The fourth day

4 days tour from Marrakech to Merzouga: the three listings that add a night, and what it buys

A 4 days tour from Marrakech to Merzouga is the minority shape here: three listings out of twenty, against seventeen that run three days. The road is identical — about 560 km each way, the Tizi n’Tichka pass at 2,260 m, Ait Ben Haddou, Ouarzazate, the gorges, and then the dunes of Erg Chebbi. What the fourth day changes is density. Instead of two long driving days wrapped around one night in the sand, you get two nights away from the main road and stops that the shorter listings do not name at all: the Draa Valley, the Rose Valley, the Monkey Fingers rock formations. The three listings cost $190, $201 and $256, and they carry 320 reviews between them at 4.8 each.

13 min read Fares, ratings and review counts read off the live GetYourGuide listings, September 2026

Palm groves along a river valley seen from the road in southern Morocco

The four-day shape in numbers

Listings that run four days: 3 of 20the other seventeen run three days; the road is the same for all twenty
Reviews behind the three: 320against 51,166 behind the seventeen three-day listings — a much thinner record
Rating of all three: 4.8the three four-day listings sit at the same rating, from 79 to 139 reviews each
Fares: $190 to $256the three highest fares on the whole site, because they are the longest trips on it
Our top pick here: $1904.8 from 139 reviews — the deepest record of the three and the lowest fare of them
Nights away: 3two on the road through the southern valleys and one in a camp at Erg Chebbi
Extra stops named: Draa, Rose Valley, Monkey Fingersthese appear in the four-day listings and not in most of the three-day ones
Cost per hour: the lowest on the sitea longer trip spreads the same fare across more hours — the table below works it out
Cancellation: Free cancellationshown on the listings gathered here — read the window before you pay

Quick answer

The short answer. Book $190 if you want a 4 days tour from Marrakech to Merzouga with the deepest record of the three: 4.8 from 139 reviews, and the lowest fare of them. Book $201 at 4.8 from 102 reviews if the long camel trek is the part you care about most. Book $256 at 4.8 from 79 reviews if you want the version that names the Monkey Fingers and the Rose Valley and promises stops for photographs wherever you ask. All three are round trips back to Marrakech.

What the fourth day is for

The same 560 km, spread over one more day

The arithmetic is simple enough to say in one line: a 4 days tour from Marrakech to Merzouga covers the same road as the shorter version with 24 more hours to do it in. Nothing is added to the map. What is added is time to stop.

Where the time goes. In the three-day shape, day one ends in the Dades area and day two has to cross the gorges and reach the dunes by afternoon. Day three drives all the way home. In the four-day shape those same movements are split, which is why the listings can name places the shorter ones skip: $190 names the Draa Valley, Todra canyons, palm oases and the Rose Valley, and $256 adds the Monkey Fingers rock formations above the Dades and says you can stop anywhere for photographs.

What it does not change. You still get one night in a camp at Erg Chebbi, not two. The camel ride over the first ridge is the same ride, because the camps sit behind the sand either way and no vehicle reaches them. And the fourth day does not shorten the driving on day one: the pass at 2,260 m has to be crossed before anything else happens.

Who should pay for it. Anyone for whom a full day in a seat is the problem rather than the fare. A 4 days tour from Marrakech to Merzouga costs more in both money and holiday, and it is straightforwardly more comfortable. If your time in Morocco is short, the shorter shape exists for exactly that reason and holds almost all of the reviews on this site.

A green palm valley between bare rock slopes seen from a road above it — The palm oases and side valleys are what the extra day is actually spent on

Every trip, current fare

All twenty trips, the longest first

Not sorted by fare. Each 4 days tour from Marrakech to Merzouga sits at the top, then the seventeen three-day ones by review count. The cost-per-hour column is the one to read here: a four-day trip carries the highest fares on the site and the lowest cost per hour on it.

