Our top pick13,799 reviews
6 hMarrakech: Agafay Sunset Quad, Camel Ride & Dinner
★ 4.9 · 13,799 reviews
- Six hours, Sunset quad and camel ride
- Fire show under the stars
- Atlas Mountain views
- Free cancellation
$29$4.83 / hour
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Agafay Desert tour: the sunset evenings compared
An Agafay Desert tour is an evening out of Marrakech: a drive of 40 minutes to an hour, a camel ride, a quad ride on seven of the eight listings, the sunset over rocky open ground, then dinner in the desert with music or a fire show. Eight listings sell that evening, from $17 to $39. This page puts them side by side: what each one includes, how long you actually spend on the camel, and which one to book.
Quick answer
The short answer. For the full evening, book our top pick: quad, camel ride, sunset, dinner and a fire show for $29, rated 4.9 from 13,799 reviews. If you would rather not ride a quad, the camel-and-dinner Agafay Desert tour costs $18. The lowest price for quad, camel and dinner together is $17.
Agafay Desert tour at a glance
- Agafay evenings on this page
- 8 listingsfrom $17
- Lowest price
- $17quad, camel, dinner, fire show
- Our top pick
- $29rated 4.9, 13,799 reviews
- Most reviewed
- 40,655 reviews$25, rated 4.8
- Camel and dinner, no quad
- $1838,649 reviews, rated 4.6
- Drive from Marrakech
- 40 min to 1 hourby the listings’ own figures
- Camel ride, where stated
- 15 to 20 minuteson three listings
- Quad ride, where stated
- 40 minuteson two listings
- Whole evening
- 5 to 7 hoursdoor to door
- The ground
- Rocky desertin the listings’ words
- Hotel pickup
- Listedon all eight evenings
- Cancellation
- Free cancellationas each listing states
What you are booking
What an Agafay evening actually is
The Agafay is near enough to Marrakech for an evening: about 40 minutes of driving on two listings, one hour on our top pick. The listings describe it as rocky — open, stony ground, with Atlas Mountain views on the ones that mention them.
Every Agafay Desert tour from Marrakech on this page is built from the same parts. Pickup from your hotel is listed, then comes the drive out, then the activities: a camel ride, a quad ride on seven of the eight, the sunset, dinner, and music or a fire show to finish. The whole evening lasts 5 to 7 hours, door to door.
What changes is the length of each part and the extras: three stop for argan oil, our top pick stops near Lalla Takerkoust, one has a pool in its title. Price follows the extras less than you might expect: the highest-rated evening costs $29.
Hour by hour
How an Agafay Desert tour runs, step by step
The most reviewed listing, at $25, is the one that times each part; the others run the same pieces.
- Hotel pickup and the drive out — 40 minutes to an hour
Pickup in Marrakech is listed on all eight evenings. A Marrakech to Agafay Desert tour includes the road both ways, which is why the evenings run 5 to 7 hours in total.
- An argan oil stop, on three listings
A women’s cooperative on the most reviewed evening, a glass of Moroccan tea with the story of argan oil on the camel-and-dinner one, 30 minutes at a factory on the double quad.
- The quad ride — 40 minutes
That is the figure where a listing states it. Book the $21 Agafay Desert quad tour if two of you want to share one machine: it offers a double quad.
- The camel ride — 15 to 20 minutes
Fifteen minutes on the most reviewed evening, twenty on the camel-and-dinner and double-quad evenings. It is a short part of a long evening, so choose the listing for the whole evening rather than for the ride.
- The sunset — about 30 minutes
This is the sunset Agafay Marrakech evenings are sold on, and the most reviewed listing sets aside 30 minutes for it. How the sky looks on the day is up to the weather.
- Dinner — about an hour
One hour on the most reviewed listing. The listings call it a traditional Moroccan dinner and publish no menu, so ask the operator about dietary needs before you book.
- Music, dancing or a fire show — about 30 minutes
The most reviewed listing gives its show 30 minutes. Five evenings name a fire show; the others name live Berber music, a dance show or storytelling.
