Where does the tour start and end?

It starts with pickup from your Fes riad/hotel and ends with drop-off at your Marrakech riad/hotel.

Is the desert experience included?

Yes. It includes a camel ride (around 1h20) in Erg Chebbi, sunset over the dunes, sandboarding, and 1 overnight in a luxury desert camp.

Where do we sleep during the tour?

1 night in Sahara desert camp (private tent with private bathroom)1 night in Boumalne Dades hotel (dinner included)

What meals are included?

The tour includes 2 dinners and 2 breakfasts. Lunches, drinks, entrance fees, and personal expenses are not included.

3 days desert tour from fes to Marrakech

Departure City
Fes
Arrival City
Marrakech
Transportation
Private minivan / 4WD
Meals
Breakfasts and Dinners

OVERVIEW:

Discover Morocco’s Sahara desert with this fantastic 3-day Fes to Marrakech desert tour, which provides a wonderful opportunity to interact with the people and have a real desert experience.

By taking this 3-day excursion from Fes to Marrakech, you will have the opportunity to ride camels over the golden dunes of Erg Chebbi and have a memorable night in a luxurious desert camp in Merzouga, where you can take in the quiet of the towering dunes. This location seems to be a million miles away from the modern world.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS 3 DAYS TOUR FROM FES TO MARRAKECH VIA THE DESERT:

Cross high Atlas & Middle mountains
Beautiful views & panoramics
Authentic Berber villages
Camel Trekking experience  
Overnight stay at Berber desert camp
Enjoy watching the starry sky
Wonderful sunrise & sunset in Erg Chebbi Desert
 Take a promenade along the stream in Todra Oasis to the majestic gorges.
 Visit the film studios (Optional)
 Traverse the High Atlas Mountains and Tizi N’tichka pass.

Day 01 :

FES – IFRANE – MIDELT – ERFOUD – MERZOUGA.

Our team will be waiting for you at the lobby of your hotel to pick you up for an unforgettable 3 days tour experience. Our first station to visit is Ifrane city, known as the Swiss of Morocco with orderly red-roofed houses. From here and in about an hour’s drive we will be at the Ceder forests of Azrou, where Barbary apes live.

The next stop is Midelt, the mineral mining and apple town lying between the two high and middle Atlas mountains. We have our lunch here, then recommence our way through Tizi N’Tlghamt “Camel pass”, Errachidia, then stopping for a panoramic view of Ziz Valley, we will be driving through to Erfoud. After that to the Merzouga desert.

Your camel man awaits you next to dunes for lifting you by his camels to the desert camp. The camel ride takes around 1 hour and 20 minutes; including an amazing stop for an incredible sunset at the top of a high dune in the middle of the desert. Your camel guide will take several memorable pictures for you along the ride.

Arriving at the well-equipped camp, you will be welcomed with Moroccan tea and some cookies by the camp workers. In an hour, the working staff serve you a delicious dinner, then they make a fire outside the camp under a sky full of stars, where they will be playing Berber and African music, while you enjoy and dance around the fire.

Overnight at the camp.

Day 02 :

MERZOUGA – RISSANI – TOUDRA GORGE – DADES VALLEY:

Life is getting up an hour early to live an hour more, but only on this day in the desert. For witnessing one that may be the best sunrise in your whole life, we always advise you to wake up early. After a tasty breakfast at the camp. There are two optional ways to get back to the village of Merzouga to recommence our trip. Either by camels or by a 4×4 vehicle.

We depart the pretty desert to Rissani town. The closest town to the Erg Chebbi. With the legendary history between the 14th and 18th centuries. You explore the largest Souk/market in the area, mainly the sheep and cattle market.

Then, continue your way to Alnif, after to Toudra Gorge, a place visited all year round by worldwide rock climbers for adventuring. You may be lucky to see them climbing during your visit. A place not far from where nomads still live in caves, they come with their animals “sheep, goats, donkeys” for water. They also take water with them for their home use. After a walk near the freshwater, you hit the road to beautiful Dades, a calm Berber town, with a beautiful green valley filled with fruit trees.

You spend your second night here in a hotel or a riad with dinner included.

Day 03 :

DADES VALLEY – OUARZAZATE – AIT BEN HADDOU KASBAH – MARRAKECH:

Your 3 days tour from Fes still has a lot to reveal. You enjoy your breakfast at your riad, then take the road named “Road of Thousand Kasbahs. From Dades Valley to Ouarzazate, by Kelaat M’gouna, the city of Roeses, and Skoura city.

We arrive at Ouarzazate city, referred to as the Hollywood of Africa. Here you explore the Atlas film studio. Then we proceed to the Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah, a historical backdrop for several famous movies, including Game of Thrones, Gladiator, Lawrence of Arabia…

We have lunch at this unique spot, then we make our way to Marrakech. That is always through the breathtaking landscapes of the Atlas mountains, Berber villages, and Tizi N’tichka, the highest pass in Morocco. We stop from time to time at any worthy station, for unforgettable photo shots, and for admiring the places.

We reach Marrakech around sunset. Then we drop you off at your chosen accommodation. And here our 3 days tour from Fes to Marrakech ends.

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