Tour 4 Day Luxury Desert Tour from Marrakech to Fes

DAY 1: MARRAKECH / AIT BEN HADDOU / OUARZAZATE / DADES GORGE

• After leaving Marrakech,
• we go south across the Tizi n’Tichka Pass (2260m),
• with spectacular views of the mountains and Berber villages along the route.
• We eat lunch in a typical eatery and then visit the World Heritage-listed Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou.
• More than 20 films have included this iconic kasbah as a background.
• After lunch, we go through Ouarzazate, Morocco’s southernmost city, to the Skoura oasis, a lush location surrounded by vast palm trees.
• We continue on from Skoura to the Valley of Roses.
• The local community relies heavily on roses as a crop boost.
• Depending on weather circumstances, the rose season begins about 10 April and finishes around 20 May.
• The Moussem of Roses, also known as the Rose Festival, takes place on the second weekend in May and lasts two days.
• Many celebrations take place, including folk group performances and the Miss Roses contest, the winner of which is paraded on a decorated float.
• Traders from all around the region congregate to offer their wares and handicrafts.
• Finally, on this day, we arrive in the breathtaking Dades Gorge, where you will dine and stay the night in your hotel.

DAY 2: DADES GORGE / TODRA GORGES / MERZOUGA / ERG CHEBBI

• We leave Dades Gorge after breakfast and travel to Todra Gorges,
• a huge fault that rises to 200 meters in a small valley studded with palm trees and Berber villages.
• After lunch in the gorge,
• we go deeper into the Sahara to Merzouga,
• which is home to Morocco’s biggest natural subterranean body of water and sits on the edge of the Erg Chebbi sand dunes.
• In Merzouga, stay in a hotel for dinner and the night.

DAY 3: MERZOUGA / MERZOUGA DUNES / MERDANE OASIS

• You drive to the Khamlia hamlet after a leisurely breakfast and a visit to the Merzouga oasis.
• These people were initially carried north as slaves from Sudan.
• You’ll meet several families and have mint tea while listening to traditional gnaoua music with them.
• Our next destination will be Mfis, a little settlement to the south-east of the dunes, near to the coal and copper mines where the majority of Merzouga’s inhabitants used to work.
• After a brief break in Merdane village, we continue on to visit Berber households before returning to Merzouga and checking into your accommodation.
• In the afternoon, you’ll saddle your camel and travel the dunes, uncovering one of the’sea of sand’s mysteries.
• We’ll make a pit break in a pristine paradise.
• Enjoy the desert solitude, take in the natural beauty that surrounds you, and enjoy the magnificent sunset.
• Spend the evening under a blanket of stars that twinkle with a brightness you’ve never seen before.
• Luxury Desert Tents are used for sleeping.

DAY 4: MERZOUGA / RISSANI / ZIZ VALLEY / AZROU / FEZ

• We travel to Rissani after breakfast in the desert, where we visit the traditional Berber suq and the ruined Kasbah of Sijilmassa.
• We drive through the Ziz Valley and Errachidia after leaving Rissani.
• We will stop en route for lunch before reaching Azrou where there is a cedar forest which is home to a troupe of Barbary apes.
• Cross Ifran known as Switzerland of Morocco
• We reach Fes , drop you at your choosen hotel . Maa Salama
• end of Tour 4 Day Luxury Desert Tour from Marrakech to Fes

4 Days Marrakech Luxury Desert Tour to Fes – Option 2:

Day 1: Marrakech – High Atlas Mountains – Telouet – Tamdakht

• • Depart from Marrakech, heading towards the High Atlas Mountains.
  • Cross the Tizi n’Tichka pass (2260m) with multiple photo stops at scenic viewpoints.
  • Visit the Kasbah of Telouet, former palace of the powerful Glaoui tribe.
  • Continue through the Ounila Valley, past salt mines and Berber villages.
  • Visit the famous Ksar of Ait Ben Haddou.
  • End the day in Tamdakht.

Day 2: Ait Ben Haddou – Ouarzazate – Skoura – Roses Valley – Dades Valley

• • After breakfast, visit the Taourirt Kasbah.
  • Travel along the road of a thousand Kasbahs, with a stop at Kasbah Amridil in Skoura.
  • Continue through the Valley of the Roses.
  • Reach Dades Valley and stay overnight in Dades Gorges.

Day 3: Dades Gorge – Todra Gorge – Erfoud – Merzouga

• • Breakfast at the hotel in Dades, with a relaxing morning enjoying the valley views.
  • Head to Todra Gorge for a walk through the dramatic mountains and lush valley.
  •  Continue south toward Merzouga, with lunch en route and scenic stops.
  • Arrive at the edge of the Merzouga dunes, and embark on a camel trek into the desert
  •  Enjoy the sunset in the dunes, followed by mint tea and dinner at the camp.
  •  Participate in a night of music and stargazing by the fire.

Day 4: Merzouga – Errachidia – Midelt – Cedar Forest – Ifrane – Fes

• •  Wake up early to witness the sunrise over the Sahara dunes.
  •  Return to the hotel for breakfast and a shower.
  •  Drive through Errachidia and the Ziz Valley, with a lunch stop in Midelt.
  •  Visit Azrou’s cedar forest to see Barbary macaques.
  •  Continue via Ifrane before arriving in Fes.
  • Drop-off at your chosen hotel or riad in Fes.
  • end of Tour 4 Day Luxury Desert Tour from Marrakech to Fes