Agafay Desert Marrakech sunset camp
An Agafay Desert sunset near Marrakech, honestly described
The evenings are timed for the light, and that is what sets them apart from a morning ride. Five of the eight listings write the sunset into their description; our top pick sells it as a sunset quad ride.
This is how a Marrakech desert sunset fits into a city break: you are collected from your hotel, and the whole evening takes 5 to 7 hours, dinner included.
What no Agafay Desert tour can do is book the sky, and none of the eight listings promises otherwise. What you pay for is being out in open desert at that hour, with dinner waiting.
The picture most people carry of a Marrakech Morocco desert sunset is camels against an orange sky, and three listings sell exactly that pairing: a sunset camel trek on the $25 and $17 evenings, and a camel ride with the sunset on the $18 one.
Camel only, or quad as well
Camel and dinner, or quad and camel: which evening to book
Camel and dinner only — $18. A 20-minute camel ride along an ancient Berber path, the sunset, then dinner and entertainment at a desert camp with Berber music around a fire. There is no quad on it, and it has 38,649 reviews at 4.6. This is the Agafay Desert camel sunset Marrakech visitors come for, without the engine noise.
Quad, camel and dinner — $25 to $29. The most reviewed Agafay Desert tour, at $25, adds a 40-minute quad ride and a fire show to the camel and dinner: 40,655 reviews at 4.8; the next listing has 38,649. Our top pick, at $29, has the same core with Atlas Mountain views and is rated 4.9 from 13,799 reviews, the highest rating of the eight.
What the quad costs you. Against the camel-only evening, the quad adds $7 on the most reviewed listing and $11 on our top pick: a small step up for a 40-minute ride and a fire show.
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Four Agafay evenings worth booking
Our top pick, the two most reviewed evenings and the lowest price.
Fire show after dinner40,655 reviews
7 hMarrakech: Agafay Desert Quad & Camel Rides with Dinner Show
★ 4.8 · 40,655 reviews
- Seven hours, Quad, sunset camel trek, dinner
- Fire show after dinner
- Argan oil cooperative visit
- Free cancellation
$25$3.57 / hour
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Sunset over the Agafay Desert38,649 reviews
5 hMarrakech: Agafay Desert Sunset, Camel Ride, and Dinner Show
★ 4.6 · 38,649 reviews
- Five hours, Camel along an ancient Berber path
- Sunset over the Agafay Desert
- Dinner and music at camp
- Free cancellation
$18$3.60 / hour
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Dinner and a fire show1,832 reviews
6 hMarrakech: Agafay Desert Quad & Camel & pool & Dinner Show
★ 4.7 · 1,832 reviews
- Six hours, Sunset camel trek and quad
- Dinner and a fire show
- Fire show to end the night
- Free cancellation
$17$2.83 / hour
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Each Agafay Desert tour Marrakech offers here, priced side by side
The eight Agafay evenings, a 9-hour Atlas day trip that stops in the Agafay for tea and a camel ride, and the Palmeraie ride for comparison.
