# Fes Desert Tours ## Tours - [Sahara Luxury Experience: 3 Days Luxury Desert Tour from Fes to Marrakech via Merzouga](https://privatedeserttours.com/listings/3-days-desert-tour-from-fes-to-merzouga/) · 3 days · Fes to Marrakech · from €467 per person - [Private Fes Desert Tour to Marrakech 4-Day](https://privatedeserttours.com/listings/4-day-private-desert-tour-from-fez-to-marrakech/) · 4 days · Fes to Marrakech · from €517 per person - [5 Days Tour from Fes to Marrakech via the Merzouga Desert](https://privatedeserttours.com/listings/best-morocco-tour-fes-to-marrakech-desert-tour-5days/) · 5 days · Fes to Marrakech · from €730 per person ## Good to know before a desert tour from Fes ### The route to the dunes Fes to Merzouga is about 470 km, a long day of 7 to 8 hours with stops. The road crosses the Middle Atlas instead of the High Atlas, so the first day looks very different from the drive out of Marrakech. The usual stops: - **Ifrane**: a mountain town at 1,650 m with sloping roofs and parks - **Azrou cedar forest**: old cedars and Barbary macaques close to the road - **Midelt**: apple orchards at the foot of the Ayachi range - **Ziz Valley**: a gorge and a long palm grove below the road - **Erfoud and Rissani**: fossil workshops and the old market town at the edge of the Sahara Most tours from Fes end in Marrakech, so you do not drive the same road twice. After the desert they go west by the Todra Gorge, the Dades Valley, Ouarzazate and Ait Ben Haddou, then over the Tizi n'Tichka pass. ### How many days - **3 days**: a night in a luxury camp in the Erg Chebbi dunes, a night in the Dades Valley, then Marrakech on day 3 - **4 days**: desert camp, Dades Valley and Ouarzazate, so each drive after the first day is shorter - **5 days**: a hotel night in Merzouga and a full day in the dunes before the camp night, then the Todra and Dades gorges and Ouarzazate ### What it costs Private tours from Fes cost from €467 per person for 3 days, €517 for 4 days and €730 for 5 days. These are the prices for a group of 7 or more; for 2 people the same tours cost €570, €630 and €890 per person. Each tour page shows all four group prices and what is included. A 30 % deposit confirms the booking. ### When to go March to May and September to November are the easiest months. In winter the Middle Atlas is cold, nights can drop below 0 °C, and snow around Ifrane sometimes closes the road for a few hours. In July and August the dunes are above 40 °C in the afternoon, so camel rides are kept to early morning and sunset. ### Before you leave Fes Plan at least one full day in the old medina, Fes el-Bali, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1981. It is easier with a local guide: the Chouara tannery, the Al-Qarawiyyin mosque and the Bou Inania madrasa are hard to find alone in the lanes. Chefchaouen is about 200 km north, so it fits before Fes on a longer trip; see our [Chefchaouen tours](https://privatedeserttours.com/tour_package_locations/chefchaouen/). --- Private Desert Tours · Rue la Marche Vert, Mhamid 47402, Morocco · Phone and WhatsApp +212667897512 · https://privatedeserttours.com/contact-us/