4.0 · 42 reviews
rkramadh
May 2023
This tour could have been much better but with a different company than AUDAX who was the local tour operator for our 3 day Marrakech to Merzouga and UNESCO site etc. 1. We were told we'd be picked up at 9am but the night before, we got a text that we'd need to be ready at 7am! The hotel breakfast wasn't even open and we managed to get some coffee and toast luckily by rushing the staff. 2. We got picked up a bit later anyway (thanks to that, no breakfast for us although we had paid for it at our hotel) and got dropped off near the souks in marrakech. 3. we boarded a black mini van and the only two spots left for us was one next to the driver and the window seat. There were 17 people in that vehicle, packed like sardines. I am short but my legs were cramped as the dashboard of the vehicle stuck out. The WORST THING IS THAT THAT THE AC WAS NOT WORKING IN THIS VEHICLE. The driver lied to us multiple times that it was working. All the people in the back complained and nothing was done. The driver left his side of the window open at all times. On the passenger end of that row, the window button was taped up!! We had to ask the driver to open/close it every time and we couldn't control how much was open/closed. We heard complaints that people in the back were boiling. At least we had windows open we thought but when we heard that closing our windows might help, we gladly told the driver to close our window so they could get a bit of AC. Turns out that they didn't get much AC, we got nothing at all in the front row because the driver told us there are no vents for the front row!!! The dashboard had several vents but opening them did NOTHING for us. Not even hot air, let alone cold air! So we were baking with the sun hitting us from the front windshield, with no AC! Even when our side of the window was closed, the driver never closed his side. If the AC was working like he claimed, he'd have to be crazy to keep the window open and run the AC and use up more gas! The van had a slope and the people in the rows behind the driver couldn't see any scenery! At one point, one couple asked the driver to people around. we were willing to swap but no one asked us or said anything. One couple that needed to swap with us in the second row (bcoz my husband has knee issues and needed room to stretch) didn't seem to want to swap. So I sat cramped so that my husband could at least have some room in the front row. The drive through the desert was hot, sandy but we chugged along without AC. The driver was NOT a guide. He did NOT speak English. I spoke French and once he found out, he basically ignored my husband asking him anything. After the intitial few times, the driver stopped even responding to anyone's complaints about the AC!! HE KNEW VERY WELL HE WAS LYING ABOUT THE AC WORKING IN THAT VEHICLE!! It was a long painful drive in a vehicle that HAD 200KM mileage!! WE were grateful that at least we had the view from the window while others had nothing due to the slope in the vehicle roof. It blocked their view (unless they were like kids' height which none of them were!). The hotel we stayed at the first night was OK. No hot water for shower, then no water at all to brush/wash our face etc. I managed to get a shower while my husband got cold water trickling. It was a very rustic bathroom. WE didn't mind provided it had hot water but the shower sprayed water all over the bathroom IF/WHEN it decided to work. de The room had no AC. When we asked, instead of switching us to a room, they said they couldn't find a tech to come to fix it at that hour. THEY KNEW IT WAS NOT WORKING BEFORE WE WERE PUT IN THERE AND WE LOST ANOTHER NIGHT OF SLEEP ON TOP OF ALL THE PREVIOUS NIGHTS BECAUSE AC SEEMS LIKE REAL LUXURY EVEN IN GOOD HOTELS IN MOROCCO!! Dinner was fine but not adequate quantity. Chopped tomatoes with salt/pepper is NOT a salad. They didn't seem to have enough food for us tbh. The views were wonderful but the stay could have been more enjoyable if the AC was working. They told us to open the small window and it was nothing but noise from the road below, despite it being in a remote location. We met well spoken guides that walked us through Ait Benhaddou etc. The disappointing part is they told us we really needed head scarves to go through the desert that evening. We fell for their lies and spent the money! They lied to us that someone would show us how to tie them but no one did!! When we got to the desert, we got strange looks as we had brought all our luggage with us since it made no sense to pay for 3 day tour (2 night stay) and also pay for a hotel in Marrakech to keep our luggage. Until we asked if anyone would show us how to tie those scarves on our head, there was no attempts from them. The driver dumped us where the camels were lying and took off. Luckily someone tied those scarves on our heads BUT SUNSET HAD ALMOST HAPPENED ALREADY BY THEN AND THERE WAS NO NEED FOR THEM WHATSOEVER!! THE CAMEL RIDE WAS BARELY AN HOUR, NO SUNSET TO LOOK AT!! By the time we got on the camels and rode and reached our camp, it was