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Fez to Marrakech via Merzouga Desert - 3 Day Desert Tour

By Merzouga Experience
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Price is €190 per adult
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  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

This three-day desert excursion from Fes to Marrakech via the Merzouga sahara desert is great opportunite to explore best of Morocco.
You will begin at your hotel/riad in Fes, where our driver/guide will pick you up, and we continue to Merzouga via the most magnificent tonne of Ifrane and a stop to observe monkeys in the cedar forest of Azrou and the ziz valley.

Spend night in Sahara desert camp, enjoy camel ride and unique scenery.

Following the Gorges of Todgha, you will visit the famed Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou before being dropped off at your riad or hotel in Marrakech.

Activity location

  • Fes
    • Fes, Morocco

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Fes
    • Fes, Morocco

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Standard Desert Camp
  • Activity duration is 3 days3d
    3d
  • English

Standard Tent In Merzouga
Standard
Duration: 3 days
2 Breakfasts, 2 Dinners
Minivan or Minibus
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 07:30
Price details
€190.00 x 1 Adult€190.00
Total
Price is €190.00
Luxury Desert Camp
  • Activity duration is 3 days3d
    3d
  • English

Private + Luxury Tent
LUX
Duration: 3 days
2 Breakfasts, 2 Dinners
Minivan or Minibus
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 07:30
Price details
€270.00 x 1 Adult€270.00
Total
Price is €270.00

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Traveller pickup, A/C vehicle, driver.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Comfortable accommodation, dinners, breakfasts.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Camel ride in Merzouga, desert guides.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Tips. Lunches. Drinks.

Know before you book

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Fes - Azrou (Cedar forest) - Midelt - Erfoud - Merzouga Desert camel ride

  • 5 stops
  • Meals: snacks
  • Accommodation: Accommodation in Private tent with ensuite bathroom and shower.

Fes

  • 15m
Our journey will begin in the Medina of Fes, where our staff will pick you up from your hotel or a designated meeting spot.

Ifrane

  • 1h
We will begin our journey from Fes by going via Ifrane, a French-built ski resort in the 1930s designed to imitate a Swiss town.

Azrou

  • 1h
We explore Azrou, cedar forest where you may feed local monkeys.

Midelt

  • 3h
You will stop for lunch at Midelt, a town known for its fossils and rocks. After lunch in Midelt, we continue our journey and cross the Tizi N' Talghoun pass while taking in the breathtaking scenery. In Erfoud, there is a breathtaking view of the river Ziz valley dotted with hundreds of date palms.

Merzouga

  • 2h
After arriving at Merzouga, you will have a one-hour camel ride as the sun sets behind the dunes to reach the desert camp. You will experience feeding camels in Sahara. As a part of the tour you will feed up local camel.

Day 2: Merzouga Desert - Todra Gorges - Dades Gorges

  • 4 stops
  • Meals: breakfast, snacks
  • Accommodation: Comfortable accommodation in local riad.

Merzouga

  • 2h
A must-do is waking up early to watch the most amazing sunrise you've ever seen at the top of a high dune near the camp, then riding camels back to Merzouga, where a delicious breakfast awaits.

Rissani

  • 2h
We depart the desert after breakfast for Rissani, where we will visit the market place (market days: tuesday, thursday, and saturday). From there, we proceed to Erfoud, where we will see the fossilised marble factories, before making our way to the palm groves of Touroug and Tinjdad.

Gargantas del Todra

  • 2h
The Todra Gorges, one of the nicest spots in the High Atlas, will be reached one hour later. The river's path has carved out a cliff-sided canyon, which is famous among climbers due to its beauty and steep rock walls. Lunch is on your own time at this lovely location. It is highly recommended to take a brief stroll through the gorges in order to better enjoy the landscape's magnificence.

Boumalne Dades

  • 2h
As we pass through Boumalne Dades on our way to the Dades valley, also known as the figs valley, we will stop at the "monkey legs" Evening meal and lodging in the Dades gorges.

Day 3: Dades Valley - Ouarzazate - Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah - Tizi N Tichka - Marrakech

  • 4 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: First at merzouga desert camp Second night at the hotel

Vallee Des Roses

  • 3h
After breakfast, we may savour one of the best views of the Dades valley from a strategic vantage point in the mountains. From this vantage point, we can admire the vast number of kasbahs and the unique aesthetic qualities of each. The journey continues along a route dotted with kasbahs of touristic importance. Following a few pauses to appreciate the "One Thousand Kasbahs Road" The Roses Valley and the vast Skoura palm grove will bring us to Ouarzazate.

Ouarzazate

  • 1h
We explore Ouarzazate, where we will visit the Kasbah of Taourirt, the former home of the Glaoui or Marrakech pasha. If you are interested, we may also visit the film studios and museum.

Ait Ben Haddou

  • 2h
We will stop at the ksar (fortified settlement) in Ait Ben Haddou, where we will explore the well-known Kasbah (declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986). This fantastic stage has been used to film a number of films, including Gladiator, Obelix, The Mummy, The Jewel of the Nile, Sahara starring Penélope Cruz, etc.

Marrakech

  • 2h
In the afternoon, we begin our journey to Marrakech through the mountain port of Tizi Ntichka, with photo stops along the route. Here, we depart the moonscape to arrive at a new, colourful scene. We will arrive in Marrakech at 6 p.m., transfer to the hotel, and conclude our services there.

Location

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    Fes
    • Fes, Morocco

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Fes
    • Fes, Morocco

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