4 Days Marrakech to Fes

4 Days Marrakech to Fes

You will drive across the High Atlas Mountains, visit Kasbah Ait Ben Hadou, Ouarzazate, Skoura oasis, Dades Valley, Tinghir and its majestic Todra Canyons. Enjoy a sunset camel trek in Erg Chebbi dunes and spend the night with the bedouins at your Sahara desert camp. Drive past the Middle Atlas Mountains and its cedar forests where you will spot Barbary apes, before your reach Fes. To sum it up, this is the best desert tour from Marrakech to Fes.

Itinerary

Day 1: Marrakech – Ait Ben Haddou – Dades Gorge

Stop At: Ait Ben Haddou, Ait Ben Haddou, Souss-Massa-Draa Region
Ksar Ait Ben Haddou is an ighrem (fortified village in English) along the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech in present-day Morocco. Most citizens attracted by the tourist trade live in more modern dwellings in a village on the other side of the river, although there are four families still living in the ancient village. Inside the walls of the ksar are half a dozen kasbahs, or merchants' houses. Ksar Aït Benhaddou is a great example of Moroccan earthen clay architecture and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987
Duration: 1 hour

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 2: Dades Gorge – Todra Gorge – Merzouga

Stop At: Dades Gorge, Ifrane Atlas Saghir 45150 Morocco
Dades Gorge are a series of rugged wadi gorges carved out by the Dadès River in Morocco.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.[ The many-colored walls of the gorges range anywhere from 200 to 500 meters (650 to 1600 feet).
Duration: 4 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 3: Merzouga zone and the Camel trek

Stop At: Merzouga Desert, Merzouga Morocco
Merzouga is a small village in southeastern Morocco, about 35 km (22 mi) southeast of Rissani, about 55 km (34 mi) from Erfoud, and about 50 km (31 mi) from the Algerian border.

The village is known for its proximity to Erg Chebbi, an erg and it is for this reason a part of the itineraries of many tourists visiting Morocco. It has been described as "a desert theme park", and the Erg Chebbi as "a wonderland of sand". Merzouga has the largest natural underground body of water in Morocco.[citation needed]
Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 4: Merzouga – Fes

Stop At: Azrou, Azrou, Meknes-Tafilalet Region
Azrou is a Moroccan town 89 kilometres south of Fez in Ifrane Province of the Fès-Meknès region.
Duration: 3 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.