5 Day desert tour from Fes to Merzouga
5 Day desert tour from Fes to Merzouga
- Tour Overview
5 day desert tour from Fes to Merzouga is one of the best sahara tours. Here, you experience a camel trekking trip. Also, you explore the Middle Atlas Mountains, passing by Ifrane, Cedar Forest, and Ziz Valley. Then, discover the High Atlas Mountains, passing by Todra Gorges, Rose Valley, and the Atlas Studios. After that, you visit the oldest Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou and end in Marrakech.
- Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive in Fes
On this first day for 5 day desert tour from Fes to Merzouga. We meet you at the airport, and we will pick you up to check into a Riad in the old Medina. You will be welcomed with mint tea then you can rest. You will explore the old Medina the following day.
Day 2: Fes City Tour
We offer a day tour around the old Medina of Fes on our second day of the 5 day desert tour from Fes to Merzouga. You will discover historical attractions with our local guide. Thus, you will start with the Quranic schools of Bouanania and the Attarine. They were constructed during the 14th century by the Marinids. Also, our guide will lead you to the oldest University in the world. It was an ancient Islamic educational center for learning religious courses. Besides, you explore a traditional artwork of wood and ceramic in Najjarine and Seffarine. Later, you walk to the famous Blue Gate and Chaoura Ternary. After you explore all the important tourist attractions in the heart of the Medina, you visit the Marinid tomb up the hill. Finally, you spend another night at the same accommodation.
Day 3: Fes – Ifrane – Ziz Valley – Merzouga desert
on the third day of the 5 day desert tour from Fes to Merzouga, we drive along the Middle Atlas Mountains. Hence, we will pass through the Swiss town of Ifrane to Cedar Forest. It is a great chance to take pictures with wild apes and feed them in this forest. Then, we have a local lunch in Midelt and keep our way to Ziz Valley for shooting panoramic landscapes. In Erfoud, you visit the dates fruits market and we drive to Merzouga. In the desert, you ride camels to the heart of the desert of a night under the stars. You will have a delicious dinner and enjoy music beside the campfire.
Day 4: Desert – Todra Gorges – Dades Valley
Starting your day with a magical sunrise view is the best experience. Then we start our journey to Dades Valley after a hot shower and breakfast. Firstly, we stop in Risssani town. It is the original town for the Family of the Alaouite dynasty where they were brought up. We will then stop at Fossil museum in Erfoud and Berber cloth cooperative in Touroug. In Tinghir town (Todra Gorges), you will visit its narrow canyon aside from high rocks for hiking and relaxing. This oasis also attracts climbers and families for picnics. Thereafter, we visit Monkey’s Fingers site or the Rock Formation and spend a night in Dades Valley.
Day 5: Dades Valley – Rose Valley – Ouarzazate – Marrakech
The last day of our 5 day desert tour from Fes to Merzouga will end up with different discoveries. That is to say, you will have an insight into different attractions and landscapes. Firstly, we stop in Rose Valley. Every April and May, the valley gets full of local women who pick roses. They take the entire outcome to local factories to make rose products. This will be an opportunity to explore rose cooperative. After that, we shift to an ideal point for movies in Ouarzazate. There, we will visit Atlas Studios and visit the Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah. The kasbah is among the UNESCO Site and it was built during the 18th century by El Glaoui. This area is a strategic site for movies, such as the previous ones: Jesus of Nazareth in 1977, Time Bandits in 1981 and Marco Polo in 1982, and others. Finally, you experience driving via the Tizi-N-Tichka mountain pass and then reach the imperial city of Marrakech. We will drop you off at your Riad or airport. End of our 5 day desert tour from Fes to Merzouga.
- Tour includes:
- Transport in a private 4WD vehicle with A/C
- 1 night in desert camp (breakfast & dinner included)
- 1 camel per person
- Private tent
- Scarfs/turban for each person
- Tour excludes:
- Lunches
- Drinks
- Entrances
- Tips