The Agafay desert

Located 30 kilometres south of Marrakech, also known as the ‘Marrakech Desert’, the Agafay Desert features several hundred hectares of white dunes that strongly resemble sand dunes.

This Reg, a desert of stone and rock, offers an immense, arid and lunar landscape, illuminated however by an oasis that emerges as if from nowhere, it is called the enchanted oasis. With its succession of whitish-coloured undulations, the Agafay Desert is an astonishing site to discover on the outskirts of Morocco’s ochre city, beautiful Marrakech.

The Agafay Desert, where silence reigns supreme and where, nestling in the hollow of this arid valley, is an enchanted oasis populated by eucalyptus, olive trees and vines which, thanks to a nearby wadi, the ideal habitat for frogs and turtles, thrive with ease.

Surprising views and magnificent panoramas, you can sleep in Berber tents or in a guest room, you can explore this universe as you wish, in a buggy, on horseback, as you please, and you can even take a helicopter flight over this desert, the Agafay Desert, which is well worth the diversions.

Things to see and do in and around the Agafay desert

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What to Do in Agafay Desert: 14 Must-Try Activities

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The Best Pool Days in the Agafay Desert

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Top 4 Agafay Desert Buggy Tours from Marrakech

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Paragliding above Agafay desert : experience a duo flight

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December 15th, 2022

Hot-air ballooning over the Agafay desert

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February 11th, 2020

The best Agafay desert camps for a night in a luxury tent

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5 Quad Biking Trips in the Agafay Desert and High Atlas

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