Marrakech Trip Overview
Travel between the 2 imperial cities of Fes and Marrakech with a Moroccan desert tour. On this 3-day guided excursion, discover the secrets of the Sahara desert.
-Admire panoramic views from the top of the Atlas Mountains
-Visit the Kasbah ait Ben Haddou
-Explore the Todra Gorges
-See the sunset and sunrise over the desert
-Ride a camel across the dunes and stay overnight in a Berber tent
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* Duration: 3 days
* Starts: Marrakech, Morocco
* Trip Category: Transfers & Ground Transport >> Private Drivers
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What to Expect When Visiting Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco
Travel between the 2 imperial cities of Fes and Marrakech with a Moroccan desert tour. On this 3-day guided excursion, discover the secrets of the Sahara desert.
-Admire panoramic views from the top of the Atlas Mountains
-Visit the Kasbah ait Ben Haddou
-Explore the Todra Gorges
-See the sunset and sunrise over the desert
-Ride a camel across the dunes and stay overnight in a Berber tent
3 days desert tour from Marrakech to Fes includes camel trekking in Erg Chebbi overnight in a deep desert camp tent, Azrou, Ifrane, cedar forests where Macaque monkeys live, Ziz valley, Todra gorge, Dades gorge, and more.
Day 1: Marrakech – High Atlas Mountains – Ait Ben Haddou – Ouarzazate – Dades 330km
Your driver will pick you up at 07:00 am from your hotel or the closest access point for the car, and you will start your 3 days desert tour from Marrakech to Fes heading to the Dades Gorges across the Tizi-n-Tichka Pass of the High Atlas Mountains with an altitude of 2260m, with far-reaching views across the mountains, to the traditional High Atlas, Berber villages. Then you continue to visit the UNESCO World Heritage site of Ait Benhaddou, a site used by many filmmakers as a backdrop for their works, such as the “Gladiator”, “Lawrence of Arabia” and some shots of the famous TV series “Game of Thrones”. We will have lunch at one of the restaurants at the foothills of the Kasbahs. After lunch, we will drive to Ouarzazate with an option to visit the Atlas Studios and Taourirt Kasbah there, and then we continue to Dades gorges through the vast palm groves of Skoura and the rose valley stretching along the M’Goun river ( the rose of Damascena was brought to Morocco centuries ago by a Berber merchant from Damascus, hence the name, they blossom between April and mid-May ). Taking a detour from the main road, we will drive up the valley of Dades to reach our hotel with a couple of stops to enjoy the beautiful views of the valley and a bizarre rock formation called “The monkey feet”. We will spend the night in our hotel in Dades.
Day 2: Dades Gorge – Todra Gorge – Erfoud – Risani – Merzouga
After breakfast, we will drive from Dades gorges to Erg Chebbi Sahara desert at Merzouga. Berber villages are scattered along the way, we’ll pass through Todra Gorges, Tenhir, Tinjdad, Jorf, and Erfoud in which we’ll feel the beginning of the Saharan oasis of Tafilalet, and then we continue to a Hotel in Merzouga, after relaxing a few minutes you will take some of you luggage in a small bag (just the necessary for the night in desert) and leave the other luggage in the hotel, then we will ride the camels on an adventure crossing the Erg Chebbi sand dunes, this is a great opportunity to take lovely pictures of the sunset and sunrise. When we reach the camp we will leave the camels and we will walk to the highest sand dunes for sandboarding and to watch the sunset, we will spend the night in a camp (Berber nomad tents) with drumming music in the middle of the Sahara.
Day 3: Merzouga – Errachida – Midelt – Azrou – Ifrane – Fes
Wake up early morning to enjoy the sunrise on the top of the dune in the Sahara Desert then have your breakfast. After these beautiful moments, you will ride your camel back to the hotel where you can shower. You will depart to Errachidia via Erfoud, Aoufous and the valley of Ziz then stopping for a panoramic view of the oasis of Aoufous in the Tafilalte region. Continuation to Midelt across the pass of Tizi N’talghamt and have lunch break. After lunch you will be driven to Fes (the medieval city) via the Cedar forest near Azrou and the mountain of the middle Atlas with the possibility to see the Barbary apes (monkies). You may have a stop in Ifrane (the Switzerland of Morocco) before arriving to Fes. Drop off in Fes.
-Cross the High Atlas Mountains
-Enjoy the beautiful landscapes between Merzouga and Fes
-See the barbary Monkey in the Cedar forest of Azrou
-Drive through Ziz gorge and its palm groves
-Take a short walk in Dades and Todra Gorges
-Drive the Tizi n Tichka Pass of the High Atlas Mountains
-Visit the UNESCO world heritage site of Ait Ben Haddou
-Pass Ouarzazate and visit Film Studios and Taourirt Kasbah
-Camel rides, overnight in Tents
