Adventure Tours
3 days
Free cancellation
Not sure? You can cancel this booking up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund.
Recommended by 90% of travellers
90% of reviewers gave this product a bubble rating of 4 or higher.
from
£110
£88
per adult
Marrakech Desert Trips
Marrakech Desert Trips
4.5
Full view
About
Marrakech Desert Trips offers day trips and excursions to Morocco Sahara desert, the Atlas Mountains and Essaouira, as well as quad biking and camel trekking activities in the palm grove at the outskirts of Marrakech
Marrakech, Morocco
Features animals
Awards
Travellers' Choice
2023
Suggest edits to improve what we show.
Improve this listingTours and Tickets by Marrakech Desert Trips
Revenue impacts the experiences featured on this page, learn more.
Travellers talk about
(75 reviews)
(58 reviews)
(79 reviews)
Contribute
Detailed Reviews: Reviews order informed by descriptiveness of user-identified themes such as cleanliness, atmosphere, general tips and location information.
Popular mentions
We perform checks on reviews.
Tripadvisor’s approach to reviews
Before posting, each Tripadvisor review goes through an automated tracking system, which collects information, answering the following questions: how, what, where and when. If the system detects something that potentially contradicts our community guidelines, the review is not published.
When the system detects a problem, a review may be automatically rejected, sent to the reviewer for validation, or manually reviewed by our team of content specialists, who work 24/7 to maintain the quality of the reviews on our site.
Our team checks each review posted on the site disputed by our community as not meeting our community guidelines.
Learn more about our review moderation.
4.5
713 reviews
Excellent
573
Very good
79
Average
23
Poor
20
Terrible
18
FMG822
Louisiana10 contributions
Nov 2023 • Couples
Amazing. We took a 4 day (3 night) Desert trip from Fes to Marrakech. Two nights were in hotels (in Merzouga and Dades), and one night was camping in the desert (very luxurious camping). The hotels were nice. They were solid 3-star kind of places, generally providing the basics without luxury. The Panorama Hotel in Dades was the nicer of the two with individual room balconies and beautiful views over a mountain valley. Dinner there included local music entertainment.
But the camp - wow - was incredible. We upgraded to the "luxury camp" and it was a wonderful experience with music, meals, campfires, and the most amazing night sky and sunrise you will ever see. The tents were as nice as some 5-star hotels that I have stayed in, complete with ensuite bathrooms with showers. Highlights included camel riding caravans, authentic meals, the beautiful scenery - this is unlike anything we had ever done before, and I highly recommend it.
Of particular note was our driver (Abdulilah) - who went above-and-beyond to ensure our trip exceeded expectations. First, he was a safe and cautious driver, and we always felt secure in a country where drivers are aggressive. He picked us up from our hotel in Fes and dropped us off at our hotel in Marrakech. If we wanted to see anything closer, he gladly deviated from highway to show us. If we wanted to stop at a store to shop for anything .... he found the appropriate store and took us there. We told him that we wanted to experience authentic Morocco - and he took us to restaurants and coffee/tea shops that were not tourist spots ... as an example - we stopped for lunch at a grilled meat restaurant in a tiny town in the Atlas Mountains. I think we were the only foreigners there. All along the journey, he pointed out many interesting sights and was a pleasure to converse with on long rides. He made the trip very special for us. Thank you Abdu.
This was a once in a lifetime trip. I was not disappointed.
But the camp - wow - was incredible. We upgraded to the "luxury camp" and it was a wonderful experience with music, meals, campfires, and the most amazing night sky and sunrise you will ever see. The tents were as nice as some 5-star hotels that I have stayed in, complete with ensuite bathrooms with showers. Highlights included camel riding caravans, authentic meals, the beautiful scenery - this is unlike anything we had ever done before, and I highly recommend it.
