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3-Day Sahara Desert Tour In Morocco From Marrakech To Fes
  • Tour Category

    Group Tour

  • Tour Types

    Culture, History, Desert

  • Duration

    3 Days

  • Activity Level

    Easy

  • Language

    English, French, Spanish

Description

Sign up on this tour to drive through the vast Sahara Desert and the Ait Benhaddou Kasbah from Marrakech and end in Fes via the High Atlas Mountains. Explore Gorges and pass by the cities of Ouarzazate and Touarirt Kasbah after taking a camel ride on the Merzouga Desert. Visit Dades Valley, pass by the Ifrane city, nicknamed the Switzerland of Morocco and see the Skoura Oases and the city of roses.

Highlights
  • Explore the High Atlas Mountains and Fes
  • See the famous cinema city, Ouarzazate
  • Pass by the Todgha Gorges and the Sahara Desert
  • Travel to the Dades valley via Skoura oases
  • Day 1: Marrakech - High Atlas Mountains - Ait Ben haddou - Ouarzazate - Dades Valley expand_more
    • Drive into the High Atlas Mountains from Marrakech.

    • We will arrive at the Kasbah of Ait-Benhaddou, a fortified village classified by UNESCO as one of the world’s cultural treasures, a backdrop for many Hollywood movies and series such as Game of Thrones, Gladiator, and Lawrence of Arabia. Besides, the kasbah used to be an important fortress stronghold on the old Road caravan routes from the Sub-Saharan Countries to Marrakech.

    • Continue to the city of Ouarzazate, visit the Touarirt Kasbah and Cinema studios if you prefer.

    • Continue then across the road of thousand Kasbahs to reach the Dades Valley via Skoura Oases, the city of roses, and Berbere villages along the way.

    Overnight in Dades Gorges. (HB)

  • Day 2: Dades Valley – Tinghir – Todgha Gorges – Arfoud – Sahara Desert expand_more
    • After breakfast, drive to Tinghir, one of the most trading positions for the caravans in the past. Inside the old city still the Jewish quarter and cemetery. 

    • Continue to Todgha Gorges with your Morocco tour guide; 300m canyons towered by rocks. A short walk inside the canyons before we drive to Erfoud, the city of dates and fossils. 

    • Reach Merzouga Desert before the sunset and make a quick stop in the hotel at the dunes, where you will switch the car for the camels. The camel ride to your desert camp will take 1h30, with stops for pictures in the middle of the dunes.

    • Arrive at the camp, have a hot shower and dinner followed by a traditional music live show around the fire.

    Overnight at a desert camp inside the dunes.

  • Day 3: Sahara Desert – Ziz Oases – Midelt – Azrou Forest – Ifrane – Fes expand_more
    • Today, return to the hotel by camels or a 4x4 car.

    • Please meet in the hotel and drive to Erfoud city, where we will change direction toward the Ziz Oases.

    • Enjoy the panoramic view of the Oases, and we continue our way toward Midelt, where we will stop for lunch. 

    • Then, drive to Azrou Forest, where we will visit the Macaque Barbary Monkeys inside the forest. Next, we move to Ifrane city, nicknamed the Switzerland of Morocco.

    • Make a pit stop in Ifrane before we drive to Fes, one of the oldest medieval cities in the world.

    Drop at your accommodation in Fes.

What's Included
  • Air-conditioned Vehicle

  • Multilingual driver/guide

  • Overnight in a desert camp (HB)

  • Cosy accommodations for 2 nights (HB)

  • Camel ride

What's Excluded
  • Drinks and personal expenses

  • Lunch

  • Entry fees to monuments

Know before you go
  • Prices for Private tour 384 EUR Per Adult , 200 EUR Per Child 
Cancellation Policy

For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -

Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price Details
Adult
1 To 4 USD 150 Per Person
Child
1 To 4 USD 100 Per Person

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USD 150 / person