fully dark!! The camps were beautiful (all white and one next to the other however) with large lanterns lit up. Food was good that night and the dinner camp had AC blasting when we didn't need it lol. The music/drums were played but again, nothing exotic to be fair. My spouse played a lot too and many told him he played better than the people who were in charge of entertainment LOL. We went to bed around midnight and the camps nearby were playing much better music till much later. The camps had private bathroom, sink etc and it was worth paying the extra for luxe camp. No complaints there for sure. After no sleep for 3 nights by then, we were told we had to be ready at 7 am to get out! We got at 6am, had quick breakfast and put out our luggage for the 4x4 to take it where our original van/driver had dropped us off. A lot of people had walked up the dunes to watch sunrise. We had no idea, we could've done the same. Having no guide but just a driver that spoke no english meant we were left to fend for ourselves. In the camp, the guides from other groups were looking out for their visitors but we had NONE!! The sunrise camel ride was nicer than the dark, so called sunset ride although we enjoyed the camel rides a lot. While we disembarked, the front two camels took off!! The camel that my husband was on saw that and it wanted to follow the other two. So while my husband was getting off the camel (sitting down), it got up!! That left my husband dangling with one leg on the camel high up and the other dangling. This for a guy with genetic condition of arthritis! He was doing a split without intentending to do so. Fortunately the camel guide got him down safe without anything broken/hurt bcoz my husband stayed calm the whole time. The local camel guys are wonderful and we paid them generous tips but AUDAX events failed us by sending a driver who spoke no english, didn't give us one bit of information on our long drive (unless I prodded him in french). He was also a heavy smoker and after every stop, when he got back into the vehicle, he was wreaking of cigarette smoke which I absolutely hated! I was stuck sitting next to him. He sometimes talked so loud with his head towards me that he was spraying me!! The so called guide or whoever that I even forgot was in our vehicle didn't say a peep the whole ride!! No information being shared, no telling us about the country side, no guiding of any kind!! The most disappointing part is that we looked forward to this part of the trip the most but the camel ride, camp stay and ride back all lasted barely a few hours!!The drive back was a very long one in the hot sun without the AC. When we took other tours using a diff company than viator, they brought luxurious Mercedes vans with seats facing each other! That kind of vehicle should've been used by audax for the 3 day tour. NOT AN OLD 200km mileage vehicle with no AC! The fact that the window up/down button was taped up speaks volumes about that vehicle! I wish this tour was what we had envisioned it to be but the most important aspects were way too short. The stay on the first night should've been better with AC in the room. Overall, do this tour but not with viator/audax! The driver's name was Abdel. He was a nice guy I think and we tipped him generously but honestly, he needs to learn English in this business a little bit at least. I WANT SOME OF MY MONEY BACK SINCE WE PAID SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS for two of us! We also found out that 5 women in our vehicle paid less than half of what we paid through some agent on the street! We feel like fools for paying so much for the same crappy experience they got but at least they didn't pay as much. They should never have cramped so many people in that vehicle!
Tagartech
June 2022
3 days from Marrakech to the desert of merzouga, this 3 days tour give us the opportunity to explore the real Morocco …. mountains and desert which constitute 2/3 of Morocco, Marrakech is certainly a beautiful city but southern morocco hides so many beautiful things too
jonsim2021
July 2021
The manager is very kind and helpful, l He treated us royally and he satisfied all our request, also organised a super and experience with a unforgettable night in the Merzouga desert ( we visited Ait ben Haddou Village, Ouarzazat, Dades And Todgha Gorges, Taourirt kasbah and many other beautiful places…) Accommodations were very big and clean, also the common area. Excellent value for money!! We absolutely recommended this agency !
572aimeen
July 2021
Very calm and friendly staff, always want to help you, on our trip through Morocco we stayed 2 nights in the desert. Our driver speaks English and is super friendly and helpful! They organised for us the tour through the desert and it was breathtaking. Accommodations were warm and clean, and you can see the milkyway from the balcony. The breakfast was plenty and good, and dinners were the best morrocan home made food we had on the trip (no menu, but rather a different set of dishes on each day). Overall it was a great experience which we can only recommend.
