Fes Trip Overview
Enjoy an ALL Inclusive 3 Day Fez to Marrakech tour via Sahara Desert & Atlas Mountains. We provide the best quality knowledgeable driver/guides in order to make your tour such an unforgettable Desert experience from Fez to Marrakech or Marrakech to Fez.
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
Enjoy an ALL Inclusive 3 Day Fez to Marrakech tour via Sahara Desert & Atlas Mountains. We provide the best quality knowledgeable driver/guides in order to make your tour such an unforgettable Desert experience from Fez to Marrakech or Marrakech to Fez.
Itinerary
Day 1: Fes – Ifrane – Errachidia – Erfoud – Merzouga
Stop At: Ifrane, Ifrane, Fes-Meknes
The modern town of Ifrane was established by the French administration in 1928 during the protectorate era for their administration due to its Alpine climate. Ifrane was conceived as a “hill station” or colonial type of settlement. It is a resort town set high up in the mountains so that Europeans can find relief from the summer heat of tropical colonies. Ifrane is also a popular altitude training destination.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Cedar Forest Outdoors, CQJC+77V, Azrou, Morocco
The cedars cover vast stretches of Morocco’s mountainous the Middle Atlas, near the town of Azrou.
It is these rugged slopes that are home to a rare and iconic cedar, named after World War I French general Henri Gouraud, who was stationed in Morocco to take charge of colonial troops.
A key tourist attraction, the Gouraud cedar stands 42 meters (140 feet) tall and is 900 years old, with one distinctive branch that juts out like a candelabra.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Midelt, Midelt, Meknes-Tafilalet Region
A town in central Morocco, in the high plains between the Middle Atlas and High Atlas mountain ranges. With a population of 55,304 recorded in the 2014 Moroccan census,[1] Midelt serves as the commercial center of a large agricultural hinterland. It is also one of Morocco’s principle cities for the mining of several minerals.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Fleuve de Ziz, Morocco
On the way to the Sahara, you will encounter and the Ouled (river) Ziz and the Ziz valley that punctuate the landscape with their brilliant green palms. With the golden prehistoric valley walls towering above you, and the dusty ancient kasbah’s & ksar dotting the palm groves, the Ziz lends a feel of what it might be like to mix the worlds of Jurassic Park and Indiana Jones, making it the perfect place to put on your explorers’ hat and go on an adventure.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Merzouga Desert, Merzouga Morocco
It’s a small Moroccan town in the Sahara Desert, not too far from the Algerian border. It’s known as the door to Erg Chebbi, a huge stretch of sand dunes south of town. Merzouga is such an iconic place to visit in Morocco that it’s considered one of the best destinations in the country! Erg Chebbi, Merzouga.
Camel trekking from here toward your Luxury Desert Camp.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Erg Chebbi, Erg Chebbi, Meknes-Tafilalet Region
Overnight in private tent at the Luxury Desert camp with dinner & breakfast.
Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco’s several ergs – large seas of dunes formed by wind-blown sand.
Duration: 12 hours
Meals included:
• Dinner
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Private Luxury tent at the Bouchedor Luxury Desert Camp with dinner & breakfast.
Day 2: Sahara Fossils Factory – Todra Valley & Mountain Gorge – Dades Valley
Stop At: Morabit Fossils, Route de Rissani, Erfoud 52200 Morocco
Erfoud area was created during the Palaeozoic era – about 540 million to 250 million years ago – the southeast of Morocco lay under the sea. The local collector says the area is today home to “close to 500 varieties of fossils spread over 100 square kilometers” including trilobites, which are between 410 and 500 million years old.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Todra River, Morocco
The Todgha Gorges are a series of limestone river canyons, or wadi, in the eastern part of the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco, near the town of Tinerhir. Both the Todgha and neighbouring Dades Rivers are responsible for carving out these deep cliff-sided canyons, on their final 40 kilometres (25 mi) through the mountains. The height of the canyon walls can vary, but in some places can be up to 400 metres (1,312 ft) high.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Dades Gorges, R704 Atlas Mountains, Boumalne Dades 45350 Morocco
The Dadès Gorges are a series of rugged wadi gorges carved out by the Dadès River in Morocco. The river originates in the High Atlas range of the Atlas mountains, flowing some 350 kilometers (220 mi) southwest before joining the Draa River at the edge of the Sahara. The many-colored walls of the gorges range anywhere from 200 to 500 meters (650 to 1600 feet).
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in a private Deluxe room at the Beautiful Kasbah Hotel with a panoramic view over Dades Valley.
Day 3: Rose valley – Skoura – Ouarzazate – High Atlas Mt – Marrakech
Stop At: Roses Valley, El Kelaa M’gouna N10, El Kelaa M’gouna 45800 Morocco
This town constitutes an economic and social center for the region, for its very animated nature. Kalaat M’Gouna is most known for the “Roses Festival” which takes place in the city every year in May.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Ouarzazate, Ouarzazate, Draa-Tafilalet
Ouarzazate nicknamed The door of the desert, is a city and capital of Ouarzazate Province in Drâa-Tafilalet region of south-central Morocco. Ouarzazate is at an elevation of 1,160 meters (3,810 ft) in the middle of a bare plateau south of the High Atlas Mountains. To the south of the town is the desert.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Ait Ben Haddou, Ait Ben Haddou, Souss-Massa
Aït Benhaddou is an ighrem (a fortified village in English) along the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech in present-day Morocco. Most citizens attracted by the tourist trade live in more modern dwellings in a village on the other side of the river, although there are four families still living in the ancient village. Inside the walls of the ksar are half a dozen kasbahs, or merchants’ houses. Ksar Aït Benhaddou is a great example of Moroccan earthen clay architecture and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Accommodation in Marrakech is not included.
