The Zagora Desert is drier and has less dunes than Merzouga. The main advantage of Zagora is that it is located closer to Marrakech, so it is the ideal place for a short stay in the Sahara, for example, of two days and one night.
There is a distance of 223 miles (360 km) between Marrakech and Zagora, which takes about seven hours by car. Even though it seems like a long journey, it passes by quickly because the bus stops at various attractions along the way.
Draa Valley Tour
Day 1: Marrakech- Tichka pass -Ouarzazate-Agdez-Zagora (7a 8h drive)
Departure at 07:30 from Marrakech crossing the High Atlas mountains by the Tichka pass, at 2260 meters, offers spectacular panoramic views of the mountains, valleys surrounding areas, and Berber villages stuck to the mountainside, destination Ouarzazate or are the film studios and film sets, you contained your route by the pass from Tizi Tiniffift to reach Agdez. Lunch on the way, Then continue to Zagora crossing the Drâa valley, through the immense palm grove and its multiple casbahs. From Zagora
Departure by camel to the dunes of Nekhla, place of the Camp. After 1h30 of hiking arrival in time to admire the sunset, dinner and overnight at the camp, evening animated with songs of the Sahara.
Day 2: Zagora – Ait Ben Haddou- Marrakech
Wake up to watch the sunrise over the dunes. After breakfast, departure for Ouarzazate by road runs along the Draa valley, a valley lined with palm groves, fields and many adobe villages, continuation of the road through the Anti-Atlas “Black Mountain” to Ait Ben Haddou, a village classified by UNESCO as heritage and is the place where several Moroccan and foreign films, lunch and visit of the Kasbah. In the afternoon we continue our journey towards Marrakech via the Tichka pass. 2260M Arrival at the end of the afternoon in your hotel in Marrakech.
