Morocco · Desert Adventure

3-Day Private Sahara Desert Tour from Marrakech to Fes

3 Days Round trip from Pickup service provided in Marrakesh. Easy pace

3 Days Sahara Desert Tour from Marrakech to Fes

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The journey

Trip highlights

01 Cross the High Atlas Mountains via Tizi n'Tichka pass
02 Visit the UNESCO-listed Ksar of Aït Benhaddou
03 Explore Ouarzazate and travel the Road of the 1000s Kasbahs
04 See Todgha Gorge and the Dades Valley rock formations
05 Ride a camel in Merzouga with a local desert guide
06 Spend a night in a comfortable Sahara desert camp
07 Watch sunrise over the desert before continuing to Fes
08 Drive through Ziz Valley, Midelt, Azrou, and Ifrane

Travel from Marrakech to Fes on a 3-day private desert journey through some of Morocco’s most striking landscapes. Cross the High Atlas via Tizi n'Tichka, visit the UNESCO-listed Ksar of Aït Benhaddou, pass Berber villages and kasbahs, and continue through valleys, gorges, and oasis scenery on your way to the Sahara.

Along the route, discover Ouarzazate, Todgha Gorge, Erfoud, Rissani, and Merzouga, where a camel ride and an overnight stay in a desert camp add a memorable Sahara experience to the trip. The tour finishes with sunrise in the desert and a scenic drive toward Fes via Ziz Valley, Midelt, Azrou, and Ifrane.

Our Merzouga desert camel guide will wake you up and we watch the desert sunrise.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 3 Days

Tour type Private

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Included

Transport Not included

Wheelchair access No

Cities Fez, Marrakech, Errachidia, Midelt, Ouarzazate, Merzouga, Todgha Gorge, Erfoud, Rissani, Aït Benhaddou, Tizi n'Tichka, Ziz Valley, Azrou, Ifrane

Languages Arabic, English, French, Spanish

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Marrakech - Ait Benhaddou - Ouarzazate - Dades ValleyOur 3 days Morocco tour from Marrakech to desert starts in the morning and we pick you up at your hotel in Marrakech. We drive through the Tizi n'Tichka pass and we enjoy beauty of the landscapes around.In this day we also pass through Berber villages and we will watch and learn about the production of Argan oil by Berber women in their cooperative.

You will visit the Kasbah of Ait Benhaddou, which is the largest Kasbah in Morocco, and it is a UNESCO historical site.We explore Ouarzazate - the city is called as the Hollywood of Africa and we visit film studios and kasbah in city.Driving along the “Road of the 1000s Kasbahs”. We stop at Kalaat M'Gouna - well-known for its annual festival. Our day finishes in Dades Valley where we spend the night in the hotel in the Dades Gorge with dinner and breakfast.Dinner in local hotel.1 Night in comfortable hotel in Dades.

Day 02

Dades - Todgha Gorges - Merzouga desert excursionWe continue after breakfast through the Dades Valley to watch rock formation called “The Monkey Toes”.Then we explore the Todgha valley we’ll enjoy beautiful views of the old Berber villages. We arrive at the Todgha Gorge and we may walk under the 300 m high red cliff. Many rock-climbers come here to enjoy this adventure sport.Then we continue towards Erfoud, capital of fossils and also Rissani. We’ll drive towards the village of Merzouga. We prepare for camel ride with experienced desert guide.

You will spend the night in desert in a Berber nomad tents.Dinner in desert camp.Accommodation in comfortable desert camp.

Day 03

Merzouga - Mildet - Ifrane - FesOur Merzouga desert camel guide will wake you up and we watch the desert sunrise. Then we ride camels back to our desert hotel and after breakfast we continue the tour.We pass through Errachidia passing the Ziz Valley then the Tizi Ntalghamt pass and we reach Midelt in Atlas mountains.We drive to Azrou, a Berber village to watch the Barbarian apes in the local cedar forest. We continue to Ifrane called as the Switzerland of Morocco.We arrive to Fes where the guided Tour from Marrakech ends.Breakfast in desert camp.

The route