Marrakech Trip Overview
You will drive across the High Atlas Mountains, visit Kasbah Ait Ben Hadou, Ouarzazate, Skoura oasis, Dades Valley, Tinghir and its majestic Todra Canyons. Enjoy a sunset camel trek in Erg Chebbi dunes and spend the night with the bedouins at your Sahara desert camp. Drive past the Middle Atlas Mountains and its cedar forests where you will spot Barbary apes, before you reach Fes. To sum it up, this is the best desert tour from Marrakech to Fes.
Additional Info
* Duration: 4 days
* Starts: Marrakech, Morocco
* Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco
You will drive across the High Atlas Mountains, visit Kasbah Ait Ben Hadou, Ouarzazate, Skoura oasis, Dades Valley, Tinghir and its majestic Todra Canyons. Enjoy a sunset camel trek in Erg Chebbi dunes and spend the night with the bedouins at your Sahara desert camp. Drive past the Middle Atlas Mountains and its cedar forests where you will spot Barbary apes, before you reach Fes. To sum it up, this is the best desert tour from Marrakech to Fes.
Itinerary
Day 1: Marrakech – Ait Ben Haddou – Ouarzazate
Stop At: Ait Ben Haddou, Ait Ben Haddou, Souss-Massa
Ksar Ait Ben Haddou is an ighrem (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:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in a Riad in Ouarzazate.
Day 2: Ouarzazate – Dades Valley – Todra Gorge – Merzouga
Stop At: Dades Gorges, R704 Atlas Mountains, Boumalne Dades 45350 Morocco
Dades Gorge 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 kilometres (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: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in a beautiful guesthouse at the Gorges of Todra
Day 3: Merzouga zone and the Camel trek
Stop At: Merzouga Desert, Merzouga Morocco
Merzouga is a small village in southeastern Morocco, about 35 km (22 mi) southeast of Rissani, about 55 km (34 mi) from Erfoud, and about 50 km (31 mi) from the Algerian border.
The village is known for its proximity to Erg Chebbi, an erg and it is for this reason a part of the itineraries of many tourists visiting Morocco. It has been described as “a desert theme park”, and the Erg Chebbi as “a wonderland of sand”. Merzouga has the largest natural underground body of water in Morocco.[citation needed]
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight in a very comfortable Bivouac (Luxurious Tented Camp) at the dunes of Merzouga
Day 4: Merzouga – Fes
Stop At: Azrou, Azrou, Meknes-Tafilalet Region
Azrou is a Moroccan town 89 kilometres south of Fez in Ifrane Province of the Fès-Meknès region.
Duration: 3 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