mouros2021
May 2021
We had an amazing time with Adil Jawad and Brahim, wonderful experience in Merzouga Sahara desert...not to be missed
SandraGGPP
March 2020
After reading reviews of different tour companies, I decided to book the 2 nights Sahara tour with Audax Events, and I'm so glad I did it! The first day Jawad, who was the man of the company in charge of organising the trip, picked me up very punctually from the hostel. Jawad is a super friendly and kind man. He texted me often during my trip just to check if everything was fine. He really cares about his customers' happiness and I felt he was like a friend. Our van was comfortable and the drivers were good and drove very carefully. The first day we visited Ben Ait Haddou with a great guide. The first night a part of the group slept in Auberge Atlas Dades, a beautiful place with very kind staff and amazing food. The second day we visited Tinghir and Gorges Dades with Ahmad, the funniest guide I've ever come across and who can speak several languages fluently. We arrived at the riad Dar Tafouyte in Merzouga to leave our bags. We (just 4 tourists, it was amazing!) rode a camel to the camp. There we were just 9 tourists along with the Berber guys from Dar Tafouyte and the camp, who played drums for us. The group was so small I felt it like a family and I made friends with the Berbers really quickly. I had an awesome night chilling in the dunes with them. Our tent in the camp was really nice and cozy, and the beds had a lot of blankets to keep you warm. The third day, we got back on the camel to the riad Dar Tafouyte to pick up our bags and go back to Marrakesh. I was loving my time there so much that I made a last-minute decision. I decided to spend one day and night at Dar Tafouyte, which is a stunning riad, with the friendliest and most helpful staff ever and amazing food. This meant that I had to tell Jawad that I wouldn't be taking the van that day, but the next day. I know maybe this made things difficult for him, as I was trying to change the plan I had paid for. In the end, I agreed to pay a bit more to change my date of return, which I think is fair. All in all, this tour was my best trip of Morocco! I don't usually write really long reviews, but I think that when people do their job well it has to be praised and recognised! I can't thank enough Jawad and his team, and all the friendly staff and guides we met! I wanna go back to Morocco and if I do, I'll book my trip with them again!
rabiaa0
February 2020
I loved the trip! Was cool and very professional,They make sure that everything is going well. Food was good and the hotels too!
razvancioaca
January 2020
Comfort! Nice and clean car. Drive spoke English very well. Very easy to communicate thru Whatsapp. Respond fast and provide all the details. Highly recommend it.
claudiuadrians
January 2020
It was organised well, safe, the price was good, good driver, good food. I think it's worth it for anyone that wants to have a short "meeting" with Sahara desert.
marlonzubi
October 2019
This tour exceeded all my expectations . From the airport Mohamed is as there to pick me up and throughout the trip he made sure I had all I needed . All the hotels , food and of course the time in the desert was amazing . I have no complain at all . This is the company to use !
cristianamartinelli
September 2019
We saw amazing places thanks to this tour, it was really good organised! Excellent accommodation and food! The guide were amazing, and the mini bus was comfortable and the driver was kind and he drove safely! This tour is the best way to visit amazing place, get in touch with locals and meet new people! We recommend it!
Said B
September 2019
Nice people and good quality trip! My trip from Marrakech to Merzouga desert was a success! Thank you Brahim!
Perlapeckham97
August 2019
I normally don’t travel by tours, as I prefer to do so on my one, but I knew that to go to the desert in such short time this was my best option. The driver is super friendly and makes the group connect from the beginning, and there were like 5 different nationalities in the group which is super cool. He drives safely and the bus is very clean. He played great music and made the journey nice for everyone. The trip to the desert was amazing and is totally worth it. We met people from different tours at the desert and their drivers and tour guides at every stop were unfriendly and unhelpful. Ours were all great! Thank you for the trip Jamal, your the best!!
LucSob
August 2019
This trip exceeded my expectations. The whole journey went as promised in the itinary description on the website. The bus was clean, safe and the driver drove well and stopped at highlights along the way. Recommend to anyone traveling in Morocco!
Benedetta_B
May 2019
The places we saw were amazing, very good accommodation, good food, the guides were excellent and kind, the mini bus was comfortable and new, the driver was very experienced, he drove safely and was kind and friendly.
