Merzouga is the reason most Singaporean itineraries head south at all. Orange dunes standing 150 metres above flat stony desert, camel trains at dusk, and a silence at night unlike anything else - it is the image people book the trip for, and it delivers.
It is also nine hours from Marrakech and eight from Fes, which is the fact that shapes everything around it. Practically nobody drives it in one push and nobody should. Two days each way with a night in Dades or Ouarzazate is the standard, and it turns the journey into the best part of the trip: Tizi n Tichka at 2,260 m, the kasbah at Ait Ben Haddou, the Route of a Thousand Kasbahs, the Todra Gorge.
If your total time in Morocco is a week, this trip is what you build the week around rather than something you slot in. We will say so plainly when you send us your dates - it is better to hear it now than to spend three days of a seven-day holiday in a vehicle you did not budget for.
Why hire a driver here
- Nine hours from Marrakech, eight from Fes, hence two days either way
- On a one-week trip this is the centrepiece, not an add-on
- The Tizi n Tichka clears 2,260 m and shuts for a few winter hours
- Long sections without fuel, services or any mobile signal
- The road stops at the dunes; camps are reached by camel or 4x4
Included in every booking
- Vehicle, driver, fuel and all road tolls for the entire journey
- Everything the driver spends on his own accommodation and food
- Pickup from Marrakech, Fes, Ouarzazate or anywhere along the road
- Time at Ait Ben Haddou, the Todra Gorge and the Draa palm groves
- Chilled water and charging sockets on board
