Private transfer from Casablanca to Merzouga

A private transfer from Casablanca to Merzouga covers about 654 km in about 10 hours of driving, in your own car with an English- or French-speaking driver. You pay one fixed price for the car, from €500, agreed before you travel. The drive from Merzouga back to Casablanca costs the same, and so does the pickup at Mohammed V airport.

It is a long day. No coach and no train go to Merzouga, and the nearest airport is two hours away. A car is the only way to leave Casablanca in the morning and be at the dunes of Erg Chebbi before dark. If you have more time, a tour that crosses the country over several days is a better way to see the road: see our Sahara desert tours.

Prices per car

The price is for the car, not for each person, so a group of six or seven in the Tourneo or the Vito shares it. It includes the driver, the fuel and the tolls, and it is the same by day or by night. For eight to 17 people we arrange a Mercedes Sprinter minibus, price on request.

Car, coach or plane?

Coach times and fares are CTM's, read on its booking site on 9 November 2026 for Thursday 19 November and Thursday 17 December. They can change.

The CTM coach. CTM sells no coach to Merzouga. Its coaches go to Rissani, about 39 km away, and to Erfoud, about 53 km away. All of them leave Casablanca in the day, change on the way, and arrive at 06:20 the next morning. The fastest left at 18:00 and took 12 h 20, for 305 MAD. From Rissani, you still need a taxi or a pickup to Merzouga.

The flight. Royal Air Maroc flies from Mohammed V to Errachidia (Moulay Ali Cherif airport), about an hour in the air; the number of flights a week varies, so check with the airline. From Errachidia airport, Merzouga is about 124 km, about 2 h 10 by road, and we can do that drive for you: ask us for the price.

The train. The railway does not go to the south-east. Travel guides suggest a train to Meknès or Fès, then a coach.

A rental car. You can drive it yourself, but 10 hours in one go, on ordinary roads over a mountain range, is a lot after a flight. In Merzouga you leave the car at your hotel; the dunes are crossed on foot, by camel or by 4x4.

For one person on a tight budget, the overnight coach costs less. The car is worth its price when:

• you are a group: four to seven people share the Tourneo or the Vito;
• you land at Mohammed V airport and want to be in the desert the same day;
• you want to stop on the way, for lunch in Midelt or a photo in the Ziz valley;
• you are coming back to catch a flight, and cannot rely on a night coach.

From Mohammed V airport to Merzouga

Mohammed V airport is about 642 km from Merzouga, about 9 h 50 by car, and the price is the same as from Casablanca. Add your flight number when you book: we follow the flight, and your driver meets you in the arrivals hall with your name on a sign.

Landing in the afternoon? Driving through the night to the desert is tiring and you would see nothing of the road. Ask us about leaving the next morning instead.

One day or two?

Ten hours is a full day. You can split it: a night in Midelt or in Ifrane, in the cedar mountains, makes two easy days. Tell us your dates, and we confirm the plan and the price on WhatsApp. Through Ifrane, the drive is about 694 km, about 11 hours of driving in all.

The other way south goes through Marrakech, over the High Atlas to Ouarzazate and along the road of the kasbahs: about 796 km, 13 hours. That one is a tour, not a transfer. See our tours from Casablanca, and our 8 days from Casablanca to Marrakech by the Sahara.

Arriving in Merzouga

Merzouga is a village at the edge of Erg Chebbi, a sea of sand dunes on the far western edge of the Sahara. Its dunes rise up to about 150 m, among the tallest in the Sahara, and the erg runs about 28 km north to south and 5 to 7 km wide, along the border with Algeria.

If you are spending a night in a desert camp, it is reached by camel or by 4x4, and the camp tells you where to meet. Your driver takes you to your hotel or to that meeting point. Give us the name when you book.

Merzouga to Casablanca

The drive back costs the same and takes the same time. Choose "Merzouga → Casablanca" at the top of the form, and give the address or the flight you are going to. Catching a flight at Mohammed V? Leave a day's margin if you can: on a 10-hour drive, we plan the pickup early.

By coach, CTM's coaches back left Rissani at 20:15 on the dates we checked, with a change on the way, and reached Casablanca the next morning or the next afternoon, for 280 to 370 MAD.

Going on from Merzouga

• The Todra gorge and the Dadès valley are to the west, on the road of the kasbahs to Ouarzazate and Marrakech. Our Sahara desert tours take that road.
• Fès is north, over the Middle Atlas. See our three days from Marrakech to Fès through the desert.
• Back to the Middle Atlas: our Casablanca to Ifrane transfer.

How to book this transfer

1. Send the details on WhatsApp: from, to, date and time, number of passengers and large bags, your flight number if you have one, and the name of your hotel or camp. Or use the booking form on this page.
2. We confirm the car and the fixed price, usually within the hour. Nothing is booked until we confirm.
3. On the day, your driver is there at the time you agreed.