Marrakesh Trip Overview
Highlights of the 3 days trip from Marrakech to Fes via Merzouga Desert:
• Drive across the High Atlas Mountains and Tizi N’Tichka pass
• Visit UNESCO World Heritage site Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou
• Enjoy the amazing scenery of the gorges Dades and Todra
• Drive along the Valley of the Roses and the road of 1001 Kasbahs
• Discover the city of Ouarzazate, considered the gate of the Sahara Desert
• Camel trek across the Merzouga Desert
• Spend the night in a Berber desert camp
• Drive along Ziz Valley
• Drive across an amazing cedar forest and the Middle Atlas Mountains
• Pass by the ski resort of Ifrane (the Switzerland of Morocco) and the Berber village Azrou
Additional Info
* Duration: 3 days
* Starts: Marrakesh, Morocco
* Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Marrakesh, Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco
Highlights of the 3 days trip from Marrakech to Fes via Merzouga Desert:
• Drive across the High Atlas Mountains and Tizi N’Tichka pass
• Visit UNESCO World Heritage site Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou
• Enjoy the amazing scenery of the gorges Dades and Todra
• Drive along the Valley of the Roses and the road of 1001 Kasbahs
• Discover the city of Ouarzazate, considered the gate of the Sahara Desert
• Camel trek across the Merzouga Desert
• Spend the night in a Berber desert camp
• Drive along Ziz Valley
• Drive across an amazing cedar forest and the Middle Atlas Mountains
• Pass by the ski resort of Ifrane (the Switzerland of Morocco) and the Berber village Azrou
Itinerary
Day 1: Day 1: Marrakech – Ait Ben Haddou – Ouarzazate – Valley of the Roses – Dades Gorge
Stop At: Ait Ben Haddou, Ait Ben Haddou, Souss-Massa
Itinerary:
Day 1: Marrakech – Ait Ben Haddou – Ouarzazate – Valley of the Roses – Dades Gorge
The trip will begin with an early pick-up from your accommodation in Marrakech, at around 7:30 a.m. The journey will take you over the High Atlas Mountains, where we will cross the Tizi N’Tichka pass (2260 m in altitude). After several stops along the way, you will arrive to an important point of your trip where you will visit the UNESCO World Heritage site Ksar Ait Ben Haddou, which is the location of numerous Hollywood successful movies (Gladiator, Price of Persia, Game of Thrones, etc.) After lunch, we will be heading to Ouarzazate, known as “The Gate of the Sahara”.
Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Hotel Le Babylon de Dades or similar
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: hotel Babylon
Day 2: Day 2: Dades gorge – Tinghir – Todra gorge – Erfoud – Merzouga Desert
Stop At: Merzouga, Merzouga, Draa-Tafilalet
Day 2: Dades gorge – Tinghir – Todra gorge – Erfoud – Merzouga Desert
After having breakfast at the hotel, we will be heading to Tinghir and Todra gorge, at a 45 km distance from Dades gorge, where we will stop so you can enjoy the breathtaking landscapes of the oasis, with beautiful palm groves and amazing images with the Ksar Tinghir, also called the “Jewish Quarter”. We will continue our road by admiring one of the most spectacular canyons in the world, Todra, where you will enjoy a short walk around the area.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: You will spend the night in the nomad tents in the big dunes
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: bouchdor desert camp
Day 3: Day 3: Erg Chebbi (Merzouga Desert) – Erfoud – Midelt – Azrou – Ifrane – Fes
Stop At: Fes, Fes, Fes-Meknes
Day 3: Erg Chebbi (Merzouga Desert) – Erfoud – Midelt – Azrou – Ifrane – Fes
After an early wake up so you can watch the sunrise while riding the camels, you will have breakfast at the hotel and leave for Fes, by passing through the Tafilalet palm grove, one of the biggest in the world. You will be seeing thousands of palm trees on a distance of 20 km long. From here we will reach the Ziz Valley, where we will stop in order to admire the magnificent view of the region and the town of Aoufous.
Before we arrive at our destination, we will be passing through Azrou, a famous Berber village located in the middle of the largest cedar forest in Morocco and the home of Barbary apes and by the ski resort of Ifrane (the Moroccan Switzerland) built by the French in the 1930’s to resemble a Swiss village. The 3 days desert trip will end at your hotel or riad in Fes.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Dinner
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