Of particular note was our driver (Abdulilah) - who went above-and-beyond to ensure our trip exceeded expectations. First, he was a safe and cautious driver, and we always felt secure in a country where drivers are aggressive. He picked us up from our hotel in Fes and dropped us off at our hotel in Marrakech. If we wanted to see anything closer, he gladly deviated from highway to show us. If we wanted to stop at a store to shop for anything .... he found the appropriate store and took us there. We told him that we wanted to experience authentic Morocco - and he took us to restaurants and coffee/tea shops that were not tourist spots ... as an example - we stopped for lunch at a grilled meat restaurant in a tiny town in the Atlas Mountains. I think we were the only foreigners there. All along the journey, he pointed out many interesting sights and was a pleasure to converse with on long rides. He made the trip very special for us. Thank you Abdu.
This was a once in a lifetime trip. I was not disappointed.
Written 22 November 2023
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Fictor
Ubud, Indonesia3 contributions
Nov 2023 • Solo
They were arranging everything, you need to pay deposit 20% then the rest on the day of your tour , they are very well communicated and thanks to Ibrahim our driver who did a great job for our group ( I went solo then I joined with another 17 people from different nationalities)
Bravo !
Bravo !
Written 22 November 2023
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Flyer55984687533
2 contributions
Nov 2023 • Friends
I'm tempted to give 2 stars to this tour because we had multiple issues (ranging in significance), but the stunning nature of the trip made it super enjoyable for me, despite the problems we had with the company. It's actually one of the most beautiful tours I have been on. Despite that, we had many issues.
1. Things are rarely explained to you. For example, we got on the bus at the start of the first day, and then we were taken out and taken into another bus full of random people, and we just started driving, with nothing explained. I think we were originally put in the wrong bus, so they fixed it, and then we had to take the remaining seats of another bus. The driver, Abdul, didn't explain anything, and this was quite consistent throughout all 3 days. It caused much stress that close to *nothing* was explained - stopping at random places, random people (including a mother and a baby?) getting on.
Strangely, there was a man on a bus throughout the three days, who seemed to be collaborating with the driver. No one ever explained his role, but he never helped us, instead he randomly got on and got off the bus, perhaps he was doing some side job for the driver? It was very bizarre.
2. The tour guide, 'Sarfour' of Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou scammed us and tried to scam us even more. They claim that this Kasbah is not their responsibility, which is a non-sensical argument, probably because they had issues before with this part of the trip. We were given a tour guide who essentially scammed everyone, colluding with a scarf man. Most people paid 130 dirhams for a camel scarf which is ridiculous. On the day after, a different, kind tour guide (Muhammad), asked us if we wanted to pay 30 dirhams for a scarf, proving how 'Sarfour' scammed us. I'm deeply suspicious the tour guide ('Sarfour') and the fabric seller were colluding, as the tour guide acted as a salesman.
He also tried to force us to pay for the lunch that Marrakech Desert Trips (MDT) put us with, 120 Dirhams for a meal, again, a ridiculous price. We pushed past his aggressive nature, and we left the restaurant to get a more delicious meal for 35 dirhams.
Finally, he demanded we pay him 40 dirhams each (even though the tour guide is meant to be 3 euros each). The shocking thing about this is that we were manipulated to have this tour guide - he never explained the price, and the driver ushered us to this tour guide.
3. MDT consistently puts you in rip-off lunch places, with cheap places next by, not telling you an option exists next door. They say they aren't colluding to make a profit with these places, but again, it's deeply suspicious.
4. The seating arrangement is illogical. I couldn't sit with my friends on the first day, and the driver aggressively tried to force me to do this again on the second day. Basically, if you claim a seat, apparently that is yours for the whole trip. The issue with this logic is that we came on the bus last (through no fault but MDT), making this system deeply unfair. A fairer system would be being able to pick your seats beforehand.
5. In general, the driver was emotionally unstable. This was quite scary to deal with throughout and together with things rarely being explained, made this trip unnecessarily stressful.
1. Things are rarely explained to you. For example, we got on the bus at the start of the first day, and then we were taken out and taken into another bus full of random people, and we just started driving, with nothing explained. I think we were originally put in the wrong bus, so they fixed it, and then we had to take the remaining seats of another bus. The driver, Abdul, didn't explain anything, and this was quite consistent throughout all 3 days. It caused much stress that close to *nothing* was explained - stopping at random places, random people (including a mother and a baby?) getting on.
Strangely, there was a man on a bus throughout the three days, who seemed to be collaborating with the driver. No one ever explained his role, but he never helped us, instead he randomly got on and got off the bus, perhaps he was doing some side job for the driver? It was very bizarre.
