4-Day Desert Tour from Marrakech to Fes

• Private Tour
• Daily departures
• 4 Days
• Free Cancellation

Tour overview

Tour highlights

Day-by-day itinerary

1. 1Day 1: Marrakech – Tizi n'Tichka – Ait Ben Haddou – Ouarzazate – Dades

   Your driver picks you up from your hotel or riad at 8:30 and heads over the High Atlas via the Tizi n’Tichka pass (2,260 m), with photo stops for the mountain views and Berber villages. Visit Ait Ben Haddou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987, and have lunch nearby. In Ouarzazate, see Taourirt Kasbah and the Atlas Film Studios, then drive through the Skoura palm grove and the Valley of Roses, home to a rose festival every May, to the Dades Valley. Dinner and overnight in a hotel or riad with a view of the valley.
2. 2Day 2: Dades – Tinghir – Todra Gorge – Tinejdad – Erfoud – Merzouga camel ride

   Drive through Tinghir and its Berber villages, stopping above the palm-filled Todra Valley, then walk between the 300 m pink-and-grey cliffs of the Todra Gorge, one of Morocco’s top rock-climbing spots. After lunch in Touroug or Tinejdad, continue via Erfoud and the Tafilalet oasis to Merzouga. Ride a camel into the Erg Chebbi dunes (about 1.5 hours), stopping to watch the sunset and try sandboarding. At camp you are welcomed with mint tea, followed by dinner, a campfire and music.
3. 3Day 3: Full day in the Merzouga area – nomads, Khamlia and the dunes

   After sunrise and breakfast, explore the desert by 4×4: the gardens and irrigation channels of the Hassi Labied oasis, the seasonal lake of Dayet Srij (when there is water), Khamlia and its Gnawa music, and the old Mifis mines, in an area known for its minerals and fossils. Visit a nomad family for mint tea. After lunch, stop at viewpoints on the way back to the village. Dinner and overnight in a hotel overlooking the dunes.
4. 4Day 4: Merzouga – Ziz Valley – Errachidia – Midelt – Azrou – Ifrane – Fes

   After a hearty breakfast, drive north through the Ziz Valley and Errachidia, then cross the Middle Atlas, with lunch along the way. Stop in the Azrou cedar forest to see the wild macaques and take a short walk, then pass through Ifrane, “the Little Switzerland of Morocco”. Arrive at your hotel in Fes in the late afternoon.

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Prices

• Private tour – StandardStandard hotels & riads, any start date (price for 2 travellers)€500 per person
• Private tour – LuxuryLuxury hotels & riads, any start date (price for 2 travellers)€620 per person
• Group tourShared with other travellers – departures on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays€245 per person

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