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3-Days Desert Tour to Marrakech with Night in Erg Chebbi from Fes

By Fes Desert Tours
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Overview

Take this 3-day, 2-night trip from Fez to Marrakech and venture through the desert. See the Middle Atlas Mountains, see the monkeys frolic in the Cedar forest, and observe the Ziz Oasis. Explore the Todra gorge, Dades Valley, and the Kasbahs of Skoura with your small-group of no more than 8 travelers. Spend your nights in a desert camp as well as a local hotel with provided breakfasts and dinners.

Activity location
  • Medina of Fez
    • 30000, Fes, Morocco, Morocco
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • Medina of Fez
    • 30000, Fes, Morocco, Morocco

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What's included, what's not

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    Air-conditioned minivan with professional driver
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    Sundbording
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    2 nights accommodation
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    Professional Driver
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    Camel ride
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    Lunch and drinks
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    Gratuities
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    Entrance fees

Know before you book

  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Fes to Merzouga
  • 5 stops
  • Meals: snacks
  • Accommodation: Overnight in the Desert camp in Merzouga Erg Cheebi
Medina of Fez
Our start will be from Fes the Medina, where our team will pick you up from your Hotel.
Ifrane
We will begin our journey from Fes by passing through Ifrane, a winter ski resort built by the French in the 1930s to resemble a Swiss village.
Azrou Cedar Forest
Continue passing through the cedars forest in Azrou where you will see the monkeys then drive across the Middle Atlas Mountains. Most of the day will be spent winding your way through the beautiful forests, springs, jagged rock faces, and Berber villages as you cross the Atlas Mountains and begin to descend towards the Sahara Desert.
Midelt
  • 1h
Halfway, you will stop for lunch in the town of Midelt, famous for its fossils and rocks, then continue towards Merzouga in the road.
Merzouga
  • 7h
Stop to get a panoramic view of a huge oasis of the palm trees and reach to Merzouga in the afternoon. After having some mint tea, the guide and camels will be waiting to carry you across the sandy dunes of the erg-Chebbi. Enjoy the beauty of the sunset on the camel and after 1-hour, you will reach to the desert camp to spend the night in a Berber tent. At your desert shelter, your camels are hobbled and mint tea is served. After a wonderful dinner, watch the stars until you fall asleep.
Day 2: Merzouga to Gorges or Ouarzazate
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: breakfast, snacks
  • Accommodation: Overnight: Hotel Les Jardins de Ouarzazate or similar
Ouarzazate
  • 4h
After a delicious breakfast, depart for Ouarzazate, and travel the rugged Road of a Thousand Kasbahs that rise up like turreted sand castles along this ancient caravan trading route. This area has long been a popular location for Hollywood films such as The Last Temptation of Christ, Jewel of the Nile, and most recently Hideous Kinky. The central region is one of the most exciting and romantic destinations of Morocco nestled along rich river valleys, palmeries, and burnished mud-brick homes ablaze in vibrant color under the shelter of the blue desert sky
Dades Gorges
  • 3h
  • Admission ticket not included
Stop for lunch and walk into the Todra gorge. Travel through the Dadès Valley past dramatic escarpments and have a late dinner at your hotel in the Gorges or in Ouarzazate.
Day 3: Ouarzazate to Marrakech
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Not included
Ouarzazate
  • 3h
Enjoy breakfast, then visit the town of Ouarzazate, including the Kasbah of Taourirt and the Atlas Studios movie studios, (there is a fee of 8 € per person)the largest and most famous of all Africa. Next, stop in ait ben Haddou where you will arrive in time of lunch. Here, you may visit the famous Kasbah, declared UNESCO World Heritage and which was the scene of films like The Gladiator, Babel, and Lawrence of Arabia
Tizi n Tichka
  • 2h
Pass through the High Atlas and the Tizi-n-Tichka pass, along a road that climbs from the plains up to 2260m above sea level through small villages and waterfalls as well as the continuously changing landscape and colours of the beautiful mountains. Return to your hotel or riad in Marrakech at the end of the day.

Location

Activity location
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    Medina of Fez
    • 30000, Fes, Morocco, Morocco
Meeting/Redemption Point
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    Medina of Fez
    • 30000, Fes, Morocco, Morocco

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