5 Days from Fes to Desert and Marrakech

Overview

5 Days from Fes to Desert and Marrakech

This 5-day journey from Fes travels through the Middle Atlas mountains to the Sahara Desert at Merzouga for a desert oasis experience, then continues along the route of a thousand kasbahs through Todra and Dades gorges before concluding in Marrakech after visiting Ait Ben Haddou and crossing the High Atlas Mountains.

5Days
Age 15+
from Fes

Destination:	Sahara desert
Departure:	From Fes
Departure Time	7:30
Return Time:	18:00 to Marrakech
Included:	Modern air-conditioned 4×4 or van driven by an English-speaking driver/guide. Pick up from your hotel in Fes. Overnights at Hotels During the Tour(private room with bathroom), dinner, and breakfast Sunset camel ride in Erg Chebbi. Overnight in a Sahara desert camp in Erg Chebbi (private tent) with shared bathroom – Showers available in the morning at the camp operator’s lodge – Dinner and breakfast are included. Upgrade to luxury camping with private tent available when booking the Marrakech to Fez desert excursion (€70 per person). Drop off at your hotel in Fes.
Excluded:	Drinks Flights Travel Insurance Possible entry fees Possible local guides Lunches along the way

Tour Plan

This 5-day journey from Fes travels through the Middle Atlas to Merzouga's Sahara desert for an oasis experience, then continues through Todra Gorge and the Valley of Kasbahs before concluding in Marrakech after visiting Ait Ben Haddou and crossing the High Atlas Mountains.

From 08:00 to 17:00

Day 1: Fez – Midelt

Breakfast and departure to the Middle Atlas mountains, crossing the great cedar forests inhabited by pastoralist communities. From here, we leave the bustle of big cities and we go inside and we find friendly and peaceful people dedicated to agriculture and grazing. Dinner and overnight. Hotel ***.

From 08:00 to 17:00

DAY 2: Midelt – Merzouga

Down south, past the mountains of the High Atlas, arrive at Errachidia, where the first big palm of the trip. These oases of greenery create a microclimate ideal for growing all kinds of fruit trees, vegetables, etc.. The continuing route leads to Erfoud, the economic capital of the region of Tafilalet. In this area, the fossils abound that testify to a past covered by the sea. From here the asphalt disappears for a Saharan tracks adobe reach the village of Merzouga. Dinner and overnight. Hostel.

From 08:00 to 17:00

Day 3: Merzouga – Merzouga

After breakfast you will start the grand tour of the dunes, passing through many villages in the desert. One of them is the village where clapping Khamlia where to enjoy the music of Gnawa and then continue via the desert nomads in their haimas, discover a new meaning of life … In the afternoon you will take the camels for the night in the middle of the dunes under a nomadic Bedouin tent.

From 08:00 to 17:00

Day 4: Merzouga – Ouarzazate

Breakfast and departure for the call route of a thousand Kasbahs, arrival at the Todra Gorges with walls of about 300m. Possibly one of the most beautiful places in Morocco. We continue to the Dades gorges in this region create a micro-climate conducive to vegetation and crops, including extensive palm groves. Arrival in Ouarzazate. Dinner and overnight. Hotel ***.

From 08:00 to 17:00

DAY 5: Ouarzazate – Marrakech

After breakfast we go to visit the Kasbah of Taourirt. On the road a few kilometers from Ouarzazate, visit the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, and the setting for many films, as Gladiator, Troy, Laurens Arabia, etc.. After going through the port of blight-Tichka (2260m) Arrival at Marrakech. Known as the red city. Marrakech was originally the meeting point of the great caravan route linking the empires of Black Africa with the Mediterranean Sea. Founded by the Almoravids from desert in the eleventh century, has grown over the course of centuries to end up becoming the capital of south. A unique experience is pacing the Djemaa El Fna, the center of all life and activity of the south: dancers, storytellers, jugglers, merchants, and snake charmers and many curious characters. Dinner and overnight. Hotel ***. End of our services.