GATEWAY TO THE DESERT
Desert, Here We Come!
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What's included
- 5 days Tour in 4x4 vehicles
- Excursion by Camel in the Desert
- Pick up and drop off to your accommodation
- Professionally guided tour
- Entrance/Activity
- Flight
- Lunches
- Tips
This 5-day tour takes you on an incredible journey through Morocco’s diverse landscapes, from the Middle Atlas and the Sahara Desert to ancient kasbahs and vibrant cities like Marrakech. Along the way, you’ll encounter unique experiences, from camel rides and desert sunsets to cultural encounters with Berber nomads, offering a glimpse of the rich tapestry of Morocco’s heritage and natural beauty.
- Day 1
- Day 2
- Day 3
- Day 4
- Day 5
Fes - Ifrane - Azrou - Midelt - Merzouga
Departure from Fes at 8 o'clock, travelling via Azrou, where you can see Barbary apes in the forest of the Middle Atlas.And Switzerland’ of Morocco and the cedar forests of Azrou where we can stop to hand feed the monkeys. Lunch is in Midelt, “the apple capital”. We continue over the Tizi-n-Talgoumt 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, and to the famous Dunes of Erg chebbi, After a welcoming glass of tea in a Guest House near the dunes, you can take a walking in the dunes. And then sunset from the top of the dunes is spectacular (250m) and afterwards there is dinner and night in Guest House .
Merzouga - Khamlia - Erg Chebbi
Today we will explore the desert region. We will make a circuit of the desert dunes where you will have the opportunity to see the nomad's way of life and the amazing changing contrasts of the desert.
We will visit to the ‘black village’ of Khamlia to see the Gnawa musicians. We will have a traditional Berber pizza for lunch. In the afternoon you will prepare for departure on the camels. Once at the bivouac, you take a camel ride to watch the sunset from the top of the dunes. Back at the bivouac, dinner and overnight in tents at the camp.
Merzouga - Toudgha Gorges - Dades Canyon
If you wake up early, you can watch the spectacle of the sunrise, when the colour of the dunes and the play of shadows are an awesome sight. After breakfast you can walk in the dunes before leaving for the Toudgha gorges for lunch. The road passes through Tinjdad and the Toudgha Valley. Here there are plenty of opportunities to walk, such as along the river through the gardens or up the road on the other side of the gorges. Later the itinerary continues to the Dades Valley and the Dades Gorges for the night inside the big canyon of Dades (Guest House) .
Dades Gorge - Boutaghrar Piste - Skoura - Ouarzazate
After breakfast a walk in the Dades Gorges is scheduled. Back to the car, the trip to Ouarzazate continues, going off-road along the Boutaghrar piste and Iat Mraou Village to visit Berber nomads in their caves and partake of a glass of herbs tea with them. From here we continue through the Valley of the Roses, famous for its Rose Festival in 20th to 25th of May, and past the kasbahs of Amridil in Skoura Palm, continue to Ouarzazate via the big lake of El Mansour Edahbi, Dinner and night in a traditional Riad .
Ouarzazate – Ksar Ait Ben Haddou – Telouet Kasbah – Marrakech
After breakfast, the route goes on to Ksar Ait Ben Haddou, a World Heritage site and the backdrop for many Hollywood blockbusters. It is the most famous Ksar in Morocco. From there the road continues to Telouet, along the new asphalted road. Telouet is set right in the midst of the mountains and was once the seat of the last Pasha of Marrakesh, El Glaoui, from where the highest pass in Africa, Tizi-n-Tichka was controlled. At the end of the afternoon we arrive in Marrakesh. Dropping you off in your accommodation. End of our Service.