person. Even the refreshment stops are interesting with fun characters, shops, sceneries and amazing coffee. One note for future travelers is that you should make sure to have whatsapp as it is the way they contact you for pickup and the itinerary before you start the trip. Also during the camel ride and the overnight stay at the camp (which is icredible to say the least) you leave your bigger luggage with the driver at the van and you carry what you need for the night on the camel. Ando was a great choice as the driver, the ride, the restaurant along the way and of course the great guys at the berber camp elevate the experience. Waking to see the sunrise in the dunes is an once in a lifetime memory!
    Written 9 May 2022
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    Amy
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    May 2022 • Friends
    Our driver/guide Mohamed Patat was amazing! He explained where we were and kept us in the loop about what we were doing next every step of the way. He was happy to let our group decide if we wanted to spend less or more time at certain spots and made sure we had time to take photos at some of the most notable points on the way. 7 hours sounds like a long time to be driving but with the frequent photo/toilet/water stops, the time flew by. The visit to Ait Ben Haddou was particularly amazing as we had a guide taking us round and giving us interesting insights into the place.

    The desert camping itself was also incredible. The minibus was parked by a road and then we travelled by camel for about an hour to get to the camp. To be honest, one hour was a good amount of time on the camels as we found our legs and butts had just about had enough by then! We had free time after arriving to climb the dunes and watch the sunset and then had some traditional tea and snacks with one of the guides before dinner. The camp itself is very well-established. Our tents were very comfortable with proper bed frames and sheets and there were good bathroom facilities with toilets and showers featuring hot and cold water.

    Overall an amazing experience which was well worth the money!
    Written 31 May 2022
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