Marrakech to Fes Desert Trip – 5 days

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Marrakech to Fes desert tour 5 days – overview:

Book this Marrakech to Fes desert trip via Merzouga for a true Sahara experience. Experience camel riding, sleep in nomad tents in Merzouga desert camp and beautiful riads. Drive across the Atlas Mountains, and travel via the fascinating pass of Tizi-n-Tichka. Capture inspiring photos of the often snow-topped Mountains, the fertile valleys, and the beautiful Berber villages. Visit Kasbah Telouet and the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou.

Wander Skoura Oasis green palm trees and tour the beautiful Kasbah Amredhil. Travel through the Road of Thousand Kasbahs and the lively Valley of the Roses. Visit Kel’aa M’gouna’s local cooperatives making cosmetic products from the flowers of the valley. Explore the Dades Valley, full of gardens and home to massive canyons. Hike in the Toudgha Gorges with a local guide and travel through Berber villages.

Ride camels to the top of Erg Chebbi dunes and practice sandboarding. Admire the sunset from the summit of the dunes and walk in the wind-blown sand dunes. Taste dinner under the Sahara sky, dance to Berber music and drumming. Stay in a comfortable nomad tent in a Merzouga desert camp among the big dunes.

Drive along the Ziz Valley full of huge green oases and fortified kasbahs. Travel through Errachidia, Midelt, and aver the Middle Atlas Mountains. Witness the Barbary monkeys in Azrou and arrive at Fes.

5-day desert tour from Marrakech to Fes – highlights:

• Travel over the often snow-topped Atlas Mountains, drive via the pass of Tizi-n-Tichka
• Admire the beautiful Berber villages and green valleys from the summit of the mountains
• Visit Kasbah Telouet and Hollywood favourite film set in Morocco, Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou
• Explore Skoura Oasis green palm trees and tour the beautiful Kasbah Amredhil
• Drive off-road through the Road of Thousand Kasbahs and the vivid Valley of the Roses.
• Stop at Kel’aa M’gouna cosmetic cooperatives producing products from the flowers of the valley
• Explore the Dades Valley and go for a hike in the Toudgha Gorges with a local guide a
• Ride camels and admire the sunset from the summit of Erg Chebbi dunes
• Taste dinner in the magical Sahara and dance to Berber drumming around a fire camp
• Stay in a private nomad tent in a desert camp near the big dunes of Erg Chebbi
• Enjoy a full day trekking in the Sahara Desert with a picnic among the dunes
• Or a half a day 4×4 tour around the dunes and visit the Khamlia village
• Drive along the Ziz Valey palm trees and along fortified kasbahs
• Stay in beautiful riads and taste some of Morocco’s most delicious dishes
• Travel through Errachidia and Midelt and cross the Middle Atlas Mountains
• Witness the Barbary monkeys in the cedar forests in Azrou and arrive at Fes

What is included in this Marrakech to Fes desert trip 5 days:

• Private transportation in an air-conditioned comfortable 4×4 car or luxury minivan
• Pick-up from your hotel in Marrakech and drop-off at your riad in Fes
• Experienced English/French/Spanish Berber driver/ guide
• Overnights in air-conditioned rooms with private bathrooms and toilets
• 2 Overnights in an authentic/ luxury Erg Chebbi Dunes desert camp
• All meals, 4 breakfasts, 5 lunches, and 4 dinners with vegetarian and vegan options
• Option to go to and to come back from the camp in 4×4 Toyota Prado Tx
• Camel rides for an hour to an hour and a half and free sand-boarding
• Free soft drinks and mineral water during your stay in the desert
• Berber music and drumming around a fire camp in the desert
• The opportunity to ask the driver to stop for breaks whenever you wish
• Entrance fees and local guides in the relevant places

What is not included:

• Soft drinks
• Tips
• Extras

Good to know about Marrakech to Fes desert tour:

• This Marrakech to Fes desert trip can be tailor-made to fit your individual areas of interest
• This Marrakech to Fes desert trip is free of hidden costs, cheap tourists’ traps, or forced shopping
• You can choose to go to the camp on camelback or by the 4×4 car. Then, you go for a camel ride
• To do this tour the other way around, visit Fes to Marrakech Desert Tour – 4 days

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Marrakech to Fes desert tour 5 days – itinerary:

1st day: Marrakech – Ouarzazate

Start your Marrakech to Fes desert trip by departure in the morning from your riad and drive to Ouarzazate. You will travel through the Atlas Mountains and via the famous Tizi-n-Tichka pass (2260m).

