4 Days tour from Marrakech to Fes via Merzouga desert

• Day 1: Travel from Marrakech to Dades Valley via Ait Ben Haddou kasbah, and Ouarzazate:

   After breakfast, we will leave Marrakech heading south crossing the High Atlas Mountains to the gate of Tizi n’Tichka (2,260m altitude) where we will make several stops to contemplate beautiful panoramic views where we can take nice pictures. We will continue our route between the Atlas Mountains with different colors and beautiful landscapes, until we reach the Kasbah of Telouat, and visit the Kasbah, Our journey continues along the road. passing in the valley of Ounilla by various Berber villages where families live in adobe houses. We will visit the famous Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou (declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO). In this spectacular setting have been filmed several famous movies like Gladiator, Obelix, Sahara with Penelope, Cruz … etc.. After visiting the Kasbah and having lunch in a typical restaurant in the village. In the afternoon we will head to Ouarzazate. (the city of cinema) considered the great gateway to the desert and also famous for movies. Next, we will take the Route of the Thousand Kasbahs to Skoura. Here, we will stop to explore the Kasbah of Amridil before heading to Kelaat M’Gouna, a beautiful town in the province of Tinghir and the capital of the Valley of the Roses. At the end of the first day, we will head to the Dades Gorges, where we will spend the night.

• Day 2: Dades Valley to Merzouga Desert via Tinghir, Todra Gorges, Tinjdad, and Erfoud:

   Breakfast at the hotel. We head to the Todra Gorges, where you can take a pleasant walk between its imposing canyon walls of more than 300 meters high, until the exit to the desert through the palm grove of Tafilalet. Arrive at the hotel at the foot of the dunes, where you can walk on the fine sand of Erg Chebbi, relax and enjoy this breathtaking scenery. In the evening, you will taste a delicious Moroccan dish. Overnight at the hotel.

• Day 3: Merzouga sightseeing tour, and camel ride:

   After breakfast and a shower, we leave the hotel for an excursion to know the surroundings: the village of Hassi Lbiad and its palm grove, the village of Merzouga, and the village of Khamlia. (originally from Sudan, from slaves), where we will dance and enjoy their traditional spiritual music called Gnawa, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. We will eat the typical Berber pizza and according to the weather, in the afternoon, we will change the 4×4 for camels, and ride the camels, we will cross the dunes to reach the remote camp of tents located in the heart of the desert, starry night accompanied by the silence of the desert. Drums party…(An unforgettable night.!!!).

• Day 4: From Merzouga desert to Fes via Ziz Valley, Midelt, Cedar forest, and Ifran:

   Your camel guide will wake you up early in the morning and you will have the opportunity to see the best sunrise of your life. Then, you will enjoy a camel ride back to your hotel/riad, crossing the unique dunes of Erg Chebbi – changing with the light as the day progresses. After a tasty breakfast at the local guesthouse, we will travel to Fes via Erfoud, Aoufous, and Errachidia along the magnificent Ziz gorges carved into the volcanic rock and through the Tizi Ntalghamt pass to Midelt. We will stop in Zaida to enjoy a barbecue and refresh ourselves with a glass of mint tea, and then continue to Azrou, a Berber village in the Middle Atlas Mountains. Here we will stop to see the barbarian monkeys in the famous cedar forest. Then we head to Ifrane – “the French village”, stopping for a photo and a drink before arriving in Fes, where the tour ends.