
Marrakech to Fes desert tour – 3 Days
Private Morocco tour
Fes desert tour , Marrakech and Fes are the major cities everyone visiting Morocco can’t miss. Combining the Sahara desert with Fes and Marrakech will make your Private Morocco tour as rich as it can be. For that reason, and with increasing enquiries, we decided to suggest a Marrakech to Fes desert trip for you to take advantage of and combine the Sahara desert with the two amazing cities of Marrakech and Fes.
From Marrakech to Fes or from Fes to Marrakech, this private desert tour allows you to travel between these two cities and at the same time experience a unique desert adventure. This desert trip is available in 3 days version or more. It includes camel trekking and sandboarding.
Marrakech to Fes Desert Tour Highlights
- Cross the High Atlas Mountains with its Tizi Ntichka pass
- Explore Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou famous for its still existing film sets
- Visit the oasis of Skoura and the Kasbah of Amridil
- Drive along the Valley of the roses and the road of 1001 Kasbahs
- Walk in Todra oasis to the Gorges and visit a Berber village
- Enjoy a splendid sunset camel ride in Erg Chebbi dunes
- Spend the night under the stars at your Sahara desert camp
- Drive along Ziz Valley and cross the Middle Atlas Mountains to Fes
- Stop in cedar forests to watch Barbary apes
Map : Marrakech to Fes desert trip – 3 days
What’s Included?
- Private Transportation aboard a comfortable and air conditioned vehicle.
- Pick up from your Hotel/Riad in Marrakech (or from the airport).
- Drop off at your Hotel/Riad in Fes (or at the airport).
- English speaking Berber nomad driver.
- Fuel for entire Chebbi travel desert package.
- All nights accommodations.
- Camel trekking in Erg Chebbi dunes.
- Sandboarding in Erg Chebbi dunes.
- Berber music at night around the fire under stars in Erg Chebbi desert camp.
- Free stops when you want.
Marrakech to Fes desert tour – 3 days
- 1
MARRAKECH – DADES ( 7 HOURS DRIVE )
Your Marrakech to Fes Morocco Desert Trip will depart from your hotel or riad at 07h30 AM to Kasbah AiT Ben Hadou through Tizi Ntichka pass and the high Atlas Mountains. Numerous stops will be made along the way. Visit the UNESCO world heritage Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, which was also served as a set for various Hollywood blockbusters. We continue to Ouarzazate and visit Kasbah Taourirte before lunch ( At leisure ). In the afternoon, we drive to Boumalne Dades via the Valley of the Roses before we reach our boutique guest house located in Dades Valley. Dinner and overnight - 2
DADES – MERZOUGA ( 4 HOURS DRIVE )
After breakfast, today’s journey will start by driving along the road of 1001 Kasbahs to Tinghir oasis. You will be enjoying the amazing scenery along the way of the remaining of fortified villages that were hosting the caravan roads until early 2Oth century. Upon arrival at Tinghir, which was a military post during the French occupation, we will deviate into a secondary road to the oasis. Feel free to walk next to the stream and watch the locals farming and herding their cattle. You walk will end at one of the magnificent scenes of your tour: Todgha Gorges. After lunch at one of the local cafés, we continue to Rissani, which is one of the holiest towns in Morocco as the actual dynasty ruling Morocco ‘’ The Alaouites ‘’ is originated here, and its founder is buried locally. Rissani is also famous as a starting point of the ancient caravan roads crossing the Sahara desert all the way to Tomboctou. From here, we will cross some rocky terrain all the way to Merzouga, where our camel caravan will be waiting for us. Enjoy a camel ride over Erg Chebbi dunes to watch an amazing sunset, before we return to our Sahara desert camp, nestled in the middle of nowhere. Enjoy dinner under the stars while entertained by our local nomads hosts playing their drums all night. - 3
MERZOUGA – FES ( 8 HOURS DRIVE )
After breakfast at your camp, we depart on a long drive to Fes crossing the Ziz Vlley through Errachidia which is the capital of Tafilalt region, and we continue to Midelt where we will have lunch at leisure before we keep driving across the Middle Atlas Mountians with its Cedar Forests and Berber towns of Imouzzar and Ifran. We arrive at Fes late in the afternoon. Your Marrakech to Fes desert tour will end with a drop off at your Fes riad or hotel of your choice.