Overview

This 3-day tour from Marrakech to Fes offers a blend of breathtaking landscapes, rich cultural experiences, and the adventure of the Sahara Desert. Starting with the scenic drive through the High Atlas Mountains, you’ll visit the iconic Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah and journey through the Dades and Todra Gorges. The highlight of the trip is a camel trek into the vast Erg Chebbi dunes, where you’ll spend the night under the stars in a Berber camp. The journey concludes with a scenic drive through the Ziz Valley and the Middle Atlas Mountains, ending in the historic city of Fes.

Highlights

Cross the Tizi n'Tichka Pass and admire the stunning views of the High Atlas Mountains
Visit the UNESCO World Heritage site of Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah
Explore the Dades Valley and Todra Gorges, with their impressive rock formations
Experience a camel trek through the Erg Chebbi dunes and spend a night in a traditional Berber camp
Enjoy Berber music and dance around a campfire under the starry desert sky
Discover the lush Ziz Valley and the cedar forests of the Middle Atlas Mountains
Visit Ifrane, known as the "Switzerland of Morocco," before arriving in Fes

Day 1 :

Marrakech –Hight Atlas- Ait Ben haddou – Dades Gorge

After Breakfast we’ll drive to Ouarzazate through the Tizi ‘n’ Tichka pass (2260m), over the High Atlas Mountains, appreciating the beauty of the landscape on the twisted roads through the Berber villages. Arriving at the famous Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah, the largest Kasbah in Morocco, now a UNESCO matrimonial historical site and house of many Glaoui family members, we’ll have lunch by the Kasbah before continuing to Dades Gorge via Ouarzazate, “the Hollywood of Africa”, along the “Road of the route of thousand Kasbahs”- the fascinating “sand castles”. Stopping at Kalaat Mgouna, “the rose’s valley” known for roses and its annual festival during the roses harvest in May we’ll then continue to our hotel in the Dades Valley.
Over night in Kasbah

Day 2 :

Dades Gorge - Todra Gorge - Tinjdad - Merzouga. Camel ride and night in a camp

After breakfast we head to Merzouga in one of the largest wind blown dunes in Morrocco, Erg Chebbi. Through the Berber village Tinghir we visit Todra Gorge where the cliffs are as high as 600m and only 10m apart. We leave Todra passing through many Berber villages to pass through Tinjdad where we can stop for lunch or if you preferrable continue to Rissani where you could have the local speciality, Berber Pizza for lunch if we get there by Midday. After lunch we make our way to Merzouga where we will leave our luggage in a rooms. The camels take us to a Berber camp in the middle of the sand dunes of Erg Chebbi. 20 km long and 5 to 8 km wide it is also reputed as the highest sand dunes in North Africa. It is a unique and diverse environment. The camel trek takes about 1hr 30 min from the hotel to the camp where we continue the spirit of the nomadic Berber lifestyle.After dinner we gather round the fire and enjoy the desert night perhaps with traditional Berber drums.

Day 3 :

Merzouga – Erfoud – Errachidia – Midelt – Azrou – Ifrane – Fes

Wake up early morning to enjoy the sunrise on the top of the dune in the Sahara Desert then have your breakfast. After these beautiful moments, you will ride your camel back to the hotel where you can shower. You will depart to Errachidia via Erfoud, Aoufous and the valley of Ziz then stopping for a panoramic view of the oasis of Aoufous in the Tafilalte region. Continuation to Midelt across the pass of Tizi N’talghamt and have lunch break. After lunch you will be driven to Fes (the medieval city) via the Cedar forest near Azrou and the mountain of the middle Atlas with the possibility to see the Barbary apes (monkies). You may have a stop in Ifrane (the Switzerland of Morocco) before arriving to Fes. Drop off in Fes.