Marrakech Day Trips: Agafay Desert Tour

Agafay desert is one of the most beautiful and breathtaking landscapes around Marrakech, a rocky desert located at about 30 km from the imperial city, with amazing white dunes quite similar to Sahara dunes. In the middle of this peaceful heaven, many berber villages lost in the desert continue to exist, the nature is extremely preserved and some beautiful creatures live in total peace around the oueds and rocks.

A day trip from Marrakech to this stony desert will give you a perfect feeling of tranquility and serenity and will make you forget your stressful working days.

During day trip to Agafay desert, you will be able to explore the rocky desert, Lalla Takerkoust Lake and Atlas Mountains all in one day. Once you get there, you will have the chance to enjoy a camel ride, and if you love adventures you can even participate to a buggy or quad biking tour.

You will have a short break in one of the greatest camps nestled in the middle of the desert where you will be invited to a cup of mint tea with locals and you can also experience the berber life by visiting a local berber house.

How to reach Agafay Desert ?

After your breakfast, a driver will pick you up from your hotel or Riad in Marrakech at 9h00 am, then you will be taken to the west across a rural road that connects Marrakech to Agafay desert, surrounded by various vegetation and trees, authentic berber villages and magic views on the High Atlas.

When you arrive to Agafay, you will be driven off road through the stony desert to have a break in a local berber tent in Agafay desert camp, where you will be certainely impressed by the high hills and panoramic views. Enjoy a moment of calm and relaxation before continuing to Lalla Takerkoust Lake, built as a water barrage that has a great man-made lake, a real nautical base where several water sports are available such as Jet Ski, water ski, flyboard, banana, wake board…

Around the lake there is many restaurants offering a variety of traditional and modern moroccan dishes. We will highly recommend Le Flouka, a very impressive lakefront restaurant that offers good moroccan food and a magic view on the lake.

After the lunch, you can join a quad desert tour or climbing the mountain with a local guide to visit one of the berber villages located in the foothill of the forest.

A Journey to Agafay desert is one of the most recommended Marrakech day trips by travellers as well as tour operators. This little corner of paradise deserve a visit during your stay in Marrakech in order to escape from the hustle and bustle of the city and take a moment of privacy and relaxation, to to cleanse your mind and soul.