Agafay Desert Tours from Marrakech

An Agafay desert tour is an afternoon trip from Marrakech to the Agafay Desert, a stone desert of pale hills about 30 to 40 km south-west of the city, with the High Atlas on the horizon. You choose a quad biking, buggy or camel ride trip, and every trip ends with dinner and a live show in the desert.

How an Agafay desert tour works

1. 3:00 PM, free pickup at your hotel or riad in Marrakech or the surrounding area, shared with other guests, or in a private car with paid VIP transport. The drive takes about 40 to 60 minutes.
2. The late-afternoon activities: a quad, buggy and/or camel ride, depending on your trip, out of the midday heat. Quad and buggy rides start with a safety briefing, helmets are provided, and a guide leads the group.
3. Around 7:00 PM, dinner with a live show, with a fire performance on the buggy trip. From about October to February, the sun sets while you are in the desert.
4. Back in Marrakech around 8:00 PM.

Agafay desert tour prices

Prices are per person, with dinner, the show and free pickup at your hotel or riad included:

Children aged 3 to 15 pay the same price as adults, and children under 3 are free. Want only one activity, or a longer camel ride? Build Your Own Experience lets you pick a quad, a buggy and/or a camel ride, with dinner as a free option and private VIP transport. Compare all our Agafay desert tours.

Which Agafay tour should you choose?

• A relaxed evening, for couples or families: Camel Ride + Dinner & Show, the simplest tour.
• Adventure: Quad + Camel + Dinner & Show, with 40 minutes or 1h30 on the quad. Anyone 16 or over can drive, and no licence is needed.
• Driving side by side: Buggy + Camel + Dinner & Fire Show. A buggy seats two, with a steering wheel, and the dinner show includes a fire performance.

Agafay or the Sahara?

Agafay has no sand dunes: it is a rocky desert of rolling hills and plateaus. The Sahara's dunes, at Merzouga or Erg Chegaga, are 7 to 9 hours or more by road from Marrakech, so they need a trip of several days. Agafay is the desert you can see in an afternoon, and you are back in Marrakech for the night. Our guide Agafay Desert vs the Sahara compares the two.

What to wear and bring

Closed shoes and sunglasses and, for quad or buggy rides, long trousers and a scarf or buff for the dust (scarves and goggles aren't provided). Bring water, since large bottles aren't included, and from about October to April a warm layer: the desert cools down fast in the evening.

Pickup, booking and cancellation

Pickup is free at 3:00 PM from your hotel or riad, in Marrakech and the surrounding area: the Palmeraie, the Ourika and Fès roads, and Agafay desert hotels. The free pickup is shared with other guests; for a private car just for your group, choose paid VIP private transport when you book. In the medina's narrow streets, the driver meets you at the nearest point a car can reach. More about getting to Agafay from Marrakech.

• Book online on the booking page, even for the same day until 10:00 AM. No card is needed.
• Pay by cash on the day. There is no online payment.
• Free cancellation up to 24 hours before your trip. Inside 24 hours, the transport cost may be deducted.
• Bad weather: if the weather stops an activity, you can move to the next suitable day for free or get a full refund.

Agafay Desert Tour is a booking service: partner operators in the Agafay Desert run the activities with their own guides and drivers, and we handle your booking, your hotel pickup and your questions, including on WhatsApp.