The private Marrakech to Fes Desert Tour is the ideal 3-day Sahara tour to combine the 2 imperial cities of Marrakech and Fes with an overland tour of the Moroccan desert. You will drive across the High Atlas Mountains, visit Kasbah Ait Ben Hadou, Ouarzazate, Skoura oasis, Dades Valley, Tinghir and its majestic Todra Canyons. Enjoy a sunset camel trek in Erg Chebbi dunes and spend the night with the Bedouins at your Sahara Desert camp. Drive past the Middle Atlas Mountains and its cedar forests where you will spot Barbary apes, before your reach Fes. To sum it up, this is the best desert tour from Marrakech to Fes.
Your Marrakech to Fes Morocco Desert Trip will depart from your hotel or riad at 07h30 AM to Kasbah Ait Ben Hadou through Tizi n'Tichka pass and the High Atlas Mountains. Numerous stops will be made along the way. Visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, which was also served as a set for various Hollywood blockbusters.
We continue to Ouarzazate for lunch ( At leisure ). In the afternoon, we drive to the oasis of Skoura and visit one of the best-preserved Kasbahs in Morocco: Amridil. From here we continue to Kalaa Mgrouna via the Valley of the Roses before we reach our boutique guest house located in Dades Valley. Dinner and overnight.
After breakfast, today’s journey will start by driving along the Road of 1001 Kasbahs to Tinghir oasis. You will be enjoying the amazing scenery along the way of the remains of fortified villages that hosted the caravan roads until the early 20th century. Upon arrival at Tinghir, which was a military post during the French occupation, we will deviate onto a secondary road to the oasis. Feel free to walk next to the stream and watch the locals farming and herding their cattle. Your walk will end at one of the magnificent scenes of your tour: Todgha Gorges.
After lunch at leisure at one of the local cafés, we continue to Rissani, which is one of the holiest towns in Morocco as the actual dynasty ruling Morocco, the Alaouites, originated here, and its founder is buried locally. Rissani is also famous as a starting point of the ancient caravan roads crossing the Sahara Desert all the way to Tomboctou. Mid-afternoon, we will cross some rocky terrain all the way to Merzouga, where our camel caravan will be waiting for you. Enjoy a camel ride over Erg Chebbi dunes to watch an amazing sunset, before we return to our Sahara Desert camp.
Enjoy dinner under the stars while being entertained by our local nomad hosts, playing their drums all night. Overnight at your Sahara Desert camp.
After an early wake up to enjoy an amazing sunrise camel trek over the dunes of Erg Chebbi, we will reach the camp operator's lodge in Merzouga for breakfast and shower ( If you choose to upgrade to the luxury camp, breakfast will be served at the camp, and showers are available at your tent). Meet your driver / guide and depart on a scenic drive to Fe,s crossing the Ziz Valley through Errachidia, which is the capital of Tafilalt region.
We carry on our journey to Midelt where you will enjoy a leisurely lunch before we keep driving across the Middle Atlas Mountains with its cedar forests and Berber towns of Imouzzar and Ifran, which are both famous as winter ski resorts for Moroccans. Your driver might spot some Barbary apes on the way and seize the opportunity to take some pictures. We arrive at Fes late in the afternoon. Your Wide Morocco Tour from Marrakech to Fes will end with a drop off at your hotel or riad in Fes.
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