3 Days tour from Marrakech to Fes via Merzouga Desert and Erg Chebbi Dunes
Overview
A 3 days tour from Marrakech to Merzouga and the Erg Chebbi Dunes, with a final destination of Fes, offers a fantastic journey through some of Morocco’s most stunning landscapes. Here’s a general overview of what you might experience during each day of the trip:
Tour Plan
Day 1 : Marrakech-High Atlas mountains -Ait Benhaddou Kasbah-Ouarzazate-Skoura Palm Oasis
Your Marrakesh to Fes Sahara desert trip will start early morning (after the pick up from your hotel) to Ouarzazate, gateway to the Deep South, crossing the mountains of the High Atlas by the Tizin-Tichka (2260 m) which we offer extraordinary landscapes, and Berber villages. Before the entrance to Ouarzazate we will enjoy a visit to a famous Kasbah, one of Ait Benhaddou, classified by UNESCO as world heritage, a beautiful location for filming of major movies. where you will take your lunch then we will continuous our way to the city of Ouarzazate,and stop for few pictures from outside for the Kasbah of Taourirt.then we will continue through the skoura oasis, where numerous ancient Kasbahs stand amongst the palm trees, where we will visit a less popular and very interesting Kasbah called Amridel.before we reach the guest house for wonderful first night in the Oasis .
Day 2 : Skoura –Valley of Roses-Dades valley—Todra Valley-Todra Gorges-Merzouga
After breakfast start the journey driving along the valley of roses with stop to see cosmetics locally made from the valley’s abundant roses (if our guests interest about it). Destination Merzouga by visiting valley of the thousand Kasbahs, Tinghir visit of the local plam and, Todra Gorges, then we drive trough Rissani, , Erfoud, and Tafilalte oasis, to attain Merzouga. 1h and half of camels rid to reach the Camp and to admire the sunset over the huge sand dunes of erg Chebbi,we will spend in a traditional nomad tent, perhaps with amazing Berber music show while watching the start and the rising moon in the wonderful Sahara.
Day 3 : Merzouga-Erfoud – Errachidia – Midelt – Ifran – Fez
After sunrise and breakfast you take the road to Fez via the middle Atlas mountains, you will have lunch in the nice town of Midelt or Zayda ,then after that you will continue your trip with a stop at the largest cedar forest in north Africa and see the wild monkeys, then a few km to the charming city of Ifran, the most modern and clean city in the country. This Berber name of Ifran means caves and it is nicknamed in Morocco as a little Switzerland since it is a very green town and is a ski resort in the Middle Atlas region of Morocco because of its high altitude at 1665 meters. Ifran is very known as well by The Brotherhood private university, established in 1997 by the king of Morocco Hassan II and the king of Saudi Arabia Fahd. Where all classes are taught in English, it is an international university .we will stop to take a break, and then you reach to the old city of Fes.