2. The tour guide, 'Sarfour' of Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou scammed us and tried to scam us even more. They claim that this Kasbah is not their responsibility, which is a non-sensical argument, probably because they had issues before with this part of the trip. We were given a tour guide who essentially scammed everyone, colluding with a scarf man. Most people paid 130 dirhams for a camel scarf which is ridiculous. On the day after, a different, kind tour guide (Muhammad), asked us if we wanted to pay 30 dirhams for a scarf, proving how 'Sarfour' scammed us. I'm deeply suspicious the tour guide ('Sarfour') and the fabric seller were colluding, as the tour guide acted as a salesman.
He also tried to force us to pay for the lunch that Marrakech Desert Trips (MDT) put us with, 120 Dirhams for a meal, again, a ridiculous price. We pushed past his aggressive nature, and we left the restaurant to get a more delicious meal for 35 dirhams.
Finally, he demanded we pay him 40 dirhams each (even though the tour guide is meant to be 3 euros each). The shocking thing about this is that we were manipulated to have this tour guide - he never explained the price, and the driver ushered us to this tour guide.
3. MDT consistently puts you in rip-off lunch places, with cheap places next by, not telling you an option exists next door. They say they aren't colluding to make a profit with these places, but again, it's deeply suspicious.
4. The seating arrangement is illogical. I couldn't sit with my friends on the first day, and the driver aggressively tried to force me to do this again on the second day. Basically, if you claim a seat, apparently that is yours for the whole trip. The issue with this logic is that we came on the bus last (through no fault but MDT), making this system deeply unfair. A fairer system would be being able to pick your seats beforehand.
5. In general, the driver was emotionally unstable. This was quite scary to deal with throughout and together with things rarely being explained, made this trip unnecessarily stressful.
Written 19 November 2023
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Ankur K
1 contribution
Nov 2023 • Couples
My wife and I took a private 3 day tour to Merzouga and it went very well. Apart from being beautiful valleys and the desert, our driver Lahcen was excellent. He drives very carefully, always on time, very knowledgeable and gives a lot of tips and tricks along the way.
Our first night stay at The Panorama was amazing, hotel has the view of Dades Valley and it was the highlight of the hotel. Staff was amazing. Food was great.
Our second night stay at The Sahara desert camp was also good. We opted for luxury camps which were quite decent but the only backdrop was that there were no iPhone charger slots available inside the tent so you have to go to the restaurant to charge your phone and when we stayed at the camp, the wifi didn't work.
Overall, I highly recommend this desert tour. It made out trip to Morocco worthwhile. Do ask for Lahcen as your drive as he is very good.
Our first night stay at The Panorama was amazing, hotel has the view of Dades Valley and it was the highlight of the hotel. Staff was amazing. Food was great.
Our second night stay at The Sahara desert camp was also good. We opted for luxury camps which were quite decent but the only backdrop was that there were no iPhone charger slots available inside the tent so you have to go to the restaurant to charge your phone and when we stayed at the camp, the wifi didn't work.
Overall, I highly recommend this desert tour. It made out trip to Morocco worthwhile. Do ask for Lahcen as your drive as he is very good.
Written 17 November 2023
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Dan T
1 contribution
Nov 2023 • Friends
I traveled to Morocco recently with some university friends and we had Hassan as our driver and guide for Fes to Marrakesh which included the Sahara desert tour. Overall the trip was a great experience and we covered a lot of ground in 3 days. Note there is a fair amount of driving to get to each area, but Hassan was very flexible and accommodating to help make our trip and experience worthwhile. We were lucky to have him. Note sandboarding was not offered during our tour even though it was mentioned (it appeared underwhelming watching others though so no real loss)
My small suggestion for Hassan would be to take the lead a bit more on telling more of the history and background for some of the sites we visited to help pass the time during our commute. I want to give Hassan praise for arranging transportation for us to travel from Marrakesh to Imsouane for surfing. The driver was great and was able to fit into our timeline schedule for a great price. Hassan was also available to check-in and ensure we arrived safely and were pleased with the service.
