🇲🇦 Morocco Sahara Loop

Cheap flights to Marrakech; hire a driver for the loop

From Switzerland: CHF 280–600 return, per person.

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Once you're there: Grand taxis between towns; drivers cost less than car hire

Trains, coaches & ferries ↗

Riad Kheirredine

Marrakech medina

Courtyard riad with a plunge pool and roof breakfast

Alternatives in Morocco: Riad Dar Anika, Marrakech (~CHF 60/night) · La Mamounia (~CHF 900/night) · Airbnb around Medina / Gueliz (~CHF 80/night).

1. Day 1 · Sat 6 Mar

   Arrive · Atlas & Imlil

   Land in Marrakech, Morocco · check in · Berber village walk

2. Day 2 · Sun 7 Mar

   Essaouira

   Skala ramparts · fishing port grill · windy beach walk

3. Day 3 · Mon 8 Mar

   Aït Benhaddou

   Kasbah climb · Ouarzazate film studios · Draa palms

4. Day 4 · Tue 9 Mar

   Fès

   Get lost in Fès el-Bali · tanneries · Al-Attarine medersa

5. Day 5 · Wed 10 Mar

   Merzouga

   Camel into Erg Chebbi · dunes at sunset · desert camp drums

6. Day 6 · Thu 11 Mar

   Rabat

   Kasbah des Oudayas · Hassan Tower · Chellah ruins

7. Day 7 · Fri 12 Mar

   Dades & Todra

   Gorge road · canyon walk · rose valley stop

8. Day 8 · Sat 13 Mar

   Departure

   Slow morning · last coffee · travel home

• Two-night desert camp

  4x4, camels, camp, all meals

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  CHF 180

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• Atlas Mountains day

  Imlil valley and a Berber lunch

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  CHF 55

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• Marrakech food walk

  Evening, six stops in the medina

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  CHF 40

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• NomadRooftop over the spice squareFind & book ↗
• Desert camp dinnerTagine and drums under the dunesFind & book ↗

• ✈️Flights / main transportIndicative band CHF 280–600 per personCHF 880Estimated
• 🏨Accommodation · Good value7 nights · 1 room · about CHF 60/nightCHF 420Estimated
• 🍜Food & drinkCHF 735Estimated
• 🚆Local transportCHF 240Estimated
• 🎟️Activities3 booked experiences plus everyday spending — prices need confirming with the operatorCHF 900Needs confirming

These are WUZZR estimates, not live fares. Live flight, hotel and activity pricing plugs in here as soon as it is connected — nothing above is a confirmed booking price.

• ✦ March gives Atlas snow, blossom and cool desert nights
• 🕐 Africa/Casablanca (UTC+1 (shifts during Ramadan)) · 💬 Arabic, Amazigh, French · 💱 Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
• 💡 Al Boraq high-speed train links Tangier–Casablanca in 2h10.
• 🩺 BAG: hepatitis A recommended; typhoid for extended stays.
• 🗺️ Marrakech, Morocco on the map

WUZZR recommends

• 🐾 Erg Chebbi camel sunset
• 🐾 Aït Benhaddou kasbah
• 🐾 Todra Gorge walls