3 Days Tour From Marrakech to Fes
A private 3-day Marrakech to Fes tour via Merzouga Desert
Overview
The 3-day Marrakech to Fes desert tour is an amazing opportunity to do a camel trek and overnight camping in the deep desert (at a standard / Luxury camp), visit Todra and Dades gorge, Rose Valley, Ouarzazate, and the World Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou and Azrou.
Highlights Of 3 Days Tour From Marrakech to Fes
Here are the main highlights of the 3-day tour from Marrakech to Fes:
Spectacular views of the Atlas Mountains landscapes
Visit the UNESCO World Heritage of Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah
Visit Ouarzazate Film Studio & Taourirt Kasbah
Walk in the stunning Dades & Todra Gorges
Panoramic aspects of Erg Chebbi dunes
Experience a camel ride in the Merzouga Sahara
Watch the sunset over the dunes
Do the sandboarding activity
Overnight camping in a desert camp in Merzouga
Hearty dinner and party around a campfire (Berber Drums)
Stop at Azrou cedar forest and see Barbary Apes
Itinerary of 3-day Marrakech to Fes desert Tour
Here is the itinerary program for the 3 days of the Marrakech to Fes desert tour:
Day 1: Marrakech » Ait Ben Haddou & Ouarzazate » Dades Valley [315 Km]
Your adventure will start in the eastern half of Morocco. You will travel in style in a modern, air-conditioned 4WD/minibus. Our guide will pick you up from your Marrakech hotel at 8:30 a.m. and escort you to the departure point. We will travel over the Atlas Mountain range and descend into the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou.
The Kasbah (six within a walled city) is a place of wonder. Here, you will feel almost like you have returned to the days of gladiators, desert nomads, and ancient trading markets. After the sightseeing tour, lunch on the first day will be taken in the Kasbah at Ait Ben Haddou.
Our next stop on our first day will be at Ouarzazate. We will admire the scenery of a city where several blockbuster movies have been filmed, such as “The Mummy (1999 & 2001)”, “Lawrence of Arabia (1962)”, and “Gladiator (2000)” without forgetting “Game of Thrones” in 2013 are among the many films which have taken in a city often called “The Gateway to the Desert.”
In the desert’s gateway city, we can stop at a café before venturing into the Dades Valley. Once there, you can relax and unwind in a private room at a traditional riad with an en-suite bathroom and enjoy the culinary delights of a Moroccan evening dinner.
Day 2: Dades » Todra Gorges » Erfoud » Merzouga (Night in Desert Camp) [255 km]
After breakfast, we go from Dades Gorges to the Erg Chebbi Sahara desert in Merzouga. Berber villages are scattered along the way. We’ll pass through Tinjdad, Jorf, and Erfoud, in which we’ll feel the beginning of the Saharan oasis of Tafilalet, and then we continue to Merzouga, where your guide and camels will be waiting to carry you across high dunes of Morocco Sahara Desert.
Camel ride as the sunset across the dunes to reach our nomad desert camp in Erg Chebbi. with drums music in the middle of the Sahara desert Dinner and overnight under a nomad tent.
Day 3: Merzouga Desert » Ziz Valley » Midelt » Ifran » Fes [467 Km]
Continuing our adventure, breakfast will be served at the camp after you wake up to witness the beautiful sunrise scenery from the top of the dunes of Erg Chebbi.
You’ll take a shower, then ride the camels back to the original point, as we can transfer you by a 4WD as an alternative to camels, it is up to you.
After you’ve done your sightseeing in Merzougag, you’ll be transferred to the next destination: Fe. You’ll pass through the Ziz Valley, Midelt, and Ifrane, which is known as the little Switzerland of Morocco. You’ll also visit the famed Middle Atlas cedar forest with its barbary apes in Azro, where you’ll have a short walk to take pictures…
Late afternoon arrival to Fes, drop off at your riad/hotel with amazing stories and unforgettable memories in your mind.
Tour Includes & Excludes
Included in the price
- Pick-up & drop off at/from your accommodation
- Private modern transportation by vehicles with A/C
- Professional English speaking driver/guide
- Car Fuel
- 1-night in a private room at the hotel/riad (at your preferred room type)
- Camel Riding (Camel per person)
- Sunset on camel experience
- Overnight at the Desert Camp (at your chosen tent type)
- (Breakfast & Dinner) x 2
- 4x4 transfer from and to the camp (alternative to camel riding)
Not Included
- Drinks
- lunches
- Entrance to monuments (Optional)
- Tipping (Optional)