3-Day Tour To Fes From Marrakech Via Merzouga Desert
Highlights
Ouarzazate, Marrakech, Fez, Ifrane, Tinghir, Tafileh, Merzouga, Azrou, Rissani, Midelt, Erg Chebbi
Locations Covered
Ouarzazate, Marrakech, Fez, Ifrane, Tinghir, Tafileh, Merzouga, Azrou, Rissani, Midelt, Erg Chebbi
historical, camping, Desert
Group Tour
3 Days
Easy
English, French
Description
Sign up for a tour and explore the best sites of Marrakech, Fes, Azrou, Irfane, and the Merzouga Desert. Enjoy the spectacular view of nature as you visit the High Atlas Mountains, Dades Valley, Todra Gorge, Rose Valley, and the Ziz valley. Engage in the desert activities of camel riding and adventurous sandboarding in Merzouga, and witness the local life in the traditional Berber villages.
Itinerary
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Day 1- Enjoy the Drive through the High Atlas Mountains
- Meet your tour guide at the agreed place in Marrakech and move southeast to the High Atlas Mountains via Tizi-n-Tichka pass, with a far-reaching overview from the mountains.
- Visit the ancient High Atlas Berber villages and a (surprise) UNESCO World Heritage site. Have lunch at a local restaurant in the Kasbah.
- Continue to Dades Valley and overnight at a hotel or riad.
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Day 2- Camel Riding and Sandboarding in Merzouga
- Have breakfast and head towards Erg Chebbi at Merzouga. Berber villages are distributed alongside the way.
- Go through Todra Gorges, Tenghir, Tinjdad, Erfoud in which we’ll feel the beginning of the Saharian Oasis of Tafilalet.
- Reach the hotel in Merzouga. After relaxing a few minutes, you will take some of your luggage in a small bag (just the necessary for the night in desert) and leave the other luggage in the hotel.
- Ride the camels on an adventure crossing through the Erg Chebbi sand dunes. This is a golden opportunity to take great pictures of the sunset and sunrise.
- Head to the highest sand dune for sandboarding and to watch the sunset. Enjoy the drumming music in the middle of Sahara in your tent.
Stay the night in the tent.
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Day 3- See the Oasis of Aoufus and Ziz Valley
- Wake up early morning to enjoy the sunrise on the top of the dunes in the desert Erg Chebbi and have your breakfast. After these joyful moments, you will ride your camel back to the hotel, where you can have a shower.
- Depart to Errachidia via Erfoud, Aoufous and the valley of Ziz, then stop to overlook the Oasis of Aoufous in the Tafilalte region.
- Continue to Midelt across the pass of TiziN’talghamt and have a lunch break.
- Reach Fes (the medieval city) through the Cedar forest near Azrou and the mountain of the middle Atlas with the possibility to see the Barbary apes (monkies). (You may have a stop in Ifrane before arriving in Fes.)
- Drop off in Fes.
What's Included
What's Excluded
Meeting Point
Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price
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1 to 4 | /person |
Child | |
1 to 4 | /person |
This is a group tour |