Marrakech to Fes via Sahara Desert 3 days

Day 1: Marrakech – Telouet – Ksar Ait Benhaddou – Ouarzazate – Skoura – Dades Gorges

We will start our tour from Marrakech toward Merzouga. We‘ll meet you in the city of Marrakech and we pick you up from your Riad/Hotel and leave Marrakech to begin our tour to Dades valley over the Tizi N’tichka pass (2’260m), where you can spot the traditional Berber villages. We can stop in a local cooperative run by women who extract the Argan oil from the trees and discover how to use it in cosmetics and treatment, we will have a short time there. You can buy the products if you want, then we head to kasbah Telouet, sometimes also called Glaoui palace, is a kasbah built in the XVIIIe and XIXe centuries, located in the small Berber village of Telouet. Afterward we will head to ksar Ait Benhaddou ( it’s about 45 km from Telouet ), which is recognized by UNESCO as a world patrimony for having been a setting for many films such as The Mummy and Gladiator. Lawrence of Arabia, Black Hawk Down, and most recent critically acclaimed series Game of Thrones. Break lunch in the near of ksar. Afterward we drive Dades Gorges to see the amazing rock formation called the monkey toes. The charm of Dades lies in its changing colours as the sun slowly moves from east to west. Overnight in the Riad in Dades.

Day 2: Dades Valley – Toudra Gorges – Erfoud – Mezouga

After breakfast, we will head to explore Dades gorge from its plunging depths to dizzying heights, then we continue on the road through Dades Valley and you can see the panoramic views of the old mud Berber villages overlooking the green valley. Arriving at Todra Gorges, the Todra River has shaped these massive stone walls for thousands of years, take a short walk in the gorges and enjoy the breathtaking views of the river. We will have lunch along the way.

After arriving at Merzouga, you will meet the camels’ driver and head to the desert on top of your friendly camel while the sun sinks below the horizon. Just before dark, you will reach the desert camp, where you will be welcomed with a glass of mint-green tea, you can climb the high dunes and watching the sunset, a traditional dinner is served, you can dance around the campfire to the beat of the desert drums.

Day 3: Merzouga – Erfoud – Errachidia – Midelt – Ifran – Fes

Today, in the early morning, you can climb over the dunes and enjoy for watching the sunrise before eating typical breakfast in the Berber camp and shower. Return to Merzouga, depart towards the imperial city Fes through the many landscapes of the Atlas Mountains. We will visit the famous Middlet throughout Morocco for its apple there will be lunch. We will leave for the rice forests of Ifran, inhabited by monkeys in winter. Overnight at your Riad/Hotel in Medina.