Three unhurried days from Marrakech to Erg Chebbi and back — your own driver-guide, your own start time, and one night in a private camp with a cook who travels with you.
DURATION
3 days / 2 nights
GROUP
Private · you only
PACE
Gentle · 2 long drives
BEST MONTHS
Oct – Apr
Day by day
This is our version. Say the word and we'll move, stretch or cut any of it.
DAY 01 ~7h driving
Marrakech → Tizi n'Tichka → Aït Benhaddou → Dadès
Collected from your riad whenever you like. Over the High Atlas pass with stops where the view earns it, lunch in Aït Benhaddou, then the red gorge road to your hotel. Dinner on a terrace.
stay · Dadès valley hotelmeals · lunch, dinner
DAY 02 ~4h driving
Todra gorge → Erg Chebbi · night in the dunes
A walk in the Todra before the coaches arrive, then palm oases to the sand. Camels at golden hour if you want them — a 4x4 straight to camp if you don't. Dinner cooked in front of you, then the sky.
stay · private camp, en-suite tentmeals · allmost-loved night
DAY 03 ~8h driving
Sunrise on the erg → back to Marrakech
Up for the light, breakfast at camp, then west through Ouarzazate. Dropped at your riad, the airport, or — often better — we add a fourth day and break the drive.
We'd rather list this honestly than surprise you in the car.
Where you'll actually go
route map — real coastline + numbered day stops
1Marrakech 2Dadès 3Erg Chebbi
Questions people ask before enquiring
No. You get the written plan and a price range for your dates with nothing to pay and no card details. Most people ask two or three rounds of questions before deciding — that's normal and welcome.
Private. Your own vehicle, your own driver-guide, your own start time each morning. We cap every trip at eight guests and most are two.
Yes, and we'd rewrite the route rather than bolt it on. Shorter drives, flatter stops, later starts. Tell us who's coming and the plan comes back shaped around them.
Private. Your own en-suite tents, your own dinner table, your own cook. It sits far enough from the shared camps that the only thing you'll hear is wind.
March and April fill first because everyone wants them — two to three months is comfortable. There's no countdown timer on this page; if your dates are genuinely tight we'll just tell you.
Travellers who did this route
placeholder reviews — swap for real ones
★★★★★
“We asked for no camels and a late start. Both honoured without a word of pushback.”
[Name] · [country] · March
★★★★★
“The camp is genuinely private. We heard nothing but wind all night.”
[Name] · [country] · November
★★★★★
“They told us three days was tight and suggested four. They were right.”
[Name] · [country] · February
One question is all it takes to start.
Not ready to commit to dates? Ask us whether your week works, and we'll tell you honestly
— even if the answer is “come in October instead”.