3 Days Marrakech To Fes Desert Tour – Merzouga Sahara

Day 1: Marrakech – Tizi N Tichka – Ait Benhaddou – Ouarzazate – Dades Valley

At 8 am we’ll start our Three Days trip from Marrakech to Fes with a pickup from your accommodation and drive to Dades Valley via the High Atlas mountains and the pass of Tizi N Tichka pass we will stop and enjoy impressive landscapes and Berber hamlets, we will visit the universal Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou Kasbah as it has been named by UNESCO in 1987. This Berber Kasbah has been used as an important destination for international filmmakers for more than 20 films and also one of the most important fortress strongholds on the old Salt Road where caravans brought slaves, gold, ivory, salt, and silk from Subsaharans countries to Marrakech and beyond.

We’ll pass through Ouarzazate, or what we call African Hollywood since it’s has been as well a very famous destination for filmmakers, after Ouarzazate, we will continue to Dades Valley, through the Megouna, Skoura (Berber villages around the valley) we will spend the night in Dades valley.

Day 2: Dades Valley – Todra Gorges – Erfoud – Merzouga Sahara ( Camel trekking & Night in Desert Camp)

After breakfast, we’ll start our desert trip from Dades to the Erg-Chebbi Sahara desert. The first stop will be in Todra Gorges which is the Biggest Canyon in Morocco, In Todra gorges you’ll have some free time to walk beside the river to explore Todra Gorges, And then we’ll drive to Erfoud in which we’ll feel the beginning of the Sahara desert, we’ll stop in some restaurant to have lunch and we continue to the Merzouga desert, after relaxing few minutes in a Hotel in Merzouga,we go to ride the camels who are waiting to take us on an amazing adventure in the sand dunes.

we will spend the night in a camp ( Nomad Berber tents ) with drums music in the middle of the Sahara desert,this is a great opportunity to take lovely pictures of the sunset and sunrise,when we arrive at the camp we go to enjoy the sunset on the top of a high dunes, we will spend the night in nomad tents.

Day 3: Camel Ride back to Merzouga – Erg Chebbi Desert (Merzouga) – Ziz Valley – Midelt – Ifrane – Fes

We’ll wake up early morning to watch the sunrise and then we ride the camels back to Merzouga, after taking shower and breakfast we’ll start our Sahara tour backing to Fes.

We stop by a village called Midelt where we’ll have lunch. This town is a very impressive mountain city at 1488 meters of altitude, well situated lower down the mountain ” The Jbel Ayachi (3737 m)”.

In the afternoon we’ll continue to the legendary city of Fes. Arrival to Fes which is the end of the 3 days Marrakech to Fes desert tour.