HMJ2300
May 2019
I saw some fairly bad reviews of this tour on tripadvisor - but also some more positive ones … and thought: It can`t be that bad. But alas: it could! It tried to book om viator homepage, filled in all the details and credit card information and clicked "pay" … and nothing happened. So I called the company and spoke to a lady who was very helpful. She found the tour rather fast and offered to book it for me. On the homepage the tour was advertised to approximately 100 USD, but the price the lady came up with was 200 USD. I asked why this was the case, and she told me to hold, while she would contact the agent. I thought that would take a couple of minutes, but I waited approximately 45 min. - at a rate of 3 USD a minute, so it came to quite an expensive call. The lady should have offered to call me back instead of asking me to wait. Anyway, she found out that the 100 dollar tour had a pick up at 11 pm at the hotel and then drive at night, whereas the 200 dollar tour was a morning pick up. So I took the expensive tour, received a confirmation and a voucher. That all worked well. I was promised a 7 am pick up at my hotel. At 7.30 I was still waiting and called the agent in Morocco who told me, that the driver was picking up other people first, and therefore I had to wait. Why nobody told me that beforehand is incomprehensible. When the van finally arrived … voila! It was empty - apart from the driver. So the story about picking up others first was just a lie. The driver showed up 8.20 - thats a 50 minutes delay and I was the first customer! We drove to other hotels and picked up other travellers and then to the central square where we waited quite a while to be distributed into long distance vans. It was chaotic and tourists were pushed around like cattle and the drivers yelling and shouting. Finally in the bus we headed out of town - around 2 hours after my hotel pick up. The driver was kind but spoke hardly any English which was surprising as the lady I spoke to on the phone told me, that there was a very good guide on this tour (again: she obviously didn`t know what she was talking about, and told a lie instead). So, we drove off and stopped at the Ksar Ait Ben Haddou which was interesting. The guide who showed us around the kasbah was not very good though. He had memorised the information about the site and passed it on in a way, that made me doubt if he himself understood what he was saying. He climbed some of the walls and I asked him, if he wasn`t afraid to fall - a question to which he answered: "I do 2 tours with tourists every day" which illustrates his lacking language skills. After the Kasbah, we continued to Ouarzazate where we stopped briefly and continued to a very basic hotel. But all right: there was a toilet and hot shower! Day 2: We were told that the bus left at 7.30. But no .. everyone was ready but we left 8.15, don`t know why. Drove to the gorges which were nice to see, but not that impressive, and continued to the desert camp. At the hotel counter, we were asked to pay a fee though everyone in our group had been promised that the price paid beforehand included all taxes. Then we were taken outside the hotel where a jeep showed up. The camp staff wanted 100 dirham (=10 euros) per person for the jeep to take us to the desert camp. We told the driver, that we had already paid ... so he just took off with some of the tourists from our group, that paid. We asked about the camel tour that we had been promised, and after a very long wait, a man showed up with a caravan of camels. Everyone got on the camels, and they walked us out into the desert. I was expecting a longer ride, but after a mere 25 minutes, the caravan stopped, the camels kneeled and we got off. As everyone was admiring the dunes, the camel-man and the camels left. We were actually left stranded in the desert and nobody knew what was happening. It was deeply worrying and I was scared myself, especially as it was getting dark and we couldn`t see the hotel and the way back. People started calling their agents in Europe, Japan and the US plus the hotel. I called the office in Morocco to tell them that I was not a happy customer: I was left in the desert, I was not taken to the tent camp and none of the local staff seemed to know what was going on - or to care. He promised me to send a car to the hotel that would take me through the desert to the tent camp. We waited around 90 minutes, and suddenly a camel caravan arrived to take us back. There were not camels for everybody, so many tourists ended up walking back. Five minutes after the arrival of the caravan, the man from the Moroccan agency called me to ask where I was. I told him that I was on a camel in the desert on the way back to the hotel. He asked how long it would be before arriving at the hotel. As it had taken 25 min on the way out, I said that it would be 30 min. He said that there was a car waiting for me at the hotel and hung up. Nine minutes after he called me again to tell me, that he didn`t think it would be 30 min but more like an hour before I arrived at the hotel. I don`t know where he got that idea from - after all it was me who was on the camel and knew how long it had taken on the way out into the desert. And I don`t know what he wanted me to do. I couldn`t just tell the camel to move faster. I arrived at the hotel 31 min after - and of course, there was no car and there had been no car waiting for me. I went up to the reception in the hotel and asked them how they planned to get me to the tent camp. The receptionist told me, that the tent camp didn`t exist. That came as a surprise, as several tourists from