Agafay Desert ATV Riding: Quad Bike, Camel & Dinner

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Duration5h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN · AR +11

PickupAt your hotel

Watch the dunes glow at sunset, then unwind with live music beneath the stars

Agafay Desert ATV riding from Marrakech combines quad biking across the dunes at sunset with a traditional Moroccan dinner, live music and fire show in a Berber tent, plus a camel ride and round-trip hotel transport. The guide speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and seven other languages, and children from age one are welcome. Vegan and vegetarian meals are available.

Step-by-step itinerary

Desert adventure and dinner show

Pickup from hotel in Marrakech
Drive to Agafay Desert
Enjoy quad bike ride on dunes
Watch sunset over desert
Drink traditional mint tea
Have Moroccan dinner in Berber tent
Watch live music and fire show
Take camel ride at sunset
Return to Marrakech hotel

The Experience

The afternoon starts with pickup from your Marrakech hotel in an air-conditioned vehicle. The drive to Agafay takes a short while, moving through arid hills toward the desert floor. Once there, you climb onto a quad bike — one machine shared between two riders — and head out across the dunes as the light begins to shift. The terrain is open and rolling; you navigate it yourself, not as a passenger watching someone else drive. By the time you finish riding, the sun is low enough that the sand catches the color, and that is when the camel ride happens: a slower, quieter way to move through the same landscape before dark.

Dinner happens in a Berber tent set up in the desert, with a bonfire outside. A local cook prepares a three-course meal on-site — tagine, bread, salads, the kind of food that tastes different when you eat it under stars instead of indoors. After you eat, the show starts: live musicians, dancers, and a fire performer. The whole setup is built around the bonfire, so the music and movement happen close enough to feel immediate, not distant. Mint tea comes first, before dinner, as a welcome. If you eat vegan or vegetarian, the kitchen accommodates that.

The return drive to Marrakech happens after the show ends. The whole outing runs about five hours from pickup to drop-off. Transportation is included, the guide is with you the whole time, and the camel ride, quad bike, dinner and show are all part of one price — nothing to arrange separately or pay extra for at the site.

What’s included

Round-trip hotel pickup and air-conditioned transport.
quad bike riding across the dunes (one bike shared between two people).
camel ride at sunset.
three-course Moroccan dinner cooked by locals (vegan and vegetarian meals available).
live music, dance and fire show.
mint tea welcome.
English-speaking guide (plus Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and seven other languages).

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePublic transport nearby

Operated by Targa Travel & Trekkinginmorocco

Is this one for you?Pick this if you want your guide speaking English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian or another of ten languages, and you're riding two to a quad bike so you both navigate the terrain together.