4 Days from Fes to Marrakesh via Sahara Desert

We will pick you up at 8 a.m. from your hotel or riad and head towards the Middle Atlas Mountains, passing via Ifran, which the locals refer to as “Switzerland of Morocco” because of how much it resembles a Swiss ski resort. We then head to Midelt via the Cedar forest -largest in North Africa- and home to barbary monkies. We’ll have an opportunity to feed them and take fascinating pictures. Before we get to Midelt, we’ll enjoy beautiful Berber mud villages, countryside, and landscapes that nature offers us. Midway, stop for lunch in Midelt. Continue traveling to the Sahara Desert passing through the Atlas Mountains and Ziz gorges. After some time, we reach the striking, palm-tree-filled hidden oases of Ziz Valley. Some panoramic views here is a must do and time to relax, then drive all along the valley to arrive in Arfoud- Fossil town, you’ll have the possibility to see fossils; guests are welcome to tour the marble-working factory. We will travel to the Sahara Desert on the first day of our 4-day Fes Marrakesh desert tour, where you will spend the night in a hotel with a view of the beautiful golden dunes of Merzouga.

We will start our four-day Fes Marrakesh desert tour with a half-day journey into the Sahara to explore the many desert regions after breakfast. After visiting the only lake in the desert, we will travel straight to the heart of the Sahara desert, where we will meet some nomads and have a cup of tea to learn about their way of life. Next, we will travel the same route that the Rally Paris Dakar once took to reach the Mifis mines, where it will be time to pay them a visit. Following that, we go straight to the town of Khamlia, where black Berbers who are originally from Mali, Niger, live.We’ll get the opportunity to hear their music and dance. Lunch in the town (Berber Pizza). Then, we set off to visit an impressive oasis on the edge of dunes. After a rest, you will ride your camels crossing the golden dunes. Your camel guide will stop for you to see the magnificent sunset on top of a dune, then continue to the camp where you will be welcomed by a cup of tea. After a delicious dinner, the fire will be lit, and music will be played by nomads playing drums and entertain you under a starry sky.

After enjoying one of the most beautiful sunrises in your life, you will ride camel back to meet your driver again. Leave the quietness of the immense desert and travel to the city of Rissani, once a major stopping place for the Saharan-caravans route; if it coincides the day markets which take place on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays we will have an opportunity to visit the souk – the largest one in the region. We then travel to Todra Gorges, a narrow vertical passage with vertical cliffs 300m high rising dramatically on each side, they are a popular destination for climbing lovers. Lunch in the town, then continues to Dades valley where you will see the fascinating rock formations known locally as ” monkies fingers ” as well as beautiful mud kasbahs; night in a hotel overlooking the valley.

Today, we head to Rose Town, also known as El Kalaa Mgou’na, where more than 400 tons of rose petals are harvested each spring and turned into rosewater or sent to the perfume industry. Every May, this place hosts the rose festival. Amidst the lush vegetation of Dades Valley, plenty of kasbahs can be seen during our journey from Rose Town to Skoura. The small town of Skoura is surrounded by thousands of palm groves and the most beautiful kasbahs in southern Morocco are to be found here. Continue our journey to Ouarzazate ” Hollywood of Africa ” -with the biggest cinema studios in Morocco, then to the most famous, filmed and photographed kasbah of Ait Benhaddou – A Unesco World Heritage site – We’ll have free time to visit it and have lunch in the village. After we head to Marrakesh via high Atlas Mountains (2260), admiring the impressive mountainous views and special Berber villages set out dramatically on the mountain’s sides. The four-day Fez Marrakesh desert tour comes to an end when you arrive in the evening and are dropped off at your lodging.