Fes desert tour 3 days to Merzouga Sahara

• Day 1: Travel from Fes to Merzouga desert via Ifrane, Midelt, and Atlas mountains:

   We will pick you up at your hotel/riad and leave Fez traveling to Ifran, a beautiful mountain village, known as “the Switzerland of Morocco” and then to Midelt. During this trip, you will experience glimpses of the Middle Atlas and High Atlas Mountains. Stopping in Azrou, a Berber village in the middle of the famous cedar forest, the largest in Morocco, where you may well see the Barbary apes. After some time inside the forest, your journey continues to Midelt along the magnificent Atlas hills and mountains, after the town of Midelt you will travel through the fascinating Tizi N’Talghamt pass and the Ziz gorge, enjoying the views of the High Atlas plateau, will notice how the landscape changes to reveal hints of the desert as you approach the town of Errachidia, here you will have lunch and enjoy the Berber hospitality. You will then travel along the lush Ziz Valley, stopping to enjoy panoramic views on the way to Erfoud and Rissani. Arrive in Merzouga, where we will start our camel trip through the sand dunes and have pictures of the sunset view, and then to our camp. After a while and rest, we will have our delicious dinner and get ready for our party played by talented guys in the fire square under the marvelous sky full of massive numbers of stars.

• Day 2: Merzouga sightseeing tour:

   This is a full day in the desert. “Appointment with the sunrise” If you are in the middle of the desert, it is worth getting up early to contemplate the most spectacular sunrise you would have ever seen on top of a dune and enjoy this landscape that is a gift of nature. After sunrise, we return to Merzouga village on camels where a hearty breakfast awaits us. Then we will border the Erg Chebbi, a large expanse of sandy desert where we can find the Great Dune of Morocco, which is more than 170m high. We continue along the road formerly used for the “Paris – Dakar” and end in the mountains bordering Algeria. we continue along the road where we can see nomadic settlements and learn their secrets and manners. The next stop will be at a viewpoint to contemplate the Erg Chebbi pit. We will arrive at the village of Kamilia, originally from Mali, where we will have a relaxing cup of tea while listening to a concert of Gnawa spiritual music, and have lunch at the same place which would likely be a Berber pizza, after that, to hassi labied ouasis to have a walk there, before we finally drive to your accommodation and free afternoon to enjoy the city or the dunes next to the hotel to watch the sunset. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

• Day 3: Erg Chebbi, Merzouga desert and back to Fes:

   Once ready, we start our last day heading to the north through the palm grove of Tafilalet, the largest in the world. You will see thousands of palm trees along the 20 km road, and we will have a stop from panoramic to see the amazing extent of the palm trees valley. Then, following our traveling make another stop in Midelt, right in the heart of the Atlas, where you will have free time for lunch and rest for a while. In the afternoon we continue our way through Cedar Woods and Ifrane City. Hence, at about  6 pm we arrive in Fez, transfer to the hotel, and finalize our services.