How Much Does a Merzouga Tour Cost? Prices and Budget 2026

What does the price of an excursion mainly depend on?

An excursion to Merzouga is generally sold in two ways: as a shared group, where you join other travellers in a minibus, or as a private option, where the vehicle and driver are reserved for you alone.

The price per person changes a lot depending on the option chosen.

On a shared group basis, the rate starts at 80 € per adult and 75 € per child.

This price includes the air-conditioned minibus, the multilingual driver, overnight stays, dinners, breakfasts and the camel ride in the Erg Chebbi dunes.

Three levels: standard, comfort, luxury

Beyond the group or private choice, tours also come in three service levels.

The standard option remains the cheapest (80 €/adult, 75 €/child).

The comfort option, with a better-equipped desert camp and more services, starts at 110 € per adult and 100 € per child.

The luxury option, with a high-end private camp, starts at 180 € per adult and 170 € per child.

The difference between these levels is not about the route or the visits.

It lies almost entirely in one thing: the night in the desert.

A standard desert camp offers shared tents with shared bathrooms.

A comfort or luxury desert camp offers private tents, sometimes with an en-suite bathroom and hot shower.

And how much does a private tour cost?

For a vehicle and driver reserved for your group alone, the rate is quoted on request via WhatsApp.

This option particularly suits families or small groups of friends who want to adjust departure times and stops along the way.

On this point, it pays to be honest: a price well below these ranges almost always hides a cut somewhere.

Most often in the quality of the vehicle, the comfort of the desert camp, or the number of people packed into the minibus.

The full details of this private option, with the complete programme, are on our Merzouga private tour page.

On a tight budget with little time available, the 3-day tour, from 80 € per person in a group, remains the most suitable option, with one night at a stopover and one night at a desert camp.

How do you choose based on your profile?

If your priority is the budget and you are travelling alone or as a couple and happy to share the journey, our standard shared group option remains the most rational choice.

For a couple on a honeymoon or a special occasion, our luxury tour genuinely changes the desert night experience.

For a family with children, the private tour lets you adjust the pace of the road days, which are often long.

To understand how the whole journey between Marrakech and the desert is structured, our article on the Marrakech-Merzouga itinerary details the stages that justify these rates.

Reference rates for tourism in Morocco are available on the Moroccan National Tourist Office website.