Itinerary

1. Day 1: Marrakech - High Atlas Mountains - Ait Ben haddou - Ouarzazate - Dades Valley

   • 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)

2. Day 2: Dades Valley – Tinghir – Todgha Gorges – Arfoud – Sahara Desert

   • 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.

3. Day 3: Sahara Desert – Ziz Oases – Midelt – Azrou Forest – Ifrane – Fes

   • 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.