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Marrakech to Fes 3-Day Desert Tour with Camel Trek & Sahara Camp

By Experience Serenity Sahara
Free cancellation available
Price is €4,332 per traveller* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 3d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

The 3-day Marrakech to Fes desert tour is one of the most captivating travel experiences you can undertake in Morocco seamlessly connecting the vibrant culture of Marrakech with the ancient heritage of Fes while traversing towering Atlas Mountains, dramatic canyons, lush oases, and the Sahara’s golden dunes. This adventure-packed route is perfect for travellers seeking cultural immersion, natural beauty, and unforgettable desert moments.

Activity location

  • Ait Ben Haddou
    • Ait Ben Haddou, Morocco

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Café France
    • 40000, Marrakesh, Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco

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Marrakech to Fes 3-Day Desert Tour with Camel Trek & Sahara Camp
  • Activity duration is 3 days3d
    3d
  • English
Starting time: 08:00
Price details
€4,332.00 x 1 Traveller€4,332.00
Total
Price is €4,332.00

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Accommodation: 1 night in Dades Valley and 1 night in the Sahara (camp)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Entrances and guided time at key sites
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Camel trek into the Sahara dunes
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Hotel/riad pickup in Marrakech and drop-off in Fes
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Private air-conditioned transport with a knowledgeable local driver/guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Flexible stops for photos and cultural interaction
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Opportunities for sandboarding and campfire music

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • 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: MARRAKECH – ATLAS MOUNTAINS- KASBAH AIT BEN HADDOU- BOUMALNE DADES VALLEY

  • 4 stops
  • Meals: snacks
  • Accommodation: 1-night accommodation at hotel

High Atlas Mountains

  • 30m
Embark on a captivating journey through the eastern half of Morocco in comfort, aboard a modern air-conditioned minibus. Your adventure begins as our guide choices you up from your Marrakech hotel or from the meeting point at 7:30 a.m., escorting you to the starting point. Traverse the majestic Atlas Mountain range, where you will have a stop for coffee and use the bathroom at the first foothills. Enjoy a panoramic view from a terrace before continuing to drive and reach the highest pass in the north of Africa, where you can experience the feeling of high altitudes that reach up to 2262 metres. After that, descend into the mesmerising Kasbah at Ait Ben Haddou.

Ait Ben Haddou

  • 1h
Drive uphill on winding roads to the famed Tizi Ntichka pass before arriving at Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, the first significant stop for sightseeing today. The Berber walled settlement of Ait Ben Haddou is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as well as a filming location for famous Hollywood epics such as Kingdom of Heaven, Lawrence of Arabia, and Gladiator.

Ouarzazate

  • 45m
We continue to Ouarzazate. Here u explore main sights. After lunch at a local café, drive to Dades Valley, Skoura Oasis, and Klaa Mgouna, the capital of the Valley of the Roses and noted for its rose water artisanal distillation facilities.

Dades Gorges

  • 14h
When you arrive at Boumalne Dades, follow the Dades River on a narrow road that passes by many fortified Kasbahs on the side of the route to Dades Canyons. You will arrive late in the afternoon at your hotel. Dinner and a night's stay at your Dades hotel.

Day 2: ➤Dades Gorge ➙ Boumalen Dades ➙ Tinghir ➙ Todra Valley ➙ Todra gorge ➙ Tinjdad ➙ Arfoud ➙ Merzouga desert

  • 4 stops
  • Meals: breakfast, snacks
  • Accommodation: Overnight at a Comfortable Camp

Tinghir

  • 15m
The next morning, a hearty breakfast awaits at our guesthouse before we set out for the awe-inspiring Todra Gorge, passing through Tinghir city and Todra valley.

Todgha Gorge

  • 20m
After some free time to take in the vastness of the cliffs and lunch, we depart early in the afternoon for Rissani, famed for its dates market and as the starting point for historic commercial caravans traversing the Sahara desert to Tomboctou.

Erfoud

  • 1h
We will proceed to Merzouga after a little pause, travelling across some rocky desert countryside. When you arrive at Merzouga, feel free to cool down in their refreshing pool before embarking on your dusk desert journey to the camp. Meet our camel caravan and ride your camels across the spectacular color-changing sand dunes against the backdrop of the sunset. We arrive at our Sahara desert tent before it becomes dark.

Merzouga

  • 14h
Check out the impressive dunes of Merzouga, where we will have a welcome tea and already feel how hospitable the desert people are. At this point, they leave the hostel to pack their bags and what we are not going to use in the desert and leave a caravan of camels for approximately one hour, which will take us to the tented camp. We make a stop halfway to watch the sunset in the countryside with the right traditional dinner and typical music, spending the night.

Day 3: MERZOUGA DESERT➙ ZIZ VALLEY➙ MIDDLE ATLAS MOUNTAINS and its Forest➙ IFRAN➙ FES•

  • 4 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Not included

Merzouga

  • 2h
Begin your day by rising early to catch the sunrise on the nearby dunes, followed by a hearty breakfast back at the camp and a chance to refresh. Once energised and prepared, we set out on a morning camel trek to marvel at the stunning sunrise over the dunes or you can chose to return by 4*4. Returning from our ride wether by camel or 4*4 to the opposite side of the dunes, we then commence our onward journey to Fes.

Erfoud

  • 1h
Cross the palm grove of Tafilalet and the town of Erfoud to reach the Ziz valley.

Ifrane

  • 1h
If you have the chance, you can meet the Maggots monkeys at the cedar forest between Azrou and Ifrane.

Fes el-Bali

  • 1h
Join Fez, the cultural capital of Morocco, early in the evening. - Drop off in your accommodation or in the nearest accessible point - End of service in Fes.

Location

Activity location

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    Ait Ben Haddou
    • Ait Ben Haddou, Morocco

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Café France
    • 40000, Marrakesh, Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco

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