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5 Days Mount Toubkal & Sahara Desert Tour | Explore Morocco
It’s possible to combine trip between  .5 days combined toubkal & sahara desert Many tourists like this combination of an active part and a sightseeing part.5 Days Mount Toubkal & Sahara Desert Tour | Explore Morocco
What to Expect
The adventure begins with a transfer from Marrakech to the Imlil Valley, where your trek towards Mount Toubkal begins. The first part of the journey will take you to the Toubkal Refuge, located at an altitude of 3,207 meters. The refuge offers basic but comfortable facilities, including meals to prepare you for the next day’s summit attempt. After the trek, you’ll rest in the refuge and enjoy dinner with fellow trekkers.
The ascent to Mount Toubkal is a challenging and rewarding climb. With a guide to support you, you’ll make your way up the steep sections, taking in breathtaking views of the Atlas Mountains along the way. Once you reach the summit, you’ll be rewarded with panoramic vistas of the surrounding mountain range, making the effort worthwhile. After your summit experience, you’ll begin your descent back to the Toubkal Refuge for the night.
After the mountain trek, the journey continues south towards the desert. Along the way, you’ll pass through scenic landscapes and famous landmarks such as Ait Benhaddou, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the Todra Gorge, known for its dramatic cliffs. Upon arrival in Merzouga, you’ll prepare for a camel trek into the Sahara Desert, where you’ll experience the vastness of Erg Chebbi.
A camel ride will take you deep into the desert, where you’ll spend the night in a traditional desert camp. Here, you’ll enjoy a traditional Moroccan dinner around a campfire. The night will be spent under the stars, giving you a chance to experience the serenity of the Sahara Desert. The following morning, you’ll make your way back to Merzouga before returning to Marrakech.
Why Choose Us
This 5-day combined tour offers a well-rounded Moroccan adventure, combining the physical challenge of trekking up Mount Toubkal with the serenity and vastness of the Sahara Desert. The guide is highly experienced, providing expert navigation on the trails and desert, ensuring safety and enjoyment throughout the journey.
The tour is ideal for those seeking both a challenging trek and a memorable desert experience. Whether you are looking to summit a mountain or sleep under the stars in the desert, this tour provides the perfect balance of physical activity, cultural exploration, and stunning scenery. With a mix of comfortable accommodation, authentic experiences, and a knowledgeable guide, this tour ensures a memorable and well-organised trip.
Included and Excluded
- –Transport from riad or hotel in marrakech
- -Accommodation in camp or refuge toubkal at 3207m.
- -Well prepared food by our cook
- – mules to carry the luggage and food
- -Mountain guide
- -accommodation in imlil with dinner a d breakfast
- -accommodation in dades gorges with dinner
- – accommodation in merzouga camp with dinner and breakfast
- – International and local flights
- -tips and gratuities
- – mountain equipment rental
5 days combined toubkaland Sahara desert merzouga
- It’s possible to combine trip between mount toubkal trek and Sahara desert tour. Many tourists like this combination of an active part and a sightseeing part by a private vehicle that will take to Sahara desert. We have come up with good option which is as below
Itinerary
After an early breakfast at the hotel in Marrakech, at 9AM our driver will pick you up and take you to the heart of Morocco’s High Atlas mountains, the trek starts from Imlil (1740m), a small Berber village located at 1740m above the sea level, at 67km on the south west of Marrakech, here you will meet the team who will accompany you during this amazing adventure, the driver will drop you off in the village, the muleteers will deal with your luggage, food & all other equipments that we usually provide for our clients, within half an hour you start the walk with an experienced mountain guide through the Berber villages following a mule track which will take you to the mountain hut via the shrine Sidi Chamhrouch (2500m) where you will have your picnic lunch prepared in advance by our cook, after lunch & a short break, continue towards the refuge (3200m), as the mules walks faster, the muleteers & cook, will pass over & will be waiting for you at the hut or camp, get a tasty mint tea upon arrival while you will enjoying the scenic Mountain surrounded the based camp. The hot shower is available to clean your body and be ready for the next day.Option: the night could be spent on the tent but in summer time.
Wake up early to avoid the sunny way, breakfast around 5.00am and start the ascent climb at 5.30am, each one of you may need to pack his own pack-lunch, step by step until you get to the point above the hut where you have a short break with nuts, water & oranges etc..After 3h/4h walking up the hill, you will be able to see all the high atlas mountains like a view from the air, stunning view of the green valleys & Berber villages, a break of 45min on the summit will allow to take pictures & enjoy the views before heading down to the hut, a diversify lunch will be ready for you there. After lunch you walk down hill towards Imlil overnight in guest house in berber village.
We Depart from imlil village at 08h in a modern, air conditioned transportation. We travel over the Atlas mountains, enjoying the magnificent views of the surrounding countryside below and we visit the Kasbah of Ait Benhaddou. This journey takes approx 3h. From there, after our break, we continue to Ouarzazate (approx 1 hour or so) for lunch break & Sightseeing. Lunch is available in the local cafe’s. After lunch, we continue along the route of The Dades Valley to reach our guesthouse where we will stay for the night. The guesthouse offers Private ensuite rooms and an evening meal and breakfast are included.
The next morning we continue along the Dades valley, visiting Dades Gorge, Todra, Todra Gorge and other interesting sites, making our way to Merzouga. At Merzouga we explore the village and meet our Camels who will take us for 1 and a half hours into the Dunes to reach our desert camp at Erg Chebbi. Each person rides their own Camel . The Camel trek is usually just prior to sunset, so that you may enjoy the sun setting over the landscape from the top of the Dunes. Once we arrive at the Desert camp, we are greeted with a cup of delicious hot minty tea and we spend the evening under the stars, on the dunes and beside the warmth of the fireside. We enjoy a locally cooked meal of Tagine or couscous (vegetarians are catered for with vegetable tagine), a drum party and story swapping. The camp has toilet facilities. Those that wish to can sleep directly under the stars, but there are Bivouacs for everyone. The stars in the desert are a great opportunity to see as their are no artificial lights around and you can fully appreciate the glory of the skies above
Wake up early , just prior to sunrise, we have a 1h30 camel ride at sunrise to explore the area further and we head back to Merzouga on our Camels. When we reach Merzouga, have breakfast & have the opportunity to shower and then we begin our journey through the stony desert and over the Atlas mountains, with plenty of stops for photos, exploring and lunch as we return to Marrakech. The usual arrival time in Marrakech is between 17:00hrs and 18:00hrs.
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