Along the way, you will stop at panoramic viewpoints for breaks and photos. The views of the mountains, the green valleys, and the adobe-built Berber villages are spectacular. Visit the Kasbah Telouet, which served as a palatial residence and features tiling artwork and wood craftsmanship.

You then drive from Telouet through the beautiful landscapes of the Ounila Valley to the kasbah Ait Ben Haddou. Taste lunch in one of the many restaurants overlooking the kasbah.  Ait Ben Haddou is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a backdrop for several cinematic artworks such as “Gladiator” and “Lawrence of Arabia”.

In the afternoon, you will explore the Kasbah with a local guide, to learn about the history of this site and its interesting features. Afterwards, you arrive at Ouarzazate, where an authentic riad offers dinner and a night’s rest.

2nd day: Ouarzazate – Dades Gorges

Following breakfast in the riad, you will continue your Marrakech to Fes desert trip. Enjoy a scenic drive through the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs, where many kasbahs stand tall among the trees. Shortly after, you will arrive at Skoura Oasis, full of green fields and palm trees.

Here, you will visit the beautifully restored Kasbah Amredhil and tour its small museum, full of ancient agriculture equipment and housing furniture. Next, you travel along the fertile Valley of the Roses, and then Kel’aa M’gouna, where you can visit the local cooperatives producing cosmetic products from the flowers of the valley.

Shortly after, you will drive off-track to the Dades Gorges which will be the venue for lunch. After lunch, explore the Dades Valley’s sheer red canyons and breathtaking lush oases and go for a walk alongside the Boumalne Dades river.

The itinerary takes you to the Toudgha Gorges, where you will have dinner and spend the night in a beautiful guest-house overlooking the valley.

3rd day: Dades Gorges – Merzouga

After breakfast, wander the Tinghir green palm grove, where you can witness dates and figs. From here, you travel through many Berber villages where you will stop for breaks and to learn about life in southern Morocco.

Then, you drive along the Ziz Valley, full of palm trees, and fortified Kasbahs, and arrive in Erfoud in time for lunch. After lunch, you can visit the fossil exhibits, where you can see how locally found fossils are processed into souvenirs and house furniture.

In the afternoon, you will continue your desert trip to the rolling dunes of Erg Chebbi in Merzouga.  Here, an hour to an hour and a half leads to the summit of the high dunes, from which the sunset is spectacular.

At the campsite, you will be welcomed by mint tea and biscuits. At night, taste a traditional Moroccan dinner under the Saharan night sky, followed by Berber drumming, singing, and dancing around a fire camp. Sleep in a comfortable nomad tent in a desert camp near the big dunes.

4th day: Merzouga

After breakfast at the campsite, enjoy a full day of desert trekking in the Sahara Desert. Camels will carry everything needed for your trek. Either, you can ride them or walk behind them as they carry what you need for you desert trek.

You will be accompanied by camel-men and nomad guides who will navigate the way through the dunes and prepare your lunch on a spot among the dunes. You will walk for about three hours in the morning and another three hours in the afternoon.

Alternatively, after breakfast, you can go for a 4×4 tour around the dunes, sip a glass of tea with a nomad family. Visit Gnawa people playing Gnawa music in Khamlia village. In the afternoon, drive to Rissani, to visit its local souk and explore the village. Dinner and overnight will be at the camp.

5th day: Merzouga – Fes

If you get up early in the morning and climb up to the summit of the dunes. You will be rewarded with amazing views of the spectacular sunrise and the wind-swept dunes that stretch as far as you can see.

Back at the camp, breakfast is served and then you continue your Marrakech to Fes desert trip.  Go on another hour to an hour-a-half camel ride in the rolling dunes of Erg Chebbi. Then, you travel north along Rissani, Errachidia, and then Midelt.

Lunch will be in Midelt, which is called “the apple capital” and situated at the foot of Ayachi Mountain.

In the afternoon, you will travel along a beautiful cedar forest full of green oaks and cedar trees to reach Azrou. Here, you can see Barbary apes looking out for titbits. Next, we travel through Ifrane, remarkable for its slopy rooftops, which is very unusual in Morocco and reach Fes by the end of the afternoon. You just had a wonderful Marrakech to Fes desert tour 5 days.

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