4-Day Merzouga Desert Tour from Fez to Marrakech via Aït Benhaddou

• Meet your tour guide and drive south from Fez to Ifrane and Azrou through the Middle Atlas Mountains. On the way, stop at the Cedar Forest to see North African monkeys in their natural habitat.

• Continue through Tizi Ntalghamt, passing Midelt along the magnificent Ziz Gorges.

• See the Middle Atlas plateau and notice how the scenery gradually changes, revealing hints of the desert as you approach the city of Errachidia.

• After lunch, continue through the Ziz Valley via Erfoud, Rissani, and Merzouga.

• Take camels to a Berber camp in the middle of the Erg Chebbi Sand Dunes. The dunes are 20 km long and 5 km wide and are reputed to be the highest dunes in North Africa. The area has a unique and diverse environment.

• Enjoy the camel trek, which takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes from the hotel to the camp, where you'll experience the spirit of the nomadic Berber lifestyle.

• Set up 3 Berber tents amid the dunes.

• After dinner, gather around the fire and enjoy the desert night, accompanied by Berber drums.

• Move to another Berber village of the Sahara called Khamlia to listen to and watch Gnaoua music performed by local bands.

• Continue to see the nomads of the desert.

• Drive off-road to experience the incredible Sahara landscapes.

• Ride your camel in the dunes of Erg Chebbi.

Spend the night in Berber tents and relax in the Sahara Desert.

• After breakfast, leave for Rissani, Tinghir, and Todra Gorges - the highest and narrowest gorges in Morocco.

• Drive through the Dades Valley to see the majestic sand castles and the amazing rock formations known as "monkey toes".

Overnight accommodation in a fancy riad.

• Drive through the Dades Valley towards Kalaat Mgouna and Ouarzazate. The route through Dades Valley is the way of the thousand Kasbahs, providing numerous opportunities to take some of your best photographic shots of the trip.

• Pass through the Roses Valley and Skoura village to reach Ouarzazate, the "Hollywood of Africa".

• Enjoy lunch at the famous Aït Benhaddou kasbah.

• Climb up the hill, then continue through the majestic Tiz n Tichka pass (2260 m) over the High Atlas Mountains. Stop for some time to enjoy impressive views and visit the argan oil cooperative.

• Reach Marrakech in the late afternoon.