4-day tour from Fez to Marrakech with a route through the Merzouga desert
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4-day tour from Fez to Marrakech including a desert excursion, camel ride, and overnight stay in a nomad camp in the Merzouga desert.
Main information:
- Duration: 4 days / 3 nights
- Departure: 08:00 am
- Departure location: Fez
- End location: Marrakech
Highlights of our trip:
- DAY 1: FEZ – IFRANE – AZROU – MIDELT – MERZOUGA
- DAY 2: MERZOUGA – KHAMLIA – NOMAD VILLAGES – ERG CHEBBI
- DAY 3: MERZOUGA – RISSANI – TODRA GORGES – DADES VALLEY
- DAY 4: DADES VALLEY – ROSE VALLEY – SKOURA – OUARZAZATE – AIT BEN HADDOU –
- MARRAKECH – AIRPORT
Included
- Arrival and departure transfers from the airport.
- Private tour.
- Private vehicle with a Spanish-speaking driver.
- Fuel, tolls, and all transportation-related expenses.
- Accommodation with half board except in Marrakech and Fez (breakfast included).
- Camel ride to the camp (one per person).
- Guided tour of Marrakech.
Not Included
- Flights.
- Beverages.
- Lunches.
- Entrance fees to museums and monuments.
- Dinner in Marrakech.
Travel plan
Early departure from Fez to Midelt, passing through the mountains and cedar forests of the Middle Atlas. We will pass through Ifrane, a city known as the Swiss of Morocco with a charming ski resort, and Azrou, an important craft center specialized in cedar wood work. After the Zad Pass (2178m / 7146ft), we will arrive at Midelt where we will make a short stop for lunch.
In the afternoon, we will descend towards Erfoud and Errachidia through the Ziz Valley, full of palm trees and we will follow the course of the palm grove with the best dates in Morocco. In Erfoud, the city of fossils, you can see how they are extracted from the quarries and worked into the most varied shapes.
We will continue towards the Erg Chebbi sand dunes. Free afternoon to enjoy the Berber town, its people and the dunes.
Once at the accommodation, you will have dinner and spend the night in a hotel at the foot of the dunes to recharge your batteries for the next day.
You will wake up early to see the sunrise. At noon we will visit a nomadic family. In the shade of a tree, you will see how Berber pizza is made and then you will taste it.
After lunch you will rest for a while and then we will take a tour through the desert. We will tour one of the tracks used in the Paris-Dakkar Rally in 4×4; and we will visit the town of Khamlia (town of the Blacks) where we will attend a Gnawa music concert performed by a group of black Berbers originally from Sudan and sub-Saharan Africa, the Mifiss mines and we will meet the Berber nomads of the desert.
At the end of the day, you can have dinner, listen to the sound of drums in the desert night and sleep in a tent in a nomadic camp.
In the morning, after a good shower and a good breakfast, we will head to Dades, passing through Rissani, an important city of food, animals and crafts.
Passing through Erfoud (the capital of fossil marble), the next stop is in Tinejdad, where we will have a delicious meal. After that, we will have the opportunity to stop to enjoy a stunning panoramic view of the river.
We will continue to the Todra Gorges, through the large palm grove of Tinghir, where agriculture, dates, palm trees, etc. stand out.
Later, we will enter the Dades Valley and admire the hundreds of kasbahs scattered along the way. We will continue along the path towards the river and make a stop to enjoy it. Here you will have dinner and spend the night.
After breakfast, we will go to the oasis of Skoura and its Amridil kasbah, crossing the Valley of Roses first. Here you can see beautiful landscapes. Later, we will visit Ouarzazate, its magnificent film studios and its Taourirt kasbah.
We will continue to a walled city called Ait Ben Haddou, a World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO; where we will discover its most famous kasbah where films such as Gladiator, The Mummy and Babel among many others were filmed.
We will continue to the top of the Atlas, crossing the 2260 meter T'ichka pass. We will make stops to take photographs until our arrival at a Riad in Marrakech where we will stay.
The next day, if you fly until the afternoon, you will have breakfast at the Riad and you will have the day free until the indicated time of your flight and transfer to the airport. You can have the opportunity to visit it alone or, if you wish, with a local guide. A city full of life where there are great and interesting things to visit such as:
- Medina: with narrow streets, full of smells, feelings... leather and metal souks...
- Jamaa el Fna Square: you will find stalls selling juices, nuts... and at night, food stalls where you can enjoy typical Moroccan cuisine.
- Koutoubia Mosque: This is the most important mosque in this city.
- Bahia Palace: The construction of the palace took more than a decade, and its interior is full of majestically decorated rooms that you must see.
If you fly early, you will have breakfast at the Riad and you will have the day free until the indicated time of your flight and transfer to the airport.
Completion of the tour and the service provided.