Thank you Hassan from CanaDan
My small suggestion for Hassan would be to take the lead a bit more on telling more of the history and background for some of the sites we visited to help pass the time during our commute. I want to give Hassan praise for arranging transportation for us to travel from Marrakesh to Imsouane for surfing. The driver was great and was able to fit into our timeline schedule for a great price. Hassan was also available to check-in and ensure we arrived safely and were pleased with the service.
Thank you Hassan from CanaDan
Written 16 November 2023
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Happiness737877
2 contributions
Mar 2023 • Family
Our family of four had an amazing trip to Morocco and a big part of it was a fully private trip/tour organized through MDT. This included a comfortable, large van exclusively for our family with a personal driver completely at our disposal for 5 days. We started in Casablanca and visited Rabat, Meknes, Fez, Volubilis ruins, Atlas Mountains twice, Sahara desert, the gorges, Ourzazate/Ait Ben Hadou and ended up in Marrakech. Our driver, Abdelilulah was a joy to interact with, spoke good English, was very personable, provided a wealth of information, had a great sense of humor and added and indelible local flavor to our trip. He drove fast but not recklessly we always felt safe with him. He took us to some local specialty stores and restaurants, found local guides to some of the attractions and was extremely flexible, we changed our schedule all the time on short notice with no issues. The tour included a night in a luxury desert camp in Sahara (with dinner and local band show, we made our own other accomodation arrangements), 6 hour licensed guide tour in Fez and a few other local guides. This was all for about $1600 (an incredible value, we added a 20% tip for the driver, which I was told was very generous). The interaction with the company was very professional, prompt and everything was as promised. Overall a 5 star experience, could not recommend MDT and Abdelilulah any higher
Written 11 November 2023
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Dyan K
Portland, OR1 contribution
Oct 2023 • Family
Our driver and part-time guide Abdelilah was fantastic. He was informative and explained everything we needed to know as we traveled through the country. He was funny and ensure we had a good time the entire trip.
Our Marrakech guide, Abdul was good, however not as inspirational as we needed to better understand the city and the Medina. The Marrakesh Abdul did not continue on our trip.
Our first Riad Hotel Babylon in Dades was wonderful and Abdelilah made sure we were comfortable and explained the area and the people.
The Sahara desert trip was wonderful. The luxury tent camp was comfortable and the people were gracious and also very informative. And the camel ride was all we imagined it would be. and the food was very good
The hotel we had in Casablanca was not great, it was a backfill since the original hotel was booked. I would not recommend it at all.
And the last Riad in Chefchaouen was not great, it did smell of backed up pipes.
But even with the less-than-optimal hotels and riads, the trip as fantastic. I would highly recommend if you do use this company that you request Abdelilah
I
Our Marrakech guide, Abdul was good, however not as inspirational as we needed to better understand the city and the Medina. The Marrakesh Abdul did not continue on our trip.
Our first Riad Hotel Babylon in Dades was wonderful and Abdelilah made sure we were comfortable and explained the area and the people.
The Sahara desert trip was wonderful. The luxury tent camp was comfortable and the people were gracious and also very informative. And the camel ride was all we imagined it would be. and the food was very good
The hotel we had in Casablanca was not great, it was a backfill since the original hotel was booked. I would not recommend it at all.
And the last Riad in Chefchaouen was not great, it did smell of backed up pipes.
But even with the less-than-optimal hotels and riads, the trip as fantastic. I would highly recommend if you do use this company that you request Abdelilah
I
Written 5 November 2023
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
zoë D
Eindhoven, The Netherlands1 contribution
Oct 2023 • Couples
We booked the 4 day private tour from Fez to Marrakech with MDT. We got to experience some amazing days with our driver Lahcen. The tour was great with amazing hotels and the upgrade to luxury camp was definetely worth it. Lahcen was an amazing driver and person who shared many stories with us and always accomodated us with our wishes. He helped us book a desert quad ride (which we 100% recommend), buy some local delicacies and helped us with activities on the rest of our trip. We felt comfortable spending 4 full days with our driver and thanks to him the tour was even better! Many thanks again, Zoë & Teun
Written 3 November 2023
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
federika2
Taranto, Italy2 contributions
Oct 2023 • Friends
We were 5 friends and we did the tour of six days from Marrakech to Fes included the Merzouga desert where we admired all morocco essences!
