The full southern loop at a student price, without the long one-day drive home: Dades and Todra, a full day in the Sahara with a camp night, then back through the kasbah villages of N’kob and the oasis road to Ouarzazate, finishing with Ait Benhaddou.
This is a shared student departure: you join other students and young travellers from different universities, which keeps the cost down. Rooms and tents are shared with students of the same gender unless you travel as a couple or as friends.
The trip starts and ends in Marrakech. Tell us your preferred date on WhatsApp or through the form; we confirm your place and the meeting point.
Meeting point in central Marrakech · Back in Marrakech on Monday evening
Thursday around 7:00 AM
Driving days of 5 to 7 hours, with a short day in the desert. The most relaxed of the student trips.
Route: Marrakech → Tizi n’Tichka → Ouarzazate → Valley of Roses → Dades Valley
Night: guesthouse or kasbah in the Dades Valley · Meals: dinner
Approx. 310 km · 6 h driving
Over the High Atlas, past Ouarzazate and through the Valley of Roses to the Dades Valley.
Route: Dades → Tinghir → Todra Gorge → Erfoud → Merzouga
Night: guesthouse in Merzouga at the foot of the dunes · Meals: breakfast, dinner
Approx. 300 km · 5–6 h driving
A walk in the Todra Gorge, then east to Merzouga for sunset on the dunes.
Route: Merzouga → Khamlia → Rissani → Merzouga → camp
Night: Berber desert camp in Erg Chebbi (shared tents) · Meals: breakfast, dinner
Approx. 90 km · about 2 h in short drives driving
Gnawa music in Khamlia, Rissani and the ruins of Sijilmassa. In the afternoon, camels into the dunes, sandboarding and a night at camp.
Route: Merzouga → Rissani → Alnif → Tazzarine → N’kob → Agdz → Ouarzazate
Night: guesthouse in Ouarzazate · Meals: breakfast, dinner
Approx. 400 km · 6–7 h driving
Sunrise in the dunes, then west on the quiet road below the Jbel Saghro: the fossil village of Alnif, the kasbahs of N’kob and the palm groves of the Draa Valley.
Route: Ouarzazate → Ait Benhaddou → Tizi n’Tichka → Marrakech
Night: end of trip in Marrakech · Meals: breakfast
Approx. 220 km · 4–5 h driving
Morning at the kasbah village of Ait Benhaddou, then over the High Atlas to Marrakech in the afternoon.
