- Spending the New Year in Morocco is an opportunity to experience a once of a life time journey to the Sahara Desert.
Have you ever dreamed of starting the first day of the year amid the sand dunes of the majestic Sahara Desert?
For those looking for an alternative to a Marrakech New Years Eve, we propose you to go party in Erg Chebbi dunes.
Our New Year’s Eve desert tours from Marrakech will take you to travel to Erg Chebbi Dunes, and some other best places to visit in Morocco.
While searching for Morocco tours, people tend to get a bit confused in terms of offers and available possibilities.
As an established Moroccan travel agency, we have the ability to offer the perfect itinerary so that you can easily book your trip.
On this desert tour from Marrakech you will get to know the local customs. You will also taste the delicious cuisine, listen the fantastic desert music, and the notice the exotic architecture. All this factors makes Morocco a notable New Year holiday destination.
New Year Tour
What is included
Hotel or Airport pick up and drop off.
Carefully maintained vehicles.
All Accommodation.
Multi-lingual drivers and local guides.
24/7 assistance while traveling.
Carefully maintained vehicles.
All Accommodation.
Multi-lingual drivers and local guides.
24/7 assistance while traveling.
New Year in Morrocco
Desert Tour from Marrakech
5 Days
4 Nights
4 Nights
- Day 1 - Marrakech - Ait Benhaddou - Ouarzazate
- Day 2 - Ouarzazate - Agdez (Draa Valley) - Merzouga Dunes (Erg Chebbi)
- Day 3 - Erg Chebbi - Todra Gorges - Dades valley or Skoura oasis
- Day 4 - Skoura - High Atlas Mountains - Marrakech
- The 4 days and 3 nights New Year in Morocco desert tour from Marrakech will start on the 30th of December and finish on the 2nd of January. The 3rd night in the Dades valley might be changed to the Skoura oasis due to availability or booking logistics.
4 Days
3 Nights
3 Nights
- Day 1 - Marrakech - Ait Benhaddou - Ouarzazate
- Day 2 - Ouarzazate - Agdez (Draa Valley) - Merzouga Dunes (Erg Chebbi)
- Day 3 - A day in the desert
- Day 4 - Erg Chebbi - Todra Gorges - Dades valley
- Day 5 - Skoura - High Atlas Mountains - Marrakech
- The 5 days and 4 nights Marrakech desert tour for the part of a New Year in Morocco from Marrakech will start on the 29th of December and finish on the 2nd of January. The 4th night in the Dades valley might be changed to the Skoura oasis due to availability and booking logistics.
Map & Itinerary
Marrakech New Year's desert party
- Explore Merzouga Desert in a 4-day or 5-day desert trip departing from Marrakech.
- This tour takes you to explore the UNESCO site of Ksar Ait Benhaddou, and the fabulous Dades valley.
- You will also visit the mythical Todra Gorges, the desert region around Merzouga, and the Draa Valley breathtaking palm groves.
- After a few days of touring Morocco and its fabulous desert, you return back to Marrakech and will get dropped off at your hotel around 7 pm.
Why join this tour to the desert?
- Save time and money – Our prices are the lowest available in the market.
- Our Morocco tours are private.
- We are an operator, not a broker – You buy directly from us, the supplier.
- Our prices are fixed.
- No hidden fees.
- Assistance 24/7.
- Deposit payment upon confirmation and the remaining at the start of the tour.
- Payment methods such as PayPal, Credit/Debit Cards, Bank Wire, etc…
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New Year in Morocco
- DAY » Marrakech – Ait Benhaddou – Ouarzazate Pick up from your hotel or Riad in Marrakesh at 8 a.m to Ait Benhaddou via the High Atlas mountains Tizi n’Tichka. We will have time to stop and enjoy impressive landscapes and Berber hamlets and break for coffee and mint tea. In the afternoon, we will get a chance to visit the universal Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou Kasbah, named by UNESCO since 1987. This Berber kasbah has been used as a very important destination for international filmmakers. For more than 20 films was also one of the most important fortress strongholds on the old Salt Road. Caravans brought slaves, gold, ivory, salt, and silk from sub-Saharan countries to Marrakech and beyond. Our next stop is Ouarzazate, or what we call Hollywood of Africa since it has been a very famous destination for filmmakers as well. Here you will get the chance to visit film studios, sets or museums. Dinner and overnight in Ouarzazate.
- DAY » Ouarzazate – Agdez (Draa Valley) – Merzouga Dunes (Erg Chebbi) After breakfast, we will depart to Erg Chebbi sand sea dunes, we cross the Anti Atlas Mountains to Agdez village where the Draa valley starts. We head east to Nkob, a popular village for it’s 45 Kasbahs as a background of a palmary. Through the arid Saharan landscapes till the largest oasis of Tafilalet appears. We continue deeper into the desert sand dunes of Erg Chebbi. We stop in a hotel at the dune line for bathrooms stop before the camel ride take place around sunset time for the overnight in the Merzouga desert camp from Auberge Café du Sud, dinner, new year’s eve celebration & night in tented camp/hotel.