Tour	Length	Price	What is included	Cost per hour	Rating
From Marrakech to Merzouga Erg Chebbi: 4-Day Desert TourFour days, two nights in the sand	96 h	$190	Four days, two nights in the sand	$1.98	4.8 · 139
4-Day Marrakech to Merzouga Sahara Adventure & Camel TrekFour days with the long camel trek	96 h	$201	Four days with the long camel trek	$2.09	4.8 · 102
4 days Sahara Desert Tour From Marrakech To Merzouga dunesFour days out to the high dunes	96 h	$256	Four days out to the high dunes	$2.67	4.8 · 79
From Marrakech: 3-Day Merzouga and Sahara Desert TourThe most booked desert run	72 h	$137	The most booked desert run	$1.90	4.9 · 22,054
From Marrakech: Merzouga 3-Day Desert Safari with FoodThree days with meals included	72 h	$120	Three days with meals included	$1.67	4.7 · 14,306
Marrakech: 3-Day Merzouga Desert Experience Camel & MealsCamel ride and dinner in camp	72 h	$99	Camel ride and dinner in camp	$1.38	4.6 · 6,429
Marrakech: 3 Day Luxury Merzouga Tour With Private tent IncA private tent in the camp	72 h	$80	A private tent in the camp	$1.11	4.7 · 2,411
Marrakech: 3-Days Morocco Sahara Desert Tour Via MerzougaThrough the gorges to the dunes	72 h	$126	Through the gorges to the dunes	$1.75	4.9 · 2,203
From Marrakech: 3-Day Merzouga Desert Tour with Private TentPrivate vehicle, same route	72 h	$94	Private vehicle, same route	$1.31	4.6 · 1,111
From Marrakech: 3 Day Round Trip To Merzouga Desert & CamelBack to Marrakech at the end	72 h	$123	Back to Marrakech at the end	$1.71	4.9 · 945
Marrakech → Fes : 3-Day Merzouga Sahara Desert TourEnds in Fes, not Marrakech	72 h	$145	Ends in Fes, not Marrakech	$2.01	4.8 · 228
Marrakech to Fes: 3-Day Premium Desert Journey via MerzougaPremium rooms on the way to Fes	72 h	$102	Premium rooms on the way to Fes	$1.42	4.9 · 221
From Marrakech 3 Days Desert Merzouga with Camel & Quad bikeCamel and a quad on the dunes	72 h	$139	Camel and a quad on the dunes	$1.93	4.9 · 217
Marrakech: 3-Day Merzouga and Sahara Desert TourThe plain three-day Sahara run	72 h	$113	The plain three-day Sahara run	$1.57	4.0 · 194
From Marrakech: 3-Day Merzouga Desert Safari & Berber foodBerber cooking along the way	72 h	$74	Berber cooking along the way	$1.03	4.8 · 167
From Marrakech: 3 Day tour to Fes via Merzouga DesertOne way across to Fes	72 h	$100	One way across to Fes	$1.39	4.9 · 164
From Marrakech: 3 Day Round Trip to Merzouga DesertThe cheapest round trip here	72 h	$63	The cheapest round trip here	$0.88	4.9 · 157
From Fes: 3-Day Luxury Desert Tour to Marrakech via MerzougaLuxury camp, ends in Marrakech	72 h	$188	Luxury camp, ends in Marrakech	$2.61	4.7 · 140
3-Day Merzouga Desert Safari from Marrakech with FoodThree days, food on the road	72 h	$123	Three days, food on the road	$1.71	4.4 · 134
From Marrakech: 3-Day Ultimate Merzouga Desert LoopThe full loop back to Marrakech	72 h	$90	The full loop back to Marrakech	$1.25	5.0 · 85

The three listings

What separates the three four-day trips

They sit within $66 of each other and all three are rated 4.8. The difference is what each listing chooses to name.

The listing	What it names that the others do not	The record behind it
$190our pick of the three, and the lowest fare of them	Draa Valley, Todra canyons, palm oases and the Rose Valley, with a Berber dinner and music at the camp	4.8 from 139 reviews — the deepest of the three
$201the camel trek is in the title	The south-east of Morocco through the Atlas, Ait Ben Haddou, Dades and Todra, with sunset and sunrise over the Merzouga dunes	4.8 from 102 reviews
$256the highest fare on the whole site	Monkey Fingers and the Rose Valley above the Dades, the gorges of Dades and Todra, and stops for photographs wherever you ask	4.8 from 79 reviews — the thinnest record on the site
How they are the sameall three are loops	Tizi n’Tichka, Ait Ben Haddou listed by UNESCO, the camel ride on to Erg Chebbi and a night in a camp among the dunes	All three rated 4.8, 320 reviews between them

Day by day

How the four days are usually laid out

The listings do not publish hour-by-hour itineraries, and this page will not invent them. What the three listings do name, read together, gives a reliable shape for a 4 days tour from Marrakech to Merzouga.

Day one: the pass and the kasbah. Out of Marrakech and up to Tizi n’Tichka at 2,260 m, described in these listings as the highest road in North Africa, then down to Ait Ben Haddou above the Ounila river and on through Ouarzazate. The same first day as the shorter trips.

Day two: the valleys. This is where the extra day shows. The Draa Valley, the Dades gorges with the Monkey Fingers above them, the Rose Valley, Todra canyon with its 300 m walls and the palm oases along the floor. On a three-day itinerary these are things you pass; here they are things you stop at.

Day three: the dunes. East to Merzouga, then the camel trek over the first ridge of Erg Chebbi, where the sand stands up to 150 m, and a night in a camp with dinner and Berber music, which all three listings name. The morning brings the second camel ride back out.

Day four: home. The long drive west to Marrakech. It is still a full day on the road, and the fourth day does not remove it — it removes the compression from the middle of the trip. Anyone comparing a Marrakech to Merzouga 4 day tour with the shorter loop should price that honestly: one extra night out, one fewer rushed day.

