Enjoy an exciting 4 days desert tour from Fes to Marrakech and explore the breathtaking Erg Chebbi Dunes. Encountering the extraordinary cultural and geographic diversity of Southern Morocco, this guided tour takes you through Morocco’s Sahara desert.
In the course of your four-day excursion from Fes to Marrakech, you will travel via the picturesque Ziz Valley and the Middle Atlas Mountains to Merzouga. Take a camel ride over the fascinating Erg Chebbi dunes on the second day, visit a local family in the desert, and camp out there for the night.
Explore Tinghir and Dades Gorges, home of the breathtaking Todra Gorges, on the third day. To see the breathtaking kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, you travel along the well-known “Road of 1000 Kasbahs” on the fourth day. After an incredible 4 days tour from Fes to Marrakech, finally make your way across the High Atlas Mountains to arrive in Marrakech.
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Take advantage of the 4 days Fes to Marrakech Desert Tour, which combines a road drive across the breathtaking Morocco Sahara desert with a visit to the two imperial cities of Marrakech and Fes. Take a four-day vacation from Fes to Marrakech to explore the Moroccan desert, ride camels in Erg Chebbi, and spend the night at your Berber Sahara desert camp in the Erg Chebbi dunes.
Pick-up in the morning from your Fes hotel or riad to begin your 4 days desert tour to Marrakech. Leave the city and travel to Ifrane. Here, you can stop for a quick fifteen minutes and maybe have a cup of coffee. From there, continue on to the Middle Atlas Mountains and the cedar forest of Azrou. You will be able to watch the Barbary monkeys from here.
Travel through the Ziz Valley, a valley lined with palm trees, and Midelt to reach Merzouga. When you get to Merzouga in the afternoon, stay in a lovely riad with a view of the town’s surrounding golden sand dunes.
Your riad will serve you a delicious breakfast to start your day of adventure in the Merzouga desert. The people who play the distinctive Gnawa music are originally from South Africa, and you may hear them perform it in the little hamlet of Khamlia, where you will be your first stop. The next destination is M’Fis, an abandoned settlement with galena mines—a mineral that was formerly used to produce mascara. You will travel there off-road.
In addition, while sipping tea in one of their traditional Berber tents, you will have the chance to discover more about the nomadic way of life of a family who lives close to the borders behind the Erg Chebbi Dunes. It is fascinating to learn about this ethnic group’s way of life because they have chosen to live apart from civilization in a totally distinct way.
Prepare yourself for an amazing ride on a camel across Merzouga’s tall dunes to your desert tent in the afternoon. While traveling, you’ll pause at a tall dune where you may go sandboarding and take in the breathtaking sunset. Once dinner is served, unwind around a campfire beneath the starry sky while the camp staff plays drums and kindly shows you how to play them. Have a wonderful fantastic night.
It’s strongly recommended to get up early today in order to see a beautiful sunrise. Enjoy a delicious meal at your desert tent after that.
After that, you’ll go to Dades Gorge on an exciting road trip that stops at several locations, including Rissani, Erfoud, Tinghir, and Todra Gorge. In the event that this Sunday, Tuesday, or Thursday happens to be a market day in Rissani, you have the option of going to a typical Moroccan market. You will get a peek into the local way of life from this amazing cultural experience. Spices, street cuisine, and indigenous handicrafts that are hard to find elsewhere can be found here.
There are numerous additional opportunities to stop along the route, snap interesting photos, and discover the customs and people of the area.
Travel to Dades Gorge in the afternoon, and check into your hotel. Your hotel room for dinner and the night.
You will have a great breakfast at your hotel before going out and seeing the neighborhood. After that, travel to Ouarzazate via the 1000 Kasbahs Road. You can take pictures from outside or visit the Atlas Studios here. See the Ait Ben Hadou Kasbah, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that served as the backdrop for several well-known films and television shows, including Gladiator and Prince of Persia.
Following a delicious lunch, you continue traveling to Marrakech by traversing the breathtaking High Atlas Mountains. A variety of quaint Moroccan Berber settlements will be passed by. There will be numerous stops along the route. After dropping you off at your Marrakech lodging, your 4-day journey from Fes to Marrakech will come to a conclusion. You will have gained richer experiences from the trip.
During our four-day tour from Fes to Marrakech, my spouse and I utilized MMDT. From beginning to end, the tour was expertly planned. Our guide was amiable, informed, and aware of the best locations for photos of the various stunning scenery in the nation. My greatest recollections include of course Skoura, the Ait Benhaddou, the Gorges, and the sand dunes of Erg Chebbi, where we rode camels, watched the sunset, and slept beneath the stars. The cuisine tasted excellent and was prepared locally. Overall, a fantastic tour that is highly recommended and a wonderful experience that will last a lifetime.