No time for the Sahara? This private Agafay desert tour gives you a taste of the desert in a single afternoon. Just 40 minutes from Marrakech, the Agafay is a stone desert of rolling, sand-colored hills with the snowy High Atlas on the horizon. It is not a sea of dunes like Merzouga, but the silence, the space and the sunsets are very real.
Your driver picks you up in the afternoon and drops you at a desert camp. You ride a camel across the hills as the light turns gold, then watch the sun go down from a ridge. Dinner follows under the stars: salads, tagine and mint tea, with live music around the fire.
It is one of our favorite picks for honeymooners and families with small kids, because there is no early alarm and no long road. You are back in Marrakech by night. Wondering how it compares with the big dunes? Read our guide to Merzouga vs Zagora vs Agafay.
