Fes Trip Overview
On this 3-day Sahara desert tour from Fes to Marrakech via Merzouga Sahara desert dunes you will discover some of the best highlights of Morocco. See the real Sahara desert dunes in Merzouga (Erg Chebbi Dunes) and ride camels.
Travel from Fes to Marrakech on a 3-day desert tour crossing the Atlas Mountains and Morocco’s vast Sahara desert. The 3-day Fes to Marrakech Desert tour is the perfect road trip to explore the best Morocco has to offer: Middle Atlas Mountains with its cedar forests, lush green oases, sand dunes, canyons and adobe Casbahs.
Although the tour covers a vast area of Morocco in a relatively short time, the amazing scenery will captivate your senses!
Additional Info
* Duration: 3 days
* Starts: Fes, Morocco
* Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> 4WD, ATV & Off-Road Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Fes, Fes-Meknes, Morocco
On this 3-day Sahara desert tour from Fes to Marrakech via Merzouga Sahara desert dunes you will discover some of the best highlights of Morocco. See the real Sahara desert dunes in Merzouga (Erg Chebbi Dunes) and ride camels.
Travel from Fes to Marrakech on a 3-day desert tour crossing the Atlas Mountains and Morocco’s vast Sahara desert. The 3-day Fes to Marrakech Desert tour is the perfect road trip to explore the best Morocco has to offer: Middle Atlas Mountains with its cedar forests, lush green oases, sand dunes, canyons and adobe Casbahs.
Although the tour covers a vast area of Morocco in a relatively short time, the amazing scenery will captivate your senses!
Itinerary
Day 1: Fes – Ifrane – Azrou – Midelt – Errachidia – Erfoud – Merzouga
Stop At: Merzouga Desert, Merzouga Morocco
Your driver / guide will pick you up as early as possible, 07h00 AM in winter time and 08h00 AM in summer (that will allow you enough driving time to catch the sunset in Erg Chebbi).
Your tour will start crossing the plains of Saiss towards the Cedar forests of the Middle Atlas Mountains past Ifran and Azrou. You can spot Barbary apes on the side of the road and stop for some photos.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Midelt, Midelt, Meknes-Tafilalet Region
Continue to Midelt, where you will stop for lunch.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Erg Chebbi, Erg Chebbi, Meknes-Tafilalet Region
From here you will carry on crossing Ziz River driving past thousands of sky-scraping palm trees and fortified Kasbahs to Erfoud, then to Merzouga and Erg Chebbi, where your camel caravan will be waiting for you to ride your camels like nomads to watch the colour-changing sunset over Erg Chebbi sand dunes.
Drive your camels back to your Sahara desert camp to freshen up before getting ready for your dinner under the stars while entertained by the local nomads playing their Tam-tam drums.
Overnight at your Sahara desert camp.
Duration: 12 hours
Meals included:
• Dinner
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at your Sahara desert camp.
Day 2: Day 2: Merzouga – Errisani – Todra Gorge – Dades Valley
Stop At: Todgha Gorge, R 703 near the town of Tinerhir, Tinerhir 45520 Morocco
After an early sunrise camel ride, meet your guide in Merzouga. Today the drive will feature one beautiful scene after another including the stunning oasis of Tinghir; where you will be able to take a walk along Todgha riverbank visiting Berber villages and learning about the life style of the local inhabitants. Continue your walk to the magnificent Todgha Canyons, and treat yourself to a delicious lunch at a local cafe.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Boumalne Dades, Boumalne Dades, Souss-Massa
In the afternoon, drive along the road of the Casbahs to Dades Valley before you arrive to your boutique guest house.
Dinner and overnight in Dades Valley.
Duration: 12 hours
Meals included:
• Dinner
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Dades Valley
Day 3: Dades Valley – Skoura – Ouarzazate – Ait Ben Haddou – Marrakech
Stop At: Kalaat M’Gouna, Morocco
After breakfast, drive along the Valley of the Roses to Kalaa Mgouna where you might choose to visit one of the Rose water cooperatives and learn how the locals prepare rose scented perfumes based on distilled rose water.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Ait Ben Haddou, Ait Ben Haddou, Souss-Massa
We continue to Ouarzazate past Skoura oasis famous for its date palm trees, then to Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou where you will have lunch before a visit of the Kasbah, a UNESCO world heritage site, that has been used as a set for various Hollywood movies, fashion and commercial shooting. The Kasbah is well preserved and consisted of various Kasbahs packed together and appears as a single unit.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Tizi n Tichka, Imlil Village, Ouarzazate 45000 Morocco
In the afternoon, we begin our descent through the Atlas Mountains past Tizi Ntichka Pass passing by various Berber villages with houses built with stones and mud. You immediately notice that life here never changed since centuries ago and most of the locals are shepherds.
We arrive Marrakech late afternoon and your driver will take you to your riad or hotel.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
