5 Fes to Desert Tour 

Day 1: Fes » Azrou (Ceder forest) » Midelt » Erfoud » Merzouga 

 

Pick up from your Fes riad/Hotel around 8:30 am by your driver and start your 5-day desert tour Fes to Marrakech via Merzouga, departure to Sahara desert where the sand see dunes of Erg Chebbi are located.

An 8 hours journey that takes you across the Atlas Mountains to southern Morocco’s largest oasis; Tafilalet; composed of many villages, palmers, and 2 main Saharan towns, Erfoud and Rissani.

We will make many stops along the road at the alpine town of Ifrane, Azrou cedar forest where are the monkeys, Midelt for lunch, and Ziz valley at the panoramic and impressive views over the palm trees, the green valley in the middle of the Sahara. Then we’ll head for the Erg Chebbi sand dunes.

We continue deeper into the desert landscape until the dunes appear in the middle of nowhere. Dinner & Overnight in a hotel with a pool at the dune line of Erg Chebbi to relax for the first night of your 5 days desert tour Fes to Marrakech.

 

 Day 2: Explore Merzouga area & Night at Hotel/Riad 

 

Today we will explore the desert region and the marvel that is the Erg Chebbi desert dunes. We will make a circuit of the desert dunes where you will have the opportunity to see the nomad’s way of life and the amazing changing contrasts of the desert.

Then, visit the “black village” of Khamlia to see the Gnawa musicians. Also, a traditional Berber pizza for lunch in the ancient capital of Rissani. In the afternoon, we will ride the camels to see the sunset over the dunes and spend the night in the desert camp.

We will have a traditional tagine dinner, drink delicious mint tea, listen to traditional Berber music while watching the stars and the rising moon in the amazing Sahara desert.

 

 Day 3: Merzouga » Ziz Vally » Todra Gorges & Dades Gorges 

 

We will make up early in the morning to watch the best sunrise of your life and casting different shadows and colors over the sea of sand dunes, the highest in Morocco, before returning to our desert hotel.

After breakfast, We will continue to Tinghir and the stunning Todra Gorge the highest, narrowest gorges in Morocco. the gorge is a great spot for hiking and relaxing on the edge of the river or sampling some local Berber delicacies.

Lunch in the heart of the gorge, we’ll drive through the Dades Valley where we will end our day spending the night in a nice hotel located on the top of the mountain.

 

 Day 4: Todra Gorge » Ait Ben Haddou » Ouarzazate 

 

Breakfast at the hotel, we begin our journey along the road of 1000 Thousand Kasbahs, since there are enormous kasbahs on both sides of the road.

We pass through Dades valley and go up to the mountainous area through an off-road trail where many Berber villages and few nomads living in caves, here we will have the chance to visit one of these families and take a look at their daily life and their main activity looking after herds of goats sheep.

We will be impressed by the landscapes of the colorful rose valley before we reach the Skoura palm grove. 45km further, we reach Ouarzazate for the dinner and overnight at the hotel.

 

 Day 5: Ouarzazate » Ait Ben Haddou » High Atlas » Marrakech 

 

After breakfast, we will visit Taourirt Kasbah before departing to Ait Benhaddou to visit the World Heritage Site. We will continue with a visit to the traditional High Atlas Berber village of Telouet and the Kasbah el Glaoui.

We will have lunch in a local restaurant in Telouet before descending the Tizi-n-Tichka to Marrakech where our 5 days desert tour Fes to Marrakech via Merzouga Sahara ends.