Bare crests of sand dunes under high midday light with no people in view — Erg Chebbi stands up to 150 m above the flat ground, and the camps are behind the first ridge

Four days against three

The honest comparison, with the numbers on both sides

There is no version of this page where the four-day listings look like the safe default, and pretending otherwise would be useless to you. Here is the whole picture.

Where the four-day shape wins. Time. Two of the three days in the shorter shape are mostly driving; a 4 days tour from Marrakech to Merzouga breaks that up and adds stops that the three-day listings do not name. It also produces the lowest cost per hour on the site, because the fare is spread over 96 hours instead of 72. If your holiday has the day to spare, that is a real gain rather than a marketing line.

Where the three-day shape wins. Evidence and fare. Seventeen listings, 51,166 reviews, and fares starting at $63. The most booked trip on the whole site, $137 at 4.9 from 22,054 reviews, is a three-day loop. Against that, the three four-day listings hold 320 reviews. Both facts are true at once, and neither one makes the other wrong.

What the fare gap actually pays for. Between $137 and $190 there is an extra night out, an extra day of vehicle and driver, and the valley stops named above. Between $190 and $256 the listings differ mainly in what they choose to name, so read both descriptions rather than the numbers alone.

A note on the 4 day Sahara tour from Marrakech phrasing. It is the same three listings. Search phrasing varies; the product on this site does not, and there are exactly three of these trips in the 20 gathered here.

Before you book

Six things to check on a four-day listing

A 4 days tour from Marrakech to Merzouga is the most expensive shape on this site, so these six lines are worth the two minutes.

That it is really four days, not three plus a late return
The listings here are marked as four-day trips and priced accordingly. The length is on the listing page, next to the fare.
How many nights are in the desert
One. All three four-day listings name a single night in a camp at Erg Chebbi; the extra night is spent on the road through the valleys.
Which valley stops are actually named
Draa, Rose Valley and Monkey Fingers appear in these listings. If a particular stop is the reason you are paying more, check that the listing names it.
Whether meals are in the fare
All three name the Berber dinner and music at the camp. Meals along the road are a separate question and the listing page answers it.
The pick-up point and hour on day one
Day one still has to clear the pass at 2,260 m, so departure is early. The address and time belong to the operator.
The cancellation terms as they stand today
Free cancellation is shown on the listings gathered here, with the window set by the operator. Read it on the page you pay on.

Book direct

Every trip, the four-day listings first

Each 4 days tour from Marrakech to Merzouga here is shown with the fare, rating and review count read off the live listing, followed by the seventeen three-day trips for comparison.

From Marrakech to Merzouga Erg Chebbi: 4-Day Desert Tour

★ 4.8 · 139 reviews

4d, Four days, two nights in the sand
Departs from Marrakech
Mobile voucher accepted
Free cancellation

$190$1.98 / hour

4 days tour from Marrakech to Merzouga: the three listings that add a night, and what it buys

The four-day shape in numbers

The same 560 km, spread over one more day

All twenty trips, the longest first

What separates the three four-day trips

How the four days are usually laid out

The honest comparison, with the numbers on both sides

Six things to check on a four-day listing

Every trip, the four-day listings first

From Marrakech to Merzouga Erg Chebbi: 4-Day Desert Tour

4-Day Marrakech to Merzouga Sahara Adventure & Camel Trek

4 days Sahara Desert Tour From Marrakech To Merzouga dunes

From Marrakech: 3-Day Merzouga and Sahara Desert Tour

From Marrakech: Merzouga 3-Day Desert Safari with Food

Marrakech: 3-Day Merzouga Desert Experience Camel & Meals

Marrakech: 3 Day Luxury Merzouga Tour With Private tent Inc

Marrakech: 3-Days Morocco Sahara Desert Tour Via Merzouga

From Marrakech: 3-Day Merzouga Desert Tour with Private Tent

From Marrakech: 3 Day Round Trip To Merzouga Desert & Camel

Marrakech → Fes : 3-Day Merzouga Sahara Desert Tour

Marrakech to Fes: 3-Day Premium Desert Journey via Merzouga

From Marrakech 3 Days Desert Merzouga with Camel & Quad bike

Marrakech: 3-Day Merzouga and Sahara Desert Tour

From Marrakech: 3-Day Merzouga Desert Safari & Berber food

From Marrakech: 3 Day tour to Fes via Merzouga Desert

From Marrakech: 3 Day Round Trip to Merzouga Desert

From Fes: 3-Day Luxury Desert Tour to Marrakech via Merzouga

3-Day Merzouga Desert Safari from Marrakech with Food

From Marrakech: 3-Day Ultimate Merzouga Desert Loop

What each season does to a four-day trip

Snow above, cold nights below

The valleys at their best

Heat in the middle of the day

Cooling off, still green

Common questions about a 4 days tour from Marrakech to Merzouga

More on desert tours from Marrakech to the dunes at Merzouga

All twenty trips

Three days, day by day

Two days: the honest answer

The Sahara part

The route itself

At Merzouga