4 Day Morocco Desert Tour from Fez to Marrakech

After breakfast in your Riad, you will leave Fes traveling towards Merzouga via Midlet and the Ziz Valley. Today you will travel via the village of Ifrane, a beautiful mountains village, referred to as “the Switzerland of Morocco”, you will also stop at the cedar forest in the middle Atlas Mountains. During this journey, you’ll experience glimpses of the Middle Atlas and Higher Atlas Mountains. Stopping at Azrou, a Berber village in the middle of the famous cedar forest – the largest in Morocco – where you may well sight Barbary apes. After some time within the forest, your journey continues to Midelt along the magnificent hills and mountains of the Atlas. You will be traveling through the fascinating Tizi n’talghamt pass and the Ziz Gorge, taking in views of the High Atlas plateau, you’ll notice how the scenery changes to reveal hints of the desert as you approach the city of Errachidia, here you will have lunch and enjoy the Berber hospitality, afterward, you will travel along the luxuriant Ziz Valley, stopping for panoramic views along the way to Erfoud and Rissani. Arrive in Merzouga in the afternoon. You’ll be welcomed with a glass of mint tea before you check in to your Riad. (DBB). 

Today, after your breakfast you will start an explorative journey exploring the desert area; our journey starts by visiting Arfoud “a small town known for fossils” with an optional visit to fossil workshops, after that we will visit the Exotic souk of Rissani, a traditional town that was the origin of the ruling family in Morocco and the meeting place of the Caravans trading as far as Timbuctoo in Mali, here you will see men hooded and women veiled. You can also choose to visit the Mausoleum of Moulay Ali Cherif “the Founder of the Alaouite Dynasty. Later on, we will continue exploring the area by visiting a typical village of Khamlia where you will have the opportunity to experience the local music and life of the Gnawa people, originally slaves brought to Morocco from Mali, Mauritania, Guinea, and Ghana. The village of Khamlia is known also for a sample delicious pie called the Berber Pizza that you may try for lunch. 

our final stop will be at the camel place where we are going to ride camels over the sands as the sun begins to set and as you reach the magnificent Erg Chebbi Sand Dunes, witness them turning a wonderful red hue. 

You will spend an overnight in the Nomadic Luxury Tent and enjoy the company of a band playing Berber music under the stars in the heart of the Sahara Desert. 

Wake up early to enjoy a picturesque sunrise before enjoying breakfast. Ride back to the town of Merzouga where you will meet your driver and head towards Ziz Oasis where you will see the ancient irrigation system. The tour goes further to Todra Gorges where you will enjoy a walk between the cliffs and river in this beautiful valley with date palms, ending with a spectacular Gorge, mainly used for rock climbing and picnics. After lunch, we will make our way to Dades Valley with its astonishing rock formation, created by erosion over millions of years. 

overnight dinner in a Riad overlooking the Dades valley. 

After breakfast in the Riad, you will travel through the Dades Valley towards Kalaa M'gouna and Ouarzazate. The route through Dades Valley is the way of the thousand kasbahs – providing numerous opportunities to take some of your best photographic shots of the trip. then you will enjoy the fertile Rose Valley and the rock formations along the way. We’ll stop at Kalaat M’gouna, "the rose city", to purchase the rosewater, which will make your linen smell good a long time after your trip is over.  Continue to Skoura and the bird’s valley; visit the Kasbah Ameridil, a well-preserved kasbah in this area built in the 19th Century, continue to Ait Ben Haddou through Ouarzazate, “the Hollywood of Africa”, whose geography and beautiful landscapes has attracted many world class movie producers.  Here you may choose to visit the studios, containing props used in movies, you may have already seen, such as The Mummy, Gladiator, and The Last Temptation of Christ… 

After that, we will begin to cross the High Atlas Mountains with many panoramic views and attractive Berber villages to reach the beautiful Red City of Marrakech. 

Tour Ends 

NB: The itinerary can be customized based on your interests and preferences.