Mustapha Desert Travel Marrakech · Ouarzazate
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Two vehicles crossing the desert in convoy
About

Mustapha, and three cars

A licensed Moroccan transport company based in Marrakech, with a second base in Ouarzazate for the desert routes.

It started with one car and airport runs. Guests kept asking whether he would drive them further — to Aït Ben Haddou, then to Merzouga, then across the piste to Chegaga — and after a few years of saying yes, the airport runs had turned into a tour company that still thinks like a transport company.

That is the difference, and it shows up in small ways. The vehicle is owned rather than hired, so it is clean and it is serviced. The driver is the owner, so nothing gets subcontracted to whoever was free. And because the business began by getting people to the airport on time, it is unusually serious about time — which, on a road where a closed pass can cost you four hours, matters.

Today the fleet is three vehicles and the routes run from the Atlantic at Essaouira to the dunes at Erg Chegaga, with everything in between. Guests come from France, Spain, Britain, Germany and the United States, and are met in their own language.

“I would rather change the plan than deliver a bad day.”

Mustapha beside the Land Cruiser in Marrakech
Guests on the road

Photographs from real journeys, not a stock library.

Mustapha with four guests in front of a southern desert gateway
Guests at a desert gateway in the south
Guests on a terrace above a palm valley with a mountain behind
Above the palm groves, on the kasbah road
A group beside two Land Cruisers on a track above an oasis
A group and both Land Cruisers, out on the piste
How we work

Licensed and insured

Registered as a Moroccan transport operator with full passenger liability cover on every vehicle.

Owned, not rented

Three vehicles, all ours, serviced on the manufacturer's schedule and cleaned between every guest.

Fixed prices in writing

Quoted before you travel and unchanged afterwards. Fuel, tolls and parking are ours to worry about.

Private departures only

You never share a vehicle with strangers. Every journey runs for your group alone.

3
vehicles, all owned
20
private journeys
2
bases: Marrakech, Ouarzazate
5
languages on board
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Tell us roughly what you want

You do not need a finished plan. Send us your dates, how many of you there are, and one thing you would hate to miss. Mustapha will reply personally with a route and a price.