- DAY » Erg Chebbi – Erfoud – Todra Gorges – Skoura or Dades valley After having breakfast, your camel trekking in Morocco back to meet your driver. We drive to Skoura via the Todra gorges (300m high canyons) where you can hike and lunch in a local restaurant. We continue along the road of 1000 Thousand Kasbahs. There are enormous kasbahs on both sides of the road. Some of those old fortified houses are restored. We pass through Dades valley and the city of roses before we attend the Skoura palm grove where a huge number of Kasbahs such as “Amrhidil” are surrounded by gardens and palm trees. 45km further, we reach Skoura for the dinner and overnight at the hotel.
- DAY » Skoura – High Atlas Mountains – Marrakech After breakfast, the travel day via the High Atlas Mountains and Tizi n’Tichka pass. Break for lunch on the way. Drop off at your Marrakech hotel. You will make stops in Ouarzazate why not cinema studios or museum or allow some time for shopping in the city before taking the windy road to Marrakech. The end of 4D/3N Marrakech new year’s eve desert tour.
- Check updated rates on our price page.
- Night in ensuite bedrooms with A/C – dinner & breakfast (vegetarian meals possible).
- Sunset or sunrise camel trek.
- Night in desert camp (private tents) with dinner & breakfast.
- New Year’s desert party in the dunes.
- Free time to explore attractions such as Ait Benhaddou, Cinema Studios, Taourirt Kasbah, etc.
- DAY » Marrakech – Ait Benhaddou – Ouarzazate Pick up from your hotel or Riad in Marrakesh at 8 a.m to Ait Benhaddou via the High Atlas mountains Tizi n’Tichka. We will have time to stop and enjoy impressive landscapes and Berber hamlets and break for coffee and mint tea. In the afternoon we will get the chance the visit the universal Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou Kasbah as it has been named by UNESCO in 1987. This Berber kasbah has been used as a very important destination for international filmmakers. For more than 20 films was also one of the most important fortress strongholds on the old Salt Road. Caravans brought slaves, gold, ivory, salt, and silk from sub-Saharan countries to Marrakech and beyond. Our next stop is Ouarzazate, or what we call Hollywood of Africa since it has been a very famous destination for filmmakers as well. Here you will get the chance to visit film studios, sets or museums. Dinner and overnight in Ouarzazate.
- DAY » Ouarzazate – Agdez (Draa Valley) – Merzouga Dunes (Erg Chebbi) After breakfast, you will travel to the Erg Chebbi desert. En route, you cross the Anti Atlas Mountains to Agdez village where the Draa valley starts. You head east to Nkob, a popular village for it’s 45 Kasbahs as a background of a palm grove. You go through the arid Saharan landscapes till the largest oasis of Tafilalet appears. You continue deeper into the desert sand dunes of Erg Chebbi. You stop in a hotel at the dune line for toilets stop before the camel ride take place around sunset time for the overnight at an authentic Morocco desert camp at Auberge Café du Sud, dinner & & night.
- DAY » A day in the desert Today, you can enjoy your day in the desert area. Apart from that, there are 3 hours drive beyond the sand dunes where some nomadic families live in tents and look after their herds. Also, a stop at Khamlia village where you can assist in a demonstration of the local musicians of the African tribes who settled there for centuries. The other option is to attend the local market of Rissani. Here is where you can purchase spices, have a local Pizza for lunch, and take a look into the Mausoleum of Moulay Ali Cherif. For those who love fun activities, a Merzouga quad biking tour in the sand dunes is available and can be arranged at the hotel in the dunes. For this you can contact the reception. After you can relax at the hotel while getting ready to celebrate new years eve in the Moroccan Sahara desert.
- DAY » Erg Chebbi – Erfoud – Todra Gorges – Skoura or Dades valley After having breakfast, the camel trek back to meet your driver. This is one of the best camel rides in Morocco, and you will love the experience. You drive to Skoura via the Todra gorges (300m high canyons) where you can hike and lunch in a local restaurant. You continue along the road of 1000 Kasbahs. There are enormous kasbahs on both sides of the road. Some of those old fortified houses are restored. You pass through Dades valley and the city of roses before you attend the Skoura palm groove. Here is where a huge number of Kasbahs such as “Amrhidil” are surrounded by gardens and palm trees. 45km furthermore, you reach your hotel in Skoura for the dinner and overnight.
- DAY » Skoura – High Atlas Mountains – Marrakech After breakfast, the travel day via the High Atlas Mountains and Tizi n’Tichka pass. Break for lunch on the way. Drop off at your Marrakech hotel. You will make stops in Ouarzazate why not cinema studios or museum or allow some time for shopping in the city before taking the windy road to Marrakech. The end of 4D/3N Marrakech new year’s eve desert tour.
- Check updated rates on our price page.
- Night in ensuite bedrooms with A/C – dinner & breakfast (vegetarian meals possible).
- Sunset or sunrise camel trek.
- Night in desert camp (private tents) with dinner & breakfast.
- New Year’s desert party in the dunes.
- Free time to explore attractions such as Ait Benhaddou, Cinema Studios, Taourirt Kasbah, etc.
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