our bus had been taken there just hours earlier. I asked him where I should sleep and he told me to go away. As I insisted that they found a place for me to sleep, the receptionist started to yell at me. That is completely unacceptable and I won`t have it. Other staff members saw how he was loosing control and came to my rescue. They took me to an area just meters away from the hotel, where there were 6 plastic tents - nowhere near a berber desert camp, and walked from tent to tent to see if there was an empty bed. They found a bed that seemed to be unoccupied in a tent of 4 beds. On the bed next to the empty bed was what was clearly a ladies luggage with coloured scarfs and make-up. I said that I would feel a little uncomfortable sleeping next to a lady - especially a lady I didn`t know. The hotel-man just answered: "My friend - no problem". So I asked if he himself would feel comfortable sleeping in a tent with ladies he did not know or if he would let his wife or daughters sleep in a tent with a man they didn`t know. He just repeated: "My friend - no problem". At that point I was exhausted, I was hungry, and I was scared, so I just said "all right" and left my backpack on that bed and went to have some dinner, went to the washrooms only to find there was no toilet paper nor any soap, after which I went to bed - only to be woken up 2 hours later by a group of 4 tourists from Romania who asked me, what I was doing in their tent. It was a very embarrassing and akward situation for all of us. We were 5 people and only 4 beds and they felt like I had gate-crashed into their tent. However 2 of the others cuddled up in one bed and we went to sleep. The following morning we got up early and saw the sunset, which was nice and drove off heading back to Marrakech - this last day is a very long drive. In total we spend about 11 hours in the van that day before arriving in Marrakech. In total: I was told a pack of lies, I was taken for a fool, I was yelled at, I was scared, I was put in someone elses bed and spend the night in a plastic tent with 4 complete strangers and not the berber camp in the desert that I paid for. I am glad to have seen the Ksar Ait Ben Haddou and the desert - but had I known what I know now .... I would`t have travelled with this company.
cintiah2015
April 2019
Our whole tour group was extremely mad with the arrangement! We did not get to camp in the desert! We all wanted to ask for half the refund of this tour! Camping in tents in the desert was clearly written on the website but in the end look where we slept! We were sleeping beside the hotel in civilised world not even in the desert under the canopy of stars. This experience is not even what we paid for! It’s such a scam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We all paid the same amount of money as the orther group cos my friends were camping in the desert with the same amount of money paid! So I don’t understand why didn’t we camp in the desert which is the main point of this tour!
Daša Š
March 2019
It is jice ( if you dont have more time) to travel for 3 days to south Morocco, visit Ait Ben Haddou, Dades gorge and Merzouga with dunes. It is new country and new view on life and new sense and new philosophy... Really, just go.
Asher B
February 2019
Pick-Up: I was collected at 7am prompt from my Riad and escorted straight to the minivan. It then took 90 minutes of transferring different groups, before we finally left Marrakech. This got a little tedious and frustrating, and I had the feeling immediately that the tour companies struggle to cope with larger number of tourists arriving during the peak season. Day 1: Most of the first day was spent driving, with a short breakfast stop at a restaurant overlooking the Atlas Mountains. The day's real highlight was visiting the Ait Ben Haddou, which was spectacular and the best guide of the trip joined us here (his name may have been Omar - he was the youngest guide (he had braces) - and the only guide I actually wanted to tip - and unusually he didn't even ask for one, and disappeared before I had the chance to give him one). Strangely, we were given only a few minutes in Ouarzazate - and not allowed by our driver to enter the Kasbah or film museum - which was a real shame - and it had been included on the itinerary. We then missed our scheduled sunset stop - seemingly because it was more important to our driver that we made it to one of the en-route restaurants, despite the fact we had already stopped for breakfast, lunch, and would later have dinner when we arrived. Couldn't we have spent some more time (even half-an-hour) in Ouarzazate? Never mind, I enjoyed a nice Coca Cola a mediocre sunset experience overlooking a town, as opposed to what was actually listed on the programme. We then continued to Dades gorge, where we stayed the night - and here's where it gets a little interesting... I was the only solo traveller in my group - so I was separated and asked to join a different group, which I didn't mind. There was another solo traveller (Michael) in the other group - but he had paid a 10 euro supplement per night, to have a private room. He was very welcoming and didn't mind sharing with me - but the tour groups could have done better than to take his money without giving him the private room he'd paid for. We spent the night at La Gazelle du dades. The hotel was surprisingly good and exceeded my expectations - sure it was a little cold - but it was far better than other reviews that I had seen. Dinner and service was excellent - but the mint tea was terrible - terrible - terrible - no amount of sugar could mask how bad that tea was. We ordered