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By Experience Serenity Sahara
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Overview

  • This Marrakech to Fes desert tour offers a unique and unforgettable experience for travellers looking to explore the Sahara Desert of Morocco. What sets this tour apart is its small group size, limited to just 10 people per departure, ensuring a more intimate and personalised experience. With more time to interact with the knowledgeable local tour guide, travellers can delve deeper into the culture and history of Morocco. The tour includes accommodation in a quality hotel in the Atlas Mountains and a luxury camp in the desert, providing both comfort and authenticity. The itinerary covers highlights such as the UNESCO World Heritage Site Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, camel trekking across the golden dunes of Erg Chebbi, and experiencing the mesmerising sunset from a high dune. Additionally, travellers can enjoy activities like sandboarding and an evening of nomad music and drumming around a campfire.

Activity location

  • Ait Ben Haddou
    • Ait Ben Haddou, Morocco

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Café de France
    • 72 Rue des Banques
    • 40000, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco

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What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    - Sandboarding opportunity
  • Inclusions
    - 1 night at Sahara desert camp (Merzouga)
  • Inclusions
    - Entrance fees and guided time at key sites
  • Inclusions
    - Camel trek into the Erg Chebbi dunes
  • Inclusions
    - 1 night hotel accommodation in Dades Valley
  • Inclusions
    - Flexible photo stops and cultural interaction
  • Inclusions
    - Hotel/riad pickup in Marrakech
  • Inclusions
    - Campfire music at desert camp
  • Inclusions
    - Private, air-conditioned transport with a knowledgeable local driver-guide
  • Inclusions
    - Drop-off in Fes
  • Exclusions
    Lunches
  • Exclusions
    Tips
  • Exclusions
    Drinks

Know before you book

    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
    • Specialised infant seats are available
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Marrakech → Tizi n'Tichka Pass → Ait Ben Haddou → Ouarzazate → Dades Valley

  • 4 stops
  • Meals: snacks
  • Accommodation: 1-night accommodation at hotel

High Atlas Mountains

  • 30m
Embark on a captivating journey through the eastern half of Morocco in comfort, aboard a modern air-conditioned minibus. Your adventure begins as our guide choices you up from your Marrakech hotel or from the meeting point at 7:30 a.m., escorting you to the starting point. Traverse the majestic Atlas Mountain range, where you will have a stop for coffee and use the bathroom at the first foothills. Enjoy a panoramic view from a terrace before continuing to drive and reach the highest pass in the north of Africa, where you can experience the feeling of high altitudes that reach up to 2262 metres. After that, descend into the mesmerising Kasbah at Ait Ben Haddou.

Ait Ben Haddou

  • 1h
Drive uphill on winding roads to the famed Tizi Ntichka pass before arriving at Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, the first significant stop for sightseeing today. The Berber walled settlement of Ait Ben Haddou is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as well as a filming location for famous Hollywood epics such as Kingdom of Heaven, Lawrence of Arabia, and Gladiator.

Ouarzazate

  • 45m
We continue to Ouarzazate. Here u explore main sights. After lunch at a local café, drive to Dades Valley, Skoura Oasis, and Klaa Mgouna, the capital of the Valley of the Roses and noted for its rose water artisanal distillation facilities.

Dades Gorges

  • 14h
When you arrive at Boumalne Dades, follow the Dades River on a narrow road that passes by many fortified Kasbahs on the side of the route to Dades Canyons. You will arrive late in the afternoon at your hotel. Dinner and a night's stay at your Dades hotel.

Day 2: Dades Gorge → Tinghir → Todra Gorge → Erfoud → Merzouga

  • 4 stops
  • Meals: breakfast, snacks
  • Accommodation: Overnight at a Comfortable Camp

Tinghir

  • 15m
The next morning, a hearty breakfast awaits at our guesthouse before we set out for the awe-inspiring Todra Gorge, passing through Tinghir city and Todra valley.

Todgha Gorge

  • 20m
After some free time to take in the vastness of the cliffs and lunch, we depart early in the afternoon for Rissani, famed for its dates market and as the starting point for historic commercial caravans traversing the Sahara desert to Tomboctou.

Erfoud

  • 1h
We will proceed to Merzouga after a little pause, travelling across some rocky desert countryside. When you arrive at Merzouga, feel free to cool down in their refreshing pool before embarking on your dusk desert journey to the camp. Meet our camel caravan and ride your camels across the spectacular color-changing sand dunes against the backdrop of the sunset. We arrive at our Sahara desert tent before it becomes dark.

Merzouga

  • 14h
Check out the impressive dunes of Merzouga, where we will have a welcome tea and already feel how hospitable the desert people are. At this point, they leave the hostel to pack their bags and what we are not going to use in the desert and leave a caravan of camels for approximately one hour, which will take us to the tented camp. We make a stop halfway to watch the sunset in the countryside with the right traditional dinner and typical music, spending the night.

Day 3: Merzouga → Ziz Valley → Middle Atlas Cedar Forest → Ifrane → Fes

  • 4 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Not included

Merzouga

  • 2h
Begin your day by rising early to catch the sunrise on the nearby dunes, followed by a hearty breakfast back at the camp and a chance to refresh. Once energised and prepared, we set out on a morning camel trek to marvel at the stunning sunrise over the dunes or you can chose to return by 4*4. Returning from our ride wether by camel or 4*4 to the opposite side of the dunes, we then commence our onward journey to Fes.

Erfoud

  • 1h
Cross the palm grove of Tafilalet and the town of Erfoud to reach the Ziz valley.

Ifrane

  • 1h
If you have the chance, you can meet the Maggots monkeys at the cedar forest between Azrou and Ifrane.

Fes el-Bali

  • 1h
Join Fez, the cultural capital of Morocco, early in the evening. - Drop off in your accommodation or in the nearest accessible point - End of service in Fes.

Location

Activity location

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    Ait Ben Haddou
    • Ait Ben Haddou, Morocco

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Café de France
    • 72 Rue des Banques
    • 40000, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco

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