4 days from Fes to Marrakech desert tour
DAY 1: FES – MIDLET – ZIZ VALLEY – ERFOUD – RISSANI – MERZOUGA DESERT
The very popular Fez desert tour with “Marrakech-Morocco-Trips” offers an incredible experience in the Sahara desert. Our 4 day Fez private tour to Merzouga desert is scheduled from the morning.
we pick up you from your hotel then we drive towards Ifrane, a city called Switzerland of Morocco because it is very clean.
We continue our Morocco tour passing the cedar forests in Azrou. Here we may watch local monkeys living in the forest before we drive to Midelt, which is very famous for mineral products and apples. Then we drive across the Ziz valley. And we will visit Erfoud, famous for its fossil products. We continue to Merzouga desert where we stay in a desert hotel.
DAY 2: MERZOUGA DESERT CAMEL TREK AND OVERNIGHT IN MERZOUGA CAMP
Around 9:30 you drive to the village of the Negroes, Khamlia. These people came from Sudan and were originally brought north as slaves. You will meet some families and enjoy mint tea with them and listen to traditional gnaoua music.
Our next stop will be at Mfis, a small village to the south-east of the dunes, close to the coal and copper mines where most of the people in Merzouga used to make their livings.
Then, after a further stop in Merdane village, we carry on to meet Berber families before driving back to Merzouga to check-in at your hotel.
In the afternoon, you will mount your camel to cross the dunes and discover one of the secrets of the ‘sea of sand’. Our stop will be in a virgin oasis. Enjoy the silence of the desert, appreciate the natural beauty surrounding you and watch the majestic sunset.
Spend the evening under a canopy of stars, twinkling with an intensity you may never have seen before. Sleep in traditional Berber tents.
DAY 3: MERZOUGA DESERT – RISSANI – TODRA GORGES – DADES GORGES
Today we continue by camel ride back to Merzouga village and we enjoy desert sunrise in Merzouga. Then we drive towards Tinghir to explore Todra gorges, the highest and narrowest gorge in Morocco.
We drive through the Dades Valley to explore the rock formations known as “monkey toes”. We will spend the night in a local riad/hotel with dinner and breakfast.
DAY 4: DADES GORGES – OUARZAZATE – AIT BENHADDOU – MARRAKECH
After breakfast, we pass via “Kalaat Mgouna” famous for its rose products by the same route of thousand Kasbahs to reach Ouarzazate, a city called “the Hollywood of Africa”. After the visit to local movie studios and kasbah in the city. We also explore the Ait Benhaddou local kasbah, It is the largest Kasbah in Morocco and UNESCO world heritage. Many famous movies were filmed here including Gladiator, The Mummy and Lawrence of Arabia. We drive through the Tizi ‘n’ tichka which is high Atlas Mountains to reach Marrakech.The Fez desert tour to Merzouga and Marrakech with “Marrakech-Morocco-Trips” finishes and we thank you for exploring Morocco.
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