The Agafay Desert is a rocky "stone desert" of bare hills and dry valleys about 40 km southwest of Marrakech, with the High Atlas mountains on the horizon. It is the closest desert landscape to the city and the most popular place near Marrakech for quad biking.
After pickup at your hotel or riad, a drive of about 45 minutes takes you to the quad base in Agafay. You get a helmet, a scarf (chèche) and a short safety briefing, then ride behind your guide on desert tracks, with photo stops at the viewpoints. Halfway, you stop in a Berber tent for mint tea.
Two people can share one quad (driver and passenger). Drivers must be at least 16; younger children ride as passengers. No driving licence is needed. Add a camel ride and a dinner show for a full Agafay day.
