Itinerary

1. Day 1- Explore the Merzouga Desert

   • Meet the tour guide at 08:00 in the morning, who will pick you up from your accommodation in Fez and drive you to Merzouga Desert.
   • Pass through Ifrane, a winter ski resort in a non-Moroccan style built by the French in the 1930s to resemble a Swiss village. We will visit the cedar forest in Azrou, where you will see the monkeys.
   • Drive across the Middle Atlas Mountains. Most of the day will be spent winding your way through the beautiful forests, springs, jagged rock faces, and Berber villages as you cross the Atlas Mountains and begin to descend towards the Sahara Desert. Halfway, you will stop for lunch in the town of Midelt, famous for its fossils and rocks.
   • Continue towards Merzouga on the road. We will stop for panoramic views to see the huge oasis of palm trees.
   • Reach Merzouga in the afternoon. Rest and have a mint tea. Your guide and camels will be waiting for you.
   • Start camel trekking across the sandy dunes of the Erg-Chebbi. You will enjoy the beauty of the sunset on a camel, and after 2 hours you will reach the desert camp to spend the night in a Berber tent. At your desert shelter, your camels will be hobbled, and mint tea is served. After a beautiful dinner, there will be a campfire and drums playing.

   Dinner and overnight in a Berber tent.

2. Day 2- Enjoy Visiting the Ziz Valley and Todra Gorge

   • Wake up early, take a walk over the sand dunes, and watch the sunrise from just behind the Algerian border, which is about 50 km from Merzouga. 
   • Take the camel back to the hotel. You will take a shower, eat breakfast and relax. You will be given the opportunity to take nice pictures.
   • Head out towards the gorges. Depart along the road used by the Paris Dakar rally. We will reach a cave, where you can discover how the local people extract the fossils from the heart of the earth. We will stop to visit Rissani, the town where the Alaouite dynasty was established (now ruling in Morocco). Along the way you will see: the monument historic of Sijilmassa, the big center of desert trade, the Kasbahs (village fortify) in the area of Rissani there are more than 350 kasbahs, Mosulement of Moulay Ali Charif (the founder of Alaouite dynasty), museum of lfida, the souq, and the big market of the area.
   • Continue passing through the Ziz valley and gorges. We will have a walk in the gorge Todra to enjoy the beauty of rivers and mountains.
   • Reach to Dades gorge.

   Dinner and overnight in nice traditional Kasbahs. 

3. Day 3- See the Town of Ouarzazate

   • Have breakfast and go for a walk in the gorges to enjoy the beauty of the mountains.
   • Stop to visit the town of Ouarzazate, the Kasbah of Taourirt and the Atlas Studios (movie studios), the largest and most famous of all in Africa. 
   • Head to the Fint Oasis, near Ouarzazate. We then take the Tizi-n-Tichka road stopping for lunch in a small village.  
   • Reach Marrakech in the late afternoon for the end of the tour.