3-Day Merzouga Desert Tour from Marrakech to Fez via Erg Chebbi

• Begin our shared Marrakech to Fez desert tour at 7:30 am. We will make several stops while passing through the Tizi-n-Tichka Pass and the High Atlas Mountains.

• Visit the UNESCO World Heritage site of Kasbah Aït Benhaddou, the unforgettable backdrop for many Hollywood blockbuster movies.

• Explore the historic Kasbah Taourirt in Ouarzazate before enjoying a leisurely lunch.

• Then continue through the Valley of Roses on our way to Boumalne Dades, eventually arriving at our welcoming boutique guest house located in the beautiful grounds of the Dadès Valley.

Have a sumptuous dinner and relax.

• After breakfast, travel to Tinghir Oasis via the Road of 1001 Kasbahs, where the remains of fortified villages will leave you amazed. Tinghir was originally a military post during the French occupation.

• After that, take a secondary road to visit the oasis and see local farmers herding their goats. We walk down to the stream and follow it until we arrive at the Todgha Gorge.

• Enjoy a delightful lunch at a café. Then drive to Rissani, the holiest town in Morocco, where the founder of the Alaouites was buried. Consequently, Rissani is renowned as the original starting point for trading caravans.

• Cross the rocky terrain to reach Merzouga, where we meet the camel caravan. Experience a beautiful sunset as you enjoy a camel ride over the Erg Chebbi sand dunes.

• Return to the Berber desert camp, nestled among the dunes of the Sahara Desert.

Enjoy dinner under the stars and marvel at your hosts as they entertain you with their drums throughout the night.

• Start the day with a camel trek to watch an unbelievable sunrise.

• Enjoy breakfast at our lodge in Merzouga. Take time to freshen up and bid goodbye to the members of your group who will leave to return to Marrakech.

• Meet the driver who will escort you to Fez, where you will join a group of travellers of up to six people. Your journey will take you through the Ziz Valley to Errachidia, the capital of the Tafilalt region.

• Enjoy a delightful lunch and continue your trip across the Middle Atlas Mountains, travelling through Berber towns.

• Arrive in Fez after driving through the Cedar forests of Imouzzar and Ifrane.

• Get dropped off at your riad or hotel of choice in Fez.