We saw beautiful landscapes expecially the night in the desert which was one of our best experience.
Our driver Hassan was friendly and very helpful for our every need. From the beginning we felt comfortable and we really enjoyed travel with him.
We saw beautiful landscapes expecially the night in the desert which was one of our best experience.
Our driver Hassan was friendly and very helpful for our every need. From the beginning we felt comfortable and we really enjoyed travel with him.
Written 2 November 2023
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Gregory B
1 contribution
Oct 2023 • Friends
Really enjoyed this day-long excursion to the Agafay desert and Atlas mountains. Our guide Lachen was knowledgeable and was able to cater our trip just for us. From off-roading in the desert, to meeting some camels, and having the most delicious food with a beautiful view at Dar Adali, it was the best time we had in Morocco.
Written 30 October 2023
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Hi, could you share which site you booked your trip on? Thank you!
Seda
Liverpool, UK15 contributions
Hi,
Their website is under the section of about.
Julia A
7 contributions
Hello, we booked a shared desert trip for August but we need to change the date and go one day earlier. I tried to contact the Provider via WhatsApp and via the Website, but I havent received any answer.
How do we get in contact with the Provider?
Abdessamad Abe
8 contributions
Hi,
This strange, we haven't received any thing with that regards. Are you sure you booked the tour with us? Plenty of websites have cloned our URL, tours and prices.
You could reach us via our email or WhatsApp on: +212615346108
Sorry TripAdvisor wouldn't let me insert our email address or url.
Kind regards,
Marrakech Desert Trips team
Moreno Quattro
London, UK4 contributions
Hello.
Is that possible to book a shared group? Will be only myself joining.
Abdessamad Abe
8 contributions
Hi.
Yes you can, even if you are a solo traveler.
Kind regards,
Marrakech Desert Trips
Meg_HH
Hamburg, Germany172 contributions
Hi Safira,
My name is Meg, from Germany too. I am traveling to Morocco with my 4 year old daughter in April. We would like to join a share desert tour from Marrakesh, 3 nights desert to Merzouga and ends in Fes. I have read your reviews, the price seems good to us. Could you share me the info about the tour agency? Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Meg
safira
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Hi, Meg! Sorry for the late reply.
I don't exactly understand what you mean by info about the tour agency, but I hope this helps! I used the tour agency from marrakech-desert-trips . com First you just need to click 'book now', fill out some informations, and pay for some deposit in Euro (you'll pay the rest of the amount later when the tour starts. You can pay either in Euro or in Dirhams) and then you'll get a confirmation via email. A day before the tour, they'll also email you about the place where they're gonna pick you up tomorrow and at which time.
Best regards,
Safira
Is there a faster way (fly or train) to get to margouzza from Marrakesh? unfortunately we don’t have a lot of time...
Abdessamad Abe
8 contributions
Hi. Unfortunately not. Domestic flights are available from Casablanca only, not regularly though
Lety_GC
Amsterdam, The Netherlands22 contributions
Hi, would be possible to book with a specific driver? Thanks, Leticia
Abdessamad Abe
8 contributions
Hi Lety,
If it is a private trip, most probably yes. Depending on availability as well as enough time notice.
Kind regards,
Abdessamad
Nicola C
1 contribution
Hello can we pay balance in currency other than euros and do you have space for 4 people tomorrow for zagora 2 day trip thank you nicola
Maryyum N
Cleveland, OH14 contributions
Yes you can pay the balance in any currency. They will base it off the exchange rate on that day. Change will only be given in dirhams though.
jfredson
Brooklyn, NY
How did you book your trip with this tour company? They don't seem to have a website listed here.
Thanks!
Abdessamad Abe
8 contributions
Hi,
w w w. marrakech-desert-trips. c o m
Thank you
laurabrowning1
Atlanta, GA
What is your website location if we would like to book a trip?
Abdessamad Abe
8 contributions
Hi,
w w w. marrakech-desert-trips. c o m
Thank you
hello, where can i book your trip?
Abdessamad Abe
8 contributions
Hi,
yes it is. Thank you