Fes to Marrakech via Sahara 3-day Trip in Morocco

Explore Sahara Desert, traveling from Fez to Marrakech. The 3-day private tour is an incredible journey, allowing you to experience Morocco's diverse landscapes and culture.

Highlights:

• Experience Morocco's diverse landscapes and culture
• Have a look at beautiful mountains village, referred to as "the Switzerland of Morocco"
• Visit Merzouga
• Admire the sunset during camel riding
• Spend night in the Erg Chebbi dunes
• Visit an ancient Kasbah (fortified village) listed as UNESCOs heritage site

Includes:

• Hotel pick-up and drop off
• Mini-van/4wd AC with diesel included for 3 days
• English speaking Driver-guide
• 1 nights in hotel with half boarding (bed, dinner and breakfast) in Dades
• 1 night with half boarding (bed, dinner and breakfast) in the desert camp
• Camel ride

Not included:

• Lunches, drinks
• Entrances tickets

Itinerary:

Day 1: Fes to Merzouga via Ifrane Midelt and Atlas mountains

After breakfast in your riad, you will leave Fes travelling towards Ifran, a beautiful mountains village, referred to as "the Switzerland of Morocco" and then on to Midelt. During this journey you'll experience glimpses of the Middle Atlas and Higher Atlas mountains. Stopping at the cedar forest - the largest in Morocco - where you may well sight Barbary apes. After sometime within the forest, your journey continues to Midelt along the magnificent hills and mountains of the Atlas, after Midelt town you will be travelling through the fascinating Tizi Ntalghamt 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,. Afterwards, you will travel along the luxuriant Ziz Valley, stopping for panoramic views along the way to Erfoud. Arrive at Merzouga on the afternoon where your camel ride, guided by an experienced camel man to explore within the golden sand sea of Merzouga. Dinner in the camp where you will spend the night.

Meal plan: Dinner

Day 2: Merzouga to Dades via Todgha gorges and Tinghir

You will wack up to take the sunrise picture and breakfast then you'll peacefully camel-trek back to the village of Merzouga. Enroute you couldn't fail to appreciate the unique beauty of the spectacular Erg Chebbi sand dunes - changing with the light as the day progresses. Meeting your driver then you'll leave for Rissani, Tinghir, and Todra gorges - the highest, narrowest gorges in Morocco. After lunch in the heart of the gorge we'll drive through the Dades Valley, where you'll see the majestic sand castles and the amazing rock formations known as "monkey toes". Overnight accommodation will be in a Hotel.

Meal plan: Breakfast and Dinner

Day 3: Dades to Marrakech via Ouarzazate Ait benhaddou Kasbah and hight Atlas Mountains

After your breakfast at the hotel, we will start the last day in our trip driving via the thousand Kasbah route, the rose valley ,a visit to Taourirt Kasbah (the former residence of the Glaoui), lunch in Ourzazate, the drive to Ait Benhaddou an ancient Kasbah (fortified village) listed as UNESCOs heritage site, and many famous movies were also filmed there then another 4 hours drive via the tizi ntichka pass with stops along, get to Marrakech around 19:00.

Meal plan: Breakfast