| Tour | Length | Price | What you get | Cost per hour, door to door | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marrakech: Agafay Sunset Quad, Camel Ride & DinnerFire show under the stars | 6 h | $29 | Sunset quad and camel ride | $4.83 | 4.9 · 13,799 |
| Marrakech: Agafay Desert Quad & Camel Rides with Dinner ShowFire show after dinner | 7 h | $25 | Quad, sunset camel trek, dinner | $3.57 | 4.8 · 40,655 |
| Marrakech: Agafay Desert Sunset, Camel Ride, and Dinner ShowSunset over the Agafay Desert | 5 h | $18 | Camel along an ancient Berber path | $3.60 | 4.6 · 38,649 |
| Marrakech Agafay Desert: Quad Bike, Camel Ride & Dinner ShowBerber music and dance show | 7 h | $28 | Quad bike and camel trek | $4.00 | 4.8 · 5,902 |
| Marrakech Agafay Desert Quad Bike, Camel Ride & Dinner ShowDinner under the starlit sky | 6 h | $22 | Quad biking through the Agafay | $3.67 | 4.6 · 3,613 |
| Marrakech: Agafay Quad Tour with Camel Ride, Dinner & ShowDouble quad for two | 6 h | $21 | A 20-minute dromedary ride | $3.50 | 4.8 · 3,521 |
| Marrakech: Agafay Desert Quad Bike with Camels & Dinner ShowDinner under the Agafay stars | 6.5 h | $39 | Camel ride and quad ride | $6.00 | 4.6 · 2,382 |
| Marrakech: Agafay Desert Quad & Camel & pool & Dinner ShowDinner and a fire show | 6 h | $17 | Sunset camel trek and quad | $2.83 | 4.7 · 1,832 |
| Marrakech: Atlas Mountains & Agafay Desert Tour w Camel RideBerber villages on the mountainside | 9 h | $14 | Atlas villages and waterfalls | $1.56 | 4.8 · 5,171 |
| Marrakech: Camel Ride in the Oasis PalmeraieMint tea in a nomadic area | 2 h | $21 | Camel ride through palm groves | $10.50 | 4.6 · 5,338 |
The pool listing
The lowest price, and the pool in its title
The lowest price on this page is $17, and it is not a cut-down evening. Its description reads almost word for word like the most reviewed one: ride a quad, a sunset camel trek, a traditional Moroccan dinner, and a fire show to end the night. It is rated 4.7 from 1,832 reviews.
Its title also says pool; the description says nothing more about it, so book it for the evening and ask the operator about the pool.
If the budget decides, this is the Agafay Desert sunset dinner Marrakech has at the lowest price on this page.
Only want the camel, and closer to town? The Palmeraie palm groves are on the edge of the city: two hours in total, one of them on the camel, for $21.
Camel rides compared→Our verdict
Which Agafay evening to book
Book our top pick — $29, 4.9 from 13,799 reviews — if you want the full evening: a sunset quad ride, a camel ride, dinner and a fire show, with Atlas Mountain views. It is the best-rated Agafay Desert tour on this page.
Book the most reviewed — $25, 40,655 reviews at 4.8 — if you want the evening with each part timed on the listing.
Book the camel-and-dinner evening — $18 — if quads are not for you. If all you want is a Marrakech desert camel sunset and a meal, it does exactly that.
On a budget, the $17 listing is the lowest-priced Agafay Desert quad Marrakech sunset package here, rated 4.7. Two of you sharing a machine? The $21 double quad.
Common questions
Agafay Desert tour questions, answered
How far is the Agafay Desert from Marrakech?
About 40 minutes to an hour by road. Two listings put the drive at about 40 minutes, and our top pick says one hour. Hotel pickup is listed on all eight evenings, so the drive is part of the 5 to 7 hours each one lasts.
Is the Agafay a sand desert?
The listings describe it as rocky: open, stony ground, with the Atlas Mountains in view on the listings that mention them. Book an Agafay Desert tour for the space, the sunset and the evening at camp, not for sand.
Agafay or Palmeraie — which camel ride is better?
Different trips. The Palmeraie ride is $21 for two hours, an hour of it on the camel through palm groves, on the edge of the city. The Agafay evenings take 5 to 7 hours and add the sunset, dinner and a show. Short on time: Palmeraie. One whole evening: Agafay.
What time do Agafay tours leave Marrakech?
The listings here publish no fixed hour, so check the time shown on the listing for your date. What they do give is the length, 5 to 7 hours door to door, built around the sunset and dinner.
How long is the camel ride on an Agafay Desert sunset tour from Marrakech?
Fifteen to twenty minutes, where the listing states it: 15 on the most reviewed evening, 20 on the camel-and-dinner and double-quad evenings. The other listings give no figure. In the Palmeraie, the ride is one hour.
Do you have to ride a quad on an Agafay Desert tour?
No. The $18 evening has no quad at all: camel ride, sunset, dinner and music. Seven of the eight Agafay evenings here include a quad; where the listing gives its length, it is 40 minutes.
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