another pot before bed and it didn't get any better - and it was equally bad at breakfast. It is the worst Moroccan tea I have ever had - worse even than the mint tea I had at the Sahara lounge in Stanmore, UK - anyways let's move on... The hotel overlooked the gorge, well technically it was in the gorge, so we looked up at it? Anyways - the sound of water at night and the sunrise was a lovely experience. Day 2: We left at 8am. Sunrise is very late in the winter, which explains why the tour struggled to run to time on Day 2 and Day 3. Again most of the day spent driving with nice stops at Tinghir and the Todga Gorge. We hiked from the gorge to a local village, that gave us a nice experience of the locals, and obligatory stop at an authentic carpet workshop, which was interesting but clearly included only for the chance someone would buy an over-inflated rug. The seller was very nice - "you don't need to buy, but we stay friends" and I stayed with another couple after the tour to negotiate on some of the rugs. The prices were ridiculously inflated - starting price 10,000 dirhams - I was laughed at for starting at 500 dirhams, then not going above 1000. In the end I bought a similar rug back in Marrakech for 1300, so I can't complain. At the end of this stage of the tour, our guide, who was a little shifty and creepy, awkwardly demanded a tip - none of us gave him (from what I could see). We continued into the Sahara for the next few hours, making one nice late-lunch stop at the Café Touroug that I quite enjoyed, even if the menu prices appeared quite inflated. We arrived at Merzouga about an hour before sunset, where we were able to leave our stuff at a hotel, then continuing on jeeps to the camels. The jeep ride was a real bonus, that wasn't promoted in the programme, and although brief it was a lot of fun. We spent some time waiting for the camels to come - about 45 minutes - in the meanwhile enjoying a spectacular sunset from the dunes. The camels, when they finally came took us 45 minutes through twilight, then darkness to the dessert camp. I thoroughly enjoyed the camel ride, although we ended up arriving pitch black as the last group at the camp. Again, it was a struggle to find a tent and I ended up back with my other solo friend from the other group - after a couple hours of trying to find somewhere to sleep. Dinner was excellent - the tea this time also good - but there was no tea to be had after dinner - this was a real shame. Despite being told not to wander too far from camp, I took an amazing hike with my newfound solo traveler buddy, Michael up to the top of the highest sand dune, adjacent to the camp. We sat up there for 45 minutes (it took us close to an hour to make the climb) - then we were suddenly joined by another group from camp - Croatian and Polish guys - as we sat there watching the moon rise up over the distant dunes. It was incredible - a moonless night beforehand we could see the stars like never before - and I'd never seen a moonrise. Incredible. We headed back to camp and sat round a roaring camp fire - tea would have made the night - but I had some water and passed my dried biltong round instead, and made do. Night in a Bedouin tent in winter - its rough and was about a grim as I expected, but all part of the experience nonetheless. Day 3: Surprisingly late wake up (7:30am) because of the late sunrise, but even then I overslept to 8am. Jeeps took us to where we'd originally met the camels the previous day - and we were left in the icy cold morning to enjoy an amazing sunrise, while I massaged and rubbed at my feet, still numb from the night's cold. The camels eventually came, and we stopped for breakfast at the hotel. There was no time to shower as promised on the programme, but I made do with sticking my numb sand-covered feet in the hotel swimming pool, and giving them a good wash. Unfortunately, and it wasn't made clear when I booked, most of the entire was spent driving - with the entire 3rd day (over 12 hours) spent in the minivan. The only stops on the final day were return breaks at all the places we had passed through previously. Most annoyingly, the timings provided most likely reflected the summer schedule, and due to a very late sunrise we didn't leave Merzouga until close to 10am, arriving back in Marrakech at 10pm and not between 17:00 and 18:00 as advertised. This had the knock-on effect of me arriving at my hotel, which had cancelled my reservation, and then struggling to find alternative accommodation late at night. I selected this option over the 2-day tour to Zagora (I've heard from most people that Merzouga is better), thinking there would be more time to explore. So I'd recommend if you have more time, to select a 4 or 5 day option, if available. Our driver was excellent, but he was miserable from having done the same job and same routes every single week for 20+ years, and he hardly even acknowledged or talked to us until the final day. I can't really blame him, and we were given guides at other points. Overall: The tour met my expectations, and is great value for money, and the best option for the limited time I had available, but there is substantial room for improvement (especially on time keeping). I imagine that the experience is better during off-peak season, and especially when the days are a little longer. Thank you to Brahim Daoud (who was in regular contact in the lead up to, during and following the tour) and the team at Marrakech Travel Services! Harrison from London
Doina G
September 2018

I thoroughly enjoyed this trip, great value for money. I recommend it!

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