3-Day Marrakech to Fez Desert Tour with Erg Chebbi Camel Camp

• Leave Marrakech and cross the Tizi n'Tichka Pass through the Atlas mountain range, where local Berber farmers work the land.

• Continue through Ouarzazate, also known as 'The Gate of the Sahara'.

• Stop for lunch at Aït Benhaddou Kasbah.

• Follow your guide on a tour of the kasbah.

• Travel onward past the palm trees and olive groves of the Skoura oasis to Kasbah Amridil, where your guide will share insight into its architectural history.

• Continue through the Valley of Roses to Kelaa Mgouna, a local rose plantation. Visit one of the rose-growing cooperatives and watch as workers blend ingredients to make rose-scented perfumes.

End the day at your guesthouse in Boumalne du Dades.

• Leave Boumalne du Dades after breakfast.

• Take the famous Road of 1,000 Kasbahs through the Dades Valley.

• Visit one of the valley's traditional kasbahs and learn about the role it has played in the region's history.

• Head into the foothills of the High Atlas to the oasis of Tinghir and enjoy a 1-hour walk along the Todgha River.

• Visit Berber villages with your guide to meet one or two of the locals, then head into the mighty Todgha Gorge for lunch.

• Travel through the oasis towns of Erfoud and Merzouga, then meet your camel train in Erg Chebbi for the onward journey.

• Ride camelback into the Sahara Desert.

• Enjoy beautiful views of the Saharan sunset.

• Arrive at your desert camp for a traditional Moroccan dinner under the stars while nomads play traditional folk songs.

• Wake up early to watch the morning sun rise over the dunes.

• Enjoy breakfast in the desert.

• Drive to the holy town of Rissani, the birthplace of 17th-century ruler Moulay Ali Cherif, founder of Morocco's ruling Alaouite Dynasty.

• Have lunch in Midelt.

• Head along the Ziz River, where fortified kasbahs (traditional Moroccan fortresses) lie among dense palm groves.

• Travel through the cedar forests of the Middle Atlas mountains.

• Arrive at your riad or hotel in Fez.