On this Fes to Marrakech Desert Trip, you will visit the southern part of the country and the most amazing Sahara Desert of Morocco and you will be able to contemplate some of the most impressive and different landscapes of Morocco. In a comfortable 4×4 or minibus, you will cross roads, valleys, kasbahs, ports, gorges, dunes, and Bereber villages with history & Moroccan culture.
Morning departure from your hotel to Merzouga via Ifran Moroccan Swiss style of town and cedar forests it where that we will stop for a while to enjoy seeing monkeys climbing the trees. Then Lunch in Midelt, the apple capital, at the foot of the Ayachi Mountain. We continue over the Tizi-n-Talremt pass and through the Ziz Valley, which is particularly well-known for its palm trees and the length of the oasis. All along the road, there are innumerable ksars, small villages of individual houses. From here we reach Er Rachidia and then Erfoud, famous for its date festival and fossils. Arrive at Merzouga where Morocco’s unique dunes, the rest of the day will be dedicated to appreciate the evening change over the dunes. Night in Desert Hotel.
After breakfast heading to Khamlia village to enjoy live Gnawa music, continue through an off-road to have a tour of dunes then stop to have a tea with nomads in Berber tents you will discover a new sense of life. from there back to the hotel to relax before start your camel trip into the middle of the dunes to see the sunset then after you will arrive in the bivouac and spend the night under a nomadic tent.
Wake up early to see the spectacle of the sunrise, when the color of the dunes and the play of shadows are an awesome sight. Arriving to the hotel to have breakfast and shower. Continue to Ouarzazate via Rissani you will stop in Erfoud: famous for its fossilized marbles where you will visit the workshop production of marble fossils. Continue to Todra Gorges it’s an ideal place for walking and exploring on your own. Have lunch then drive through Dades valley and the town of roses, Kelaa Mgouna we continue Through the Road of Thousand-Kasbah passing Skoura palm grove until we arrive to Ouarzazate named Hollywood of Africa and check into the hotel.
After breakfast, we head to Aït Benhaddou Kasbah, a fortified village, situated along the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech. It is situated on a hill along the Ouarzazate River and boasts some beautiful examples of kasbahs, some of which remain inhabited. Granted UNESCO World Heritage listing, the site had been the setting for many films including Lawrence of Arabia, Games of Thrones, and Gladiator. After the visit of the kasbah, stop for lunch then continue to Marrakech over the high Atlas Mountains. End of our service…