Get more from a journey to Fez from Marrakech with this 3-Day transfer-and-tour combo, which lets you experience Morocco’s Merzouga Desert and Atlas Mountains in one exciting adventure.
After pick up in Marrakech, travel by air-conditioned vehicle through the craggy High Atlas: passing Berber villages and crossing the Tizi-N'Tichka Pass before visiting the stunning, UNESCO-listed Ait-Ben Haddou kasbah.
Then to the gorge Dades for a dinner and overnight, and on day two, experience the Dades Gorge and Todra Valley before arriving at Merzouga, near the Sahara’s Erg Chebbi dunes.
Take a sunset camel trek to your desert camp, and opt to try sandboarding and rent an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) or buggy (own expense). After a tagine dinner and Berber music, sleep in a tent and wake for a sunrise camel ride and breakfast. Then, see oases, rocky gorges, and Azrou's forests, famous for their monkeys, on route to Fez, where your tour ends.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Air-conditioned vehicle
✔ Dinner
✔ Breakfast
✔ 40min Camel ride
✔ Professional Driver
✖ Lunch
✖ Guide
Pickup Locations
1. Club Les Almoravides Hotel
2. Riad Dar Zaouia
3. Riad Contessa
4. Casa Lalla
5. Riad SofYan & Spa
6. Riad Eva
7. Riad Oasis Du Desert Boutique Hotel & SPA
8. Riad Dardar
9. Hotel Kawakib
10. Riad Sultan Suleiman
11. Riad Tassili Marrakech
12. Riad Shakho
13. Dar Essassi
14. Riad Dar Fanny
15. Riad Sun Week
16. Riad Cologne & Spa
17. Riad El Habib
18. Riad Saiot
19. Villa Emraulde
20. Riad Palais MERYEM
Additional Info: Each person the driver will contact
Itinerary
MARRAKECH - TI’ZIN TICHKA - KASBAH AIT BEN HADDOU - BOMAL DADAS
1
Tizi n Tichka
Cross the gigantic Atlas Mountains and admire landscape’s beauty at the top of Tizi N 'Tichka pass, the highest in North Africa
2
Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
Experience AIT BENHADDOU and TELOUET Kasbahs day trip from Marrakech. Criss-cross the ATLAS MOUNTAINS and take the road to the Sahara Desert on the old caravan routes. See colorful Villages with houses erected from mud. See trading outposts, local art, and UNESCO World Heritage Sites featured in Hollywood blockbusters.
Ride over the famous Tizi-n-Tichka, see Berber villages, and watch as the landscape changes drastically, becoming semi-arid and desert-like as the chain of the Atlas mountains acts as barrier against the Mediterranean climate of the north.
Take a side road to the Telouet Kasbah, which belonged to the Pacha of the Atlas, the Glaoui, and was left to ruin after the departure of the French armies. Marvel at the tiled walls, fluted pillars, painted wooden ceilings, and colored glass windows of the reception rooms.
This part is optional which means if the drivers stops here you can either go and take a guide (which is excluded in our price; it is usually 2.5€) or go alone.
Duration: 2 hours
3
El Kelaa M'gouna
Across the Roses Valley of EL KELAA M'GOUNA
4
Dades Gorges
The Dadès Gorges, or Dades Valley as its famous name in most Morocco travel itineraries. The river originates in the High Atlas range of the Atlas mountains, flowing some 350 kilometres (220 mi) southwest before joining the Draa River at the edge of the Sahara.
Here where you will spend your night.
Duration: 13 hours
DADES TOWN - GORGES OF TODRA - MERZOUGA DESERT
1
Todgha Gorge
The Todgha Gorges are a series of limestone river canyons, in the eastern part of the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco, near the town of TINERHIR. Both the Todgha and neighbouring Dades Rivers are responsible for carving out these deep cliff-sided canyons, on their final 40 kilometres (25 mi) through the mountains. The height of the canyon walls can vary, but in some places can be up to 400 metres (1,312 ft) high.
Duration: 2 hours
2
Live unique moments while riding a camel at sunset and sunrise in the desert of Erg Chabbi at MARZOUGA DESERT
Duration: 60 minutes
3
Discover the Berber nomad’s lifestyle by spending a night under the STARS in a local tent and enjoying an authentic Sahrawi Tagine Under BERBER's songs and dancing arround the fire.
Duration: 16 hours
MERZOUGA - AZROU - IFRANE - FES
1
Admire the Sunrise and Ride the camel to the camp lodge to enjoy an early Breakfast.
Duration: 60 minutes
2
Ifrane National Park
IFRANE IS CITY THAT CALLED SWITZERLAND OF MOROCCO.
You will have a break to take pictures with Monekeys.
Duration: 15 minutes
3
Fez
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.
Duration: 30 minutes
Additional info
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Due to the long distance to the desert, our drivers are required to take breaks to ensure their well-being and allow travelers to enjoy some fresh air.
