3-Day Marrakech to Fez Desert Tour with Aït Benhaddou and Merzouga

• Meet your tour guide at a pre-decided location in Marrakech and depart on your tour. On the way, cross the High Atlas Mountains and reach the 2,260-meter-high Tizi n'Tichka Pass.

• Continue to the Kasbah of Aït Benhaddou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Many films have been shot there, including The Mummy, Gladiator, 7 Days in Tibet, Alexander the Great, and Babel.

• Head towards Ouarzazate.

  • Here, you may optionally visit the Kasbah of Taourirt and the Ouarzazate film studio.

• Make your way to Dades Valley. On the way, pass through the fascinating town of Skoura and Kalaat M'Gouna, the beautiful Roses Valley.

Dinner and overnight stay in Dades Valley.

• Begin your day with an early breakfast and set out for the Merzouga dunes.

• On the way, visit the groves of Tinghir and the beautiful limestone peaks of the Todra Gorge. Enjoy a stroll and take photographs of the stunning scenery.

• After lunch, continue to the palm groves of Tinjedad, Touroug, and Erfoud.

• Reach Merzouga, where you will enjoy a camel ride through the fascinating dunes of Erg Chebbi. Cross the dunes and admire the perpetually changing colours of the sunset.

• Spend the night under the stars in a nomad tent in the middle of the desert.

• Begin your day with an early breakfast and set out for Fez, your final destination on this tour. On the way, cross the palm grove of Tafilalt and the town of Rissani, then head to Midelt through the Ziz Valley and the Atlas Mountains.

• After a stop for lunch, continue through the cedar forest of Azrou, characterized by its unique species of monkeys, and then through Ifrane, a stylish town often referred to as Little Switzerland.

• Afterwards, head to Immouzzer, where you will visit one of the troglodyte houses where local Berber nomads used to live.

• Reach the beautiful city of Fez